Discover the Flavours of Spain

Spend a day wandering through San Sebastián’s cobbled streets and visiting local hangouts, artisan shops and food markets with a local expert. You’ll experience the authentic Spanish lifestyle as your host whisks you off to one of their favourite pintxos spots paired with wine, where you’ll sample some of the city’s most emblematic small dishes, along with a few off-the-menu items only locals know about.

Be transported to a world of art and nature at Chillida Leku, the 30-acre expanse showcasing the sculptures of Eduardo Chillida’s 50-year long artistic career. On this private visit you’ll be escorted by either the artist’s son or grandson as you explore the restored farmhouse, open-air exhibits and the auditorium of this other-worldly museum.

Take a rare peek into the closed-door world of Basque cuisine today as you enter one of the city’s ‘Gastronomic Societies’, or private kitchens, a place where members gather to cook traditional food and enjoy time together. After exploring one of the local markets to pick up some fresh ingredients, you’ll then help prepare the dishes with the guidance of a local chef. Top it off by sitting down to enjoy the fruits of your labour.

Enjoy a crash course into the legendary area of La Sonsierra in La Rioja as you traverse the medieval villages of Briones, San Vicente de la Sonsierra and Haro, and taste the bold flavours this region is known for. Within Laguardia, one of the most beautiful villages in Spain, enjoy a private visit and wine tasting to a family-owned winery. Then, at Ysios Winery, be awestruck by the surprising architecture of Santiago Calatrava, which emerges straight out of the rocky mountainous landscape to create a winery like you’ve never seen before.

Trace Spain’s legacy of wine with a visit to Bodegas de la Real Divisa, one of the oldest wineries in Europe run by a family of Spanish aristocracy. Join Martín Fernández de Navarrete, Marquis of Legarda for an exclusive tour exploring the off-limits grounds and learn why this wine was deemed special enough to be baptised with the noble family title. Then, relish in a fine meal paired with wine within the family’s magnificent Palace of Abalos in private.

Spend the day in the Michelin-starred kitchen of Venta de Moncalvillo, where two passionate chefs, Carlos and Ignacio Echapresto, will give you an insider look into the mouthwatering world of sustainable Spanish gastronomy. Amidst a natural location blessed with local products, the award-winning chefs will show you how to harvest the ingredients (seasonally dependent) and then prepare a customised menu for you to enjoy.