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Private tour in San Sebastian Iker B
San Sebastian Special Tour: historic highlights and cooking Basque food workshop!
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If you are looking for Real, Local, Licensed and Professional Basque Guides in San Sebastian, let you know that you found it!! I was born in San Sebastian, Basque Country, I'm a person who loves travelling and sharing my experiences with people. I have visited over 70 countries and guided travellers, friends and family for long time. After travelling around the world in my last big trip, during 14 months, I'm even more prepared to guide you along the Basque Country and surroundings. Would you like to listen to some of the stories I have to share, while I show you the beautiful country where I live in is? I am a private local Basque guide and have a long experience guiding people along the Basque Country, over 15 years, in areas specially around San Sebastian, Bilbao, Pamplona, Vitoria as well as the French-Basque Country and the famous Rioja Wine region. As well as I travel abroad often, I love to work showing my city and surroundings, guiding people to the best places, not only to the touristic ones, but to the off-the-track ones too. Always adding some of my little stories and anecdotes of each place making the journey more enjoyable and unique. Living in a place with a food-culture like us, it adds an extra value to my tours, being a member of a Gastronomy Club(famous sociedad gastronómica) in San Sebastian as I am. This is only one of some of the tips I would offer you, considering that the only way to visit and access to them is being invited by a member! Great experience not to be missed!! Come and feel the experience of the Basque Country with a real local guide! Ongi etorri! ("Welcome" in Basque). ACADEMIC DATA - Degree in Tourism - Training Credit Planning ,Assistance and Services Travel Guide. 2009-2010 - Over 14 year experience on Food & Wine tours - Cook, big foodie, wine lover and member of a men's exclusive gastronomy-cooking club in San Sebastian since 2007. - Degree in Draughtsmanship, obtained in June 1999. - Studied interior designing for the 1994-95 academic year.
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Stroll around the old town and learn all about a traditional Basque meal
Overview of your San Sebastian tour
Foodies looking for real treat? You found it! Welcome to enjoy the private guided tour along the city, visiting the historic San Sebastian and including, as something unique, a meal at a gastronomic private cooking club. This tour starts with a nice walking city along the Old town in the morning, showing and buying seasonal products in the local market gathering with local people. After you'll learn how to cook them, while we taste "txakoli" white local wine, Rioja wine or local cider. Exclusive chance to feel the experience of being in a private cooking club gathering locals, tasting some typical Basque fresh & seasonal food and learning how to cook too!! (Note: Main rule of the cooking clubs in the origins, following the history of why those clubs were founded, men were only allowed to cook with exclusive access to the kitchen, women could watch, enjoy the meal, pour wine for all and be served, and of course, enjoy the experience, but they were Not allowed to work!!)
Your San Sebastian tour itinerary
-Walking tour along San Sebastian city, local food market and private lunch. Around 4 hours in total -Start with a morning easy walk along the Old town for around 45-60 minutes. Meeting 9am or 10am. You choose. -Visiting the food market to purchase the ingredients, go to the cooking club and learn from the locals. 30 minutes. -Cooking experience; why not to open a bottle of local white wine to help us to cook? Sounds like a plan, doesn't it? 2. 5 hours The gem of this tour is the cooking club experience, the unique and exclusive treat from a member and chef, which I am!
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Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain
San Sebastian city hall back entrance, Ijentea street number 4.
- You can request a specific meeting location (for example, your hotel) during the checkout.
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