Barcelona : Paella Cooking Experience + Boqueria Market Exclusive Tour
Are you interested in learning how to make a traditional Spanish seafood paella? Then go for a trip through the ancient town and shop for ingredients at La Boqueria with the chef. Taste some delectable tapas, create some sangria, and watch the chef cook a paella de marisco for you to enjoy. When the paella de marisco is finished, return to your tables, settle down, and enjoy the meal with your own freshly mixed sangria.
✔ An introductory tour of the world-famous Mercat de la Boqueria is led by a certified chef. ✔ Join a hands-on cooking workshop to create a shareable seafood paella. ✔ Learn how to prepare quick and authentic local tapas. ✔ Make and drink unlimited sangria throughout
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Barcelona : Paella Cooking Experience + Boqueria Market Exclusive Tour
What's included in Barcelona : Paella Cooking Experience + Boqueria Market Exclusive Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Mercat de la Boqueria
In this 3-hour excursion, you'll follow a professional chef on an introductory tour of Barcelona's oldest and best food market, the Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, which dates back to the 13th century. The chef will buy some of the fresh ingredients needed to produce an authentic paella de marisco, or seafood paella, and Spain's classic rice dish, while detailing the delicacies on offer, notably the fish, and the basics of Spanish and Catalan cuisine. Walkthrough the twisting streets of La Ciutat Vella, or old town, with the chef to El Born, the city's most elegant area.
El Born
Enter your private dining area, which is adjacent to the large open kitchen where you can watch the chef cook the exquisite paella de marisco. The chef will show you a range of well-known appetizers. Learn how to create pan with tomato, a traditional Catalan tapa, as well as traditional Basque pintxos or montaditos, or toothpick tapas. Then you can sit back and admire your masterpieces while sipping some delicious sangria. While you enjoy your tapas and pintxos, the chef begins prepping the ingredients and the kitchen for the paella de marisco. As the chef starts preparing the paella, you'll learn about the dish's history, the materials utilized, and the stages involved in the preparation. While the paella cooks, you'll be called to the bar to learn everything there is to know about sangria, the world-famous Iberian wine punch that dates back to the Middle Ages. Attempt to make your own sangria.
Inclusions
- Walk through the old town of Barcelona
- Learn about La Boqueria introduction tour (subject to La Boqueria market opening hours)
- Recipes (accessible via QR code)
- Homemade paella de marisco
- Tapas
- Paella cooking display and interactive instruction
- Sangría mixing class
- All food and drinks
- Sharing tips is prohibited
- No market tour on sunday and public holidays
- Transportation
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The market tour is not included on Sundays as the market is closed.
- This activity is an interactive paella making class, where people are given different jobs throughout the experience.
- A vegetarian option is available, please advise if you require a vegetarian meal upon booking.
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Carrer de la Boqueria 27, Barri Gòtic, 08002, Barcelona. The meeting point is inside Travel Bar, just off Las Ramblas on the street leading away from the Miró mosaic and the Chinese dragon.
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
A voucher with all the necessary informations will be sent to you very soon (based on your travel date)
