Spain and Portugal for Visitors

Posted by : John Ross on Apr 03, 2008 - 01:07 PM FoodAndDrink

Basques are good eaters and demanding ones, and the Basque version of tapas - pinchos or pintxos - tend to be both more filling and more elaborate than ordinary tapas. San Sebastian Tourist Board announces that it is launching pintxos.sanse, a kind of pincho workshop. Its scope is a little larger than that, though, and they promise that you can "Know San Sebastian through its pintxos." So the workshops begin with a visit to San Sebastian's La Bretxa market, continue around specialized shops, bars and places of interest in the historic city centre and end with the class making twenty or so pintxos under the guidance of the teacher - and consuming them, of course, with a suitable wine. More information and contact details here.

These pintxo workshops last three hours, and are held on Saturdays at ten or eleven in the morning (I have contradictory information) in Spanish and at five in the afternoon in French - they promise to hold the workshops in other languages like English or German if there is sufficient demand. Their all-inclusive price is 115 euros per person, and you can book by e-mail or telephone.

Pintxos.sanse
Saturday
11:00 to 14:00 - Castilian Spanish
17:00 to 20:00 - French
Price: 115 € per person

Booking: Central de Reservas turisticas: 902 443 442
e-mail: reservas@sansebastianreservas.com
More information here

Meeting point: San Sebastian Turismo c/ Reina Regente 3
Note: Please turn up 10 minutes before the start.