Wine and culinary tours are available in this country, including visits to wineries, cheese dairies, master classes with chefs, and lessons in slicing ham. Ham is undoubtedly the most famous Spanish delicacy. The most prized varieties are serrano ham (mountain ham) and iberico ham (black leg). Spain is also famous for its sausages – Chorizo, Fuet, Sobrasada, Morcilla, Salchichon. Local cheeses are also prized, especially Asturian blue-veined cabrales. In the coastal cities, you will find an abundance of fresh fish and select seafood.
Spain is one of the world’s centres of gastronomic tourism.
National cuisine in Spain has distinct regional characteristics – each region has its own culinary traditions. Dishes that are considered national – for example, paella – will be prepared differently in different parts of the country. The most famous Spanish dishes are cold tomato soup gazpacho, tortilla, paella and churros, which are dipped in chocolate. But this is only the tip of the gastronomic iceberg.
To get acquainted with Spanish cuisine, it is not necessary to spend a lot of money: judging by the reviews of tourists, national dishes are best prepared in small restaurants. Tapas bars are extremely popular in the country, where you can have a drink, chat with friends, and try a variety of snacks, which in Spain are united under the name “tapas”.
In fine dining restaurants, marked with Michelin stars, the cuisine is signature, and the prices are astronomical. For example, in Sublimotion in Ibiza they pay 1700 euros (170 thousand rubles) for dinner. This is one of the most expensive restaurants in the world. They serve dishes of molecular cuisine there.
There are also historical restaurants in Spain. Madrid’s Sobrino de Botín is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest continuously operating restaurant on the planet. It opened three centuries ago, in 1725. According to legend, Francisco Goya himself washed plates there.
