Food and Wine
- Visit off-the-beaten-path wine · cellars where the clients will be able to taste wines with the owner of the cellars, not someone from their marketing or sales staff. Clients will revel in the different owners’ passion for winemaking. The A Season Away VillaHosts can make recommendations.
- Basque cider is a tradition in the region, owing to its days of rustic mountain life. Visit a producer of this hard cider in northern Spain and make a day of it.
- Tour a sheep’s milk cheese farm to learn how this popular Basque cheese is made from milking to the final product. This ewe’s milk cheese is called Brebis. This is a great tour for children.
- Tapas bar hopping in San Sebastian in Spain can be fun, but daunting with more than 100 bars in one concentrated area. Have an A Season Away VillaHost guide you to the best tapas in San Sebastian, introducing you to some of their friends along the way for a great evening!
- Parma may have its ham, but the Basque country has its hams from Bayonne. Visit a breeding farm and a butcher shop to taste some of these flavorful cured pork products, regarded by many as the tastiest meat in France!
- Macaroons were invented by a baker in St. Jean de Luz for the 1660 wedding of Louis XIV (France's Sun King) to the Spanish Infante Marie-Therese. Take a private tour of the bakery and learn the secrets of baking perfect macaroons.
- Chocolate:
— Visit the famous “Chocolate Museum” in Biarritz with children and learn how it is made and take part in a hands-on demonstration to create your own.
— Since Bayonne is where chocolate was first introduced in France, go behind the scenes and visit a top chocolatier to learn more about the process and watch as little pieces of chocolate art are made (The residents of Bayonne consume more chocolate per capital than anywhere else in Europe!)
