From San Sebastian: Hondarribia and Gastronomic Society
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Cancellation Policy
Flexible booking and cancellation options.
Flexible booking and cancellation options.
What you’ll do
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Private Tour
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Start Time: 10:00 AM or 5:00 PM
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Duration: 6 hours
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Places: Hondarribia
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Hondarribia, 2-in-1 village
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The advantage that Hondarribia has is that it’s a single town that seems like two: one a medieval fortress located on the highest ground (with thick walls, cobblestone streets, slopes, wooden balconies full of flowers, an ex-palace of Emperor Carlos V that hides tapestries based on paintings by Rubens...); the other, a typically Basque fishing village (white houses, coloured windows, a large tree-lined esplanade where fish used to be sold, tiny bars with dreamy pintxos...), today a gastronomic hot spot.
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Because of the former (for being fortified) Hondarribia has witnessed dozens of battles; because of the latter (its fishing port), Hondarribia has witnessed something much better: how its bars and restaurants have become a global point of gastronomic reference, praised even by the New York Times.
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Basque “txokos,” Season One
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What is a gastronomic society? Very simple: a place with a professional kitchen and spacious dining rooms, where Basque food lovers (who are not professional chefs) have gathered for decades to eat, drink, talk, sing and much more.
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Any time, any day. Although gastronomic societies are private clubs, Ikusnahi gives you the possibility of participating in this local cultural event so that you eat (if you can), drink (if you can), sing (that's easy) or laugh (that, too) like a Basque.
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The real thing
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We’ll be welcomed by Fernando, a Basque version of Obélix who, it is believed, fell into a pot of
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marmitako
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as a child and gained a superpower for the love of cooking and food in all its forms.
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Fernando will prepare us an authentic Basque dinner using typical seasonal products (and local, of course!), vegetables from the orchards of Hondarribia and fish from the port market that we will have visited at dawn (the fish get up early, what are you going to do?).
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The menu? Simple and delicious as the very essence of Basque cuisine: anchovies, garden tomato salad (you know, those tomatoes that still have a tomato flavour) with small-batch home-canned tuna, baked monkfish and, for dessert, pantxineta (a cake typical of Gipuzkoa with puff pastry, cream and toasted almonds).
What’s included
Professional guide
Transport
Traditional meal
Selection of drinks
Water
What’s not included
Meals, drinks and tickets not listed above
What’s not included
Meals, drinks and tickets not listed above
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Amazing experience with IKUSNAHI tours. We did 3 separate tours from San Sebastián during our week there. Ania, our tour guide for all 3, was awesome. Her attitude, knowledge and personality really made us feel like we were traveling with a local friend.
Ania is the best tour guide EVER. She went above and beyond any expectation we had. She made the experience of every moment very special. Andres, our chef, was delightful. And omg the food!! It was our first experience at a gastronomic society and we loved it. We went up into the hills to see the natural boundary between Spain and France, and then on to Hondarribia. Ania shared some of the history of the region, which we thoroughly enjoyed. We had the best day, it is a highlight we will never forget.
It is a very complete visit, not only to get to know the magnificent town of Hondarribia, but also to learn about the local culture and traditions.
Meal in the society is a unique experience, with a very good menu of very good quality and an opportunity to get to know the true way of life of the local people.
The guides Ania and Ernes were magnificent, authentic experts who made my visit super enjoyable and unforgettable.
Visiting Ernes' gastronomic society for dinner was a highlight of our trip. Get an inside perspective on a typical Basque tradition. Great food and incredibly interesting.
Enjoyed our tour in Hondarribia in the Basque Country. Our historic tour of the city and the fortress that was our hotel was wonderful. Our evening eating pintxos in the bar was unbelievable. I thought they would never stop coming along with the Basque white wine , it was all delicious. And finally our dinner prepared for us at the Men’s Gastronomic club was superb.
Cancellation Policy
Flexible booking and cancellation options.
Flexible booking and cancellation options.