Personalized Cooking Classes
The trip that takes its name from Catalan cuisine called Mar i Muntanya (Sea and Mountains) begins in Girona where the bounty of sea, plains and mountains is introduced with wines from the coastal Emporda region of Catalonia. Here fresh ingredients come from terraced olive groves dating to the ancient Greeks, rice paddies near Pals, kitchen gardens, small farms and always the sea. See: http://pure-
The ideal season for biking this region is from April 1-Oct 31. Trips are planned per individual request and can start any day of the week, subject to hotel availability.
The per person, double occupancy, rate from 1,589 Euros includes three cooking classes, a guided visit of the Palamos port and fish market and a cheese or olive oil tasting, seven nights deluxe lodging, daily breakfast, two gastronomic dinners with one tasting menu, four lunches, luggage transfers between hotels, local Girona-based emergency support orientation and bike set up, road books with riding route maps and cue sheets, suggestions on where to visit and more. Bike rentals, not included in rate, start at 105 Euros for a Cannondale Hybrid. Although not included in the itinerary, reservations can be made in Girona at Celler Can Roca (http://www.cellercanroca.com/
Cycling on average 30-50 leisurely kilometers a day through a landscape laced with agriculture and an ancient past, guests lodge at exemplary hotels in Girona’s Old Town before cycling to the Gavarres Mountains for a stay in a medieval town and on to the port town of Palamos. They visit a small cheese farm, Mas Marce, famous for its traditional fresh cheese recuit, usually eaten as a dessert with honey but also in salads. The farm’s recuit is hard to get because most of the production goes to restaurants, including as yoghurt to El Celler de Can Roca. One of the cooking classes is in Palamos, a port city famous as the last bastion of traditional fishing practices.
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