Culinary treasures

The Basque Country has become, lately, a gastronomic destination in the greatest degree due to the remarkable concentration of Michelin stars achieved in recent decades. I usually joke that so many “stars” have come to form a real “constellation”.

Now, joking aside, I take quite seriously the task of making visitors understand that this fact does not come about by chance. Nor is it something that has been forced or artificially provoked, but is the result of a whole series of “minor but fundamental” factors that have been cooking over time to get to “bind this delicious sauce”. Eating, in our culture, has always been, and still is, a “need” that goes far beyond taking something to the stomach or feeding oneself. It is an activity that also builds the social, and hence we have developed unique expressions around eating such as txokos, gastronomic societies, pintxos or cider houses.

Almost all the tours that I propose in all the sections include a moment to enjoy a tasty and nutritious meal of local, traditional and seasonal flavor. But, as everything that is excellent begins with the excellence of its most basic and simple elements, in this section I also suggest a series of tours that focus on these most basic elements.