2011 Tour Dates	Duration	Price	Highlights
08 - 12 November	4 Days	€1049pps inc €105 taxes	Historic San Sebastian 3 Cooking Lessons Renowned Chef Gourmet Meals

Your Tour Price Includes:

• Return flights from Dublin to Biarritz including flight / airport taxes & charges
• Executive return coach transfers from the airport to the hotel
• Meet and Greet at Biarritz Airport on arrival and at hotel on departure.
• 4 nights at the lovely 4* Astoria, a boutique hotel converted from a historic cinema, including breakfast. The hotel features modern and immaculate rooms, with a well-designed, fresh feel.
• 3 days of interactive cooking course based on the preparation of traditional Basque cuisine with renowned local chef. Market visit with Chef.
• 2 gourmet lunches and 1 gourmet dinner as cooked during the course including local wines
• Recipe cards and photos from the course
• Free time to explore this beautiful region

Day 1
Fly from Dublin to Biarritz and transfer to you hotel, the 4* Astoria 7, recently converted from a cinema into one of the most modern hotels in San Sebastian and with easy walking distance to the old city centre.

Day 2
Following breakfast transfer to your cooking school to begin your lessons. This mornings session focuses on the introduction to traditional Basque cuisine and pintxos. A chance to learn knife skills, fish preparation and classic Basque recipes.Lunch overlooking the sea with dishes which you have created, paired with local wines.
Includes coffee and local Patxaran liquors. Chance for a short walk along the beautiful coastal path before returning to your hotel. Afternoon at leisure
 

Day 3
Enjoy a free morning to explore the city, its wonderful beaches and walks or to go shopping in the wide, tree lined boulevards. Meeting at you hotel and transfer to your afternoon class at the restaurant. Continue what you have learnt from the previous day’s class. Today, focus with a master class on Basque fish and seafood dishes using seasonal produce, with a short break in between sessions. Relax with a drink on the village square
before putting together all your hard work into a gourmet dinner, which you will enjoy with paired wines in
the dining room or terrace. Return to your hotel following your evening meal.

Day 4
After breakfast meet in the old town as we start today's cooking class with a morning visit to the famed
La Bretxa market in San Sebastian where we will sample local produce and collect ingredients for the
day’s class. A great opportunity to learn alongside our chef how he selects ingredients and to see the
magnificent displays of fish and local produce and interact with locals. Transfer to the cooking school with your ingredients for the morning’s class, with new modules, culminating in putting together all you have learnt on the course so far as well as learning some modern tricks and cooking techniques. Lunch overlooking the sea with dishes you have created, paired with local wines. Includes coffee and local Patxaran liquors. Return to your hotel mid afternoon for remainder of day at leisure.

Day 5
Enjoy the morning to relax and explore the city before your return transfer to the airport and return flight to Dublin.

Booking Information:

• Price is based on twin share. A single supplement of €265 per person per tour is applicable.
• Price is inclusive of 1 standard piece of luggage.
• Optional insurance is available at €25 per person (terms and conditions apply).
• A non refundable / non transferable deposit of €350 per person is required at time of booking.
• Balance is due 8 weeks prior to departure.
• A minimum number of 20 persons must book on this tour for it to proceed.
  Please note in the unlikely event this tour does not proceed your deposit will be
  refunded in full.
• Prices, flights, taxes & listed itinerary are subject to change.