Overview
On this culinary break in Valencia, you'll immerse yourself in everything food and wine, exploring lush vineyards and old olive oil mills, shopping in bustling local markets and cooking traditional paella. By the time you leave, you'll have enjoyed some of the best authentic cuisine in Valencia that will have you planning your next trip back immediately.
Arrive in Valencia, where you’ll be transferred to your accommodation, before you head out for the evening on a wine and tapas tour that will help you get your bearings around the city, as well as introduce you to some of Valencia’s very best cuisine and its most highly regarded local wines.
The next day you’ll explore away from the city, taking a day trip into the surrounding winelands. You’ll visit Requena and the caves built beneath the gorgeous village, before heading for a wine tasting experience at a local vineyard.
From there, you’ll explore a family-run olive oil mill, where you’ll learn about the production process for the extra-virgin olive oil they produce, then of course enjoying a tasting session of the most incredible olive oil you will ever try. This will be followed by a traditional lunch, before you head back to the city.
You’ll also get to experience the hustle and bustle of a local morning market in the city, where under the guidance of your local host you will select and buy some fresh seasonal produce, before putting it to use in a paella cooking class.
By the time you leave Valencia, you will have experienced the very best of this beautiful city’s culture and cuisine, and will forever remember the activities the local touch that made this city break so special.
