Barcelona Culinary Adventure

Departure Date: July 3, 2010
Itinerary: Arrive Barcelona; Barcelona city tour; ½ day Barcelona cooking class; Cava region tour; ½ day Barcelona cooking class; Torres Winery & Montserrat tour; Depart Barcelona
Price:
Toronto departure: $2,499 per person (double occupancy)
Vancouver departure: $2,799 per person (double occupancy)
+ $296 taxes & fees

Experience Barcelona’s unique architecture, cutting-edge design, great shopping, mouth-watering cuisine, an electrifying nightlife and wonderful beaches on this fully escorted tour. Enjoy a walking tour of Barcelona including a stop at the Old Quarter. Visit the Codomiu Cava Cellars for a wine tasting and the vineyard and cellars of Torres.

Includes two separate ½ day cooking classes. Visit the La Bouqueria and Santa Caterina markets in preparation for your Paella and Taps cooking lessons. These two courses include lunch with alcoholic drinks.

Package includes: Roundtrip airfare & transfers * Deluxe air-conditioned motorcoach and services of a professional bilingual guide * Hotel taxes & services charges * Buffet breakfast daily & 5 lunches * All entrance fees where applicable.

What's Cooking in Switzerland

Departure Date: July 09, 2010 | August 13, 2010 |
August 27, 2010
Itinerary: 10 days Air Inclusive, 9 days Land Only
Geneva to Geneva
Price: CDN$3045 per person, land only

Food lovers will learn about Swiss gastronomic specialties starting in Geneva and touring Crans-Montana and Lausanne. In Geneva, enjoy an afternoon with Burt Wolf, the host of the public television series Travels & Traditions. Have a delicious lunch in Café Papon before sailing Lake Geneva on an antique steamboat to appreciate Switzerland's famous cheese region. Discover why raclette is the ultimate cheese dish when you have lunch at Sierre's Chateau de Villa.

Enjoy the mountainous Valais, Switzerland's largest wine region. Take a cable car ride to Bettemerhorn to view Aletsch Glacier and the famous Matterhorn. Board the mountain train to reach picturesque Zermatt at the foot of the magnificent Matterhorn. Visit Aigle Calse's wine museum and experience a wine tasting at Chillon Castle. Discover Charlie Chaplin's contribution to chocolate during your excursion to Vevey. Your tour ends with a lovely farewell dinner and many culinary memories!