Friday
Check in at our fabulous hotel, set in the historic, gastronomic
and leisure centre of Madrid, just 50 metres from the Opera
Theatre and the majestic Royal Palace and very near to the
Mayor Plaza and main museums.
Saturday - 11 am to 3 pm - Cooking class (might be changed
to afternoon)
We will pick you up at your hotel to take you to our cooking
school in Madrid in the center of Madrid. We will visit a
local market to buy and learn about the ingredients we will
use to cook our Spanish recepies. Then we will go to our prestigious
cooking school and put on our aprons …….The workshop
will last about two and a half hours and will consist of a
complete menu- first and second dish and dessert -based on
regional or other typical Spanish recipes you may wish to
learn how to cook (or to meet your needs and tastes) such
us:
· Gazpacho: Cold tomato soup with garlic, olive oil
and other vegetables (depends on time of year)
· Spanish omelette with potatoes, onions and more Mediterranean
ingredients
· Famous rice dish: Paella
· Desserts: Natillas - sweet vanilla custard. Pears
with sweet wine
· Sangria: Famous Spanish punch made with wine, fruit
and other ingredients
We will finish with a delicious lunch based on what we have
prepared
Free afternoon to explore the intensity of this elegant city
with all its magnificent monuments, large avenues and royal
gardens. You can visit some of its great museums such as EL
Prado, Reina Sofia or Thyssen or do some shopping at the fancy
shops in the lovely Barrio de Salamanca, or main Gran Via
street. Suggestions for dinner will be given.
Sunday - 10 am to 3 pm - Visit of Royal Palace and tapas
tour
Visit of the amazing Royal Palace: Philip V commissioned
Sacchetti, an Italian, with its construction. It was decorated
by renowned 18th century European artists. Works by Tiépolo,
Lucas Jordán, Mengs and Goya can be seen in its rooms.
Its armoury is considered to be one of the most important
in the world.
From the Royal Palace, just in the beautiful Opera plaza,
our guide will lead you on a private walk along some interesting
sites which currently form part of what is known as the Madrid
of the Habsburgs, in the area surrounding the beautiful arcaded
Main Square (Plaza Mayor) , and visiting gorgeous bars and
cheerful taverns in the most famous tapas quarter. Snacking
and drinking your way through the evening from bar to bar
is incredibly Spanish, and can be lots of fun. Grabbing a
“tapa”, a small portion of food, and a drink at
one place just leads to someone saying “lets go to that
place down the street,” where they might offer a better
tapa. Anything from shrimps cooked in garlic, clams in sherry
sauce, ham croquettes with a béchamel sauce, stuffed
peppers, pickles on cocktail sticks, cheeses and hams can
be enjoyed as a tapa. End of services. |
