UNIQUE CULTURE, GASTRONOMY & WINE EXPERIENCE!

What's Included in this Educational Tour:

• Accommodation in comfortable 3 star hotels with breakfast (double room) • Pick up at Madrid airport • Traditional lunches with various courses and quality wines • Professional Presentations with Winemakers/Owners/top staff • Cultural visits • 1 keepsake itinerary with maps and information on Spain, food and wine, and locations visited • Drop off at Madrid Airport • Travel Insurance • 24hr. Profesional tour guide • Confortable first class bus • …and of course… A lot of fun!!!

What's not Included:

• Flights • Meals and Drinks not Specified • Personal Expenses such as Telephone, Minibar, etc

Prices

1415€

From March 23rd

to March 30th

FRIDAY MARCH 23RD

, ARRIVAL & VALLADOLID

The group will be picked up by the tour manager at Madrid Barajas Airport. The pickup time will be set

ten days before departure. The tour manager will accommodate the group and the luggage in the bus to

departure for the city of Valladolid, where you will enjoy a cultural visit trough the most important

monuments of the city.

Valladolid is the capital of Spain's

largest province, Castile-Leon, located

in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula

200 kilometres northwest of Madrid. To

passers-by it may seem nothing more

than a sprawling, modern and heavily

industrialised city. But look a little

closer and you'll find a wealth of

treasures in this former medieval town

where King Ferdinand and Queen

Isabella married in the 15th century

and where Christopher Columbus died,

a broken man, in 1506. Beyond the

modern buildings, factories and hustle

and bustle of city life lie many reminders of a glorious era when Valladolid was the capital of Spain's

powerful empire. The city is rich in ancient churches, museums and monuments and is famous for its

university which was founded in the 13th century and is the second oldest in Spain, after that of

Salamanca. One of Valladolid's major claims to fame is that the people here speak the purest form

of Castilian (the main Spanish language).

To conclude this first day you will be invited to a “welcome dinner” in a typical Spanish restaurant

where you will be able to try one of the best cuisines in the world.

SATURDAY MARCH 24TH

, BREAD NUNS AND MORE

We will leave early in the morning to the village of Mayorga where the bread museum is located. After

visiting the bread museum we will have a lunch at a nun´s monastery. In the afternoon we will go to

the City of Astorga up in the North of Castilla y León. Finally we will get to Ponferrada, an amazing

town full of history and cradle of the temple knights movement in Spain.

SUNDAY MARCH 25th

, EL BIERZO AREA

Talking about el Bierzo is talking about two things: “Prada a Tope” and “Las Medulas”. We will visit Prada

a Tope. This company owned by Jose Luis Prada is an amazing example of the culture of organic

agriculture, not only for wine but also for all kind of products that the Bierzo soil produces. We will be able

to know more about red peppers, cherries, mencía and godello grapes.

After a visit to the property we will move to the little village of Orellan, right in the foothills of Las

Médulas. We will have a roman lunch with chef Isabel in a cozy little family owned restaurant. After lunch

we will visit the biggest gold mine of the Roman Empire! Las Medulas is marvelous landscape over 2000

years old. That is the most important example of how human beings can change nature. After the visit

we will go back to Valladolid.

MONDAY MARCH 26th

, FOIE GRAS

Today the group will be heading Villamartín de Campos. In this little village located in the province of

Palencia is where Selectos de Castilla has its installations. At this place the group will be able to see a

handmade production of foie gras, mi-cuit, confit, pates, duck ham, lamb liver pate and much more…

To conclude the day we will go to Mucientes to enjoy a fantastic dinner at the classroom-museum of

Paco Alba. At this 17th century wine cellar we will have the great opportunity to enjoy a traditional

musical dinner.

TUESDAY MARCH 27th

, SEGOVIA

Today we will be visiting one of the most impressive cities in Spain. We will have lunch at Cándido

restaurant, one of the most popular restaurants in Spain and symbol of the suckling pig. After that, we

will visit the wonderful city of Segovia before visiting a ham factory that exports ham to The US.

Segovia is Spain and Castile at its best - twisting alleyways, the highest concentration of Romanesque

churches in all of Europe, pedestrian streets where no cars are allowed, the aroma of roast suckling pig

around every corner - all surrounded by the city's medieval wall which itself is bordered by two rivers and

an extensive green-belt park with miles of shaded walks. On the north-west extreme of the wall is the

famous Alcázar castle, source of inspiration to Walt Disney, and where Queen Isabel promised

Columbus the financial backing he needed to discover America. On the south-east extreme is the world

renowned Roman Aqueduct, the largest and best preserved of its kind anywhere, which served as the

mintmark on all coins struck in the city from 1455 to 1864. The tallest building in Segovia is still the 16th-

century Cathedral, a prominent landmark as one approaches from any direction. Segovia was as greatly

assisted in 1985 when UNESCO declared Segovia "Heritage of Mankind”.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 28th

, chefs!

We will have the opportunity to visit the International School of Culinary arts and join one of the best

chefs of the region in a demo. Lunch will be an opportunity to enjoy new and old culinary techniques as

well as products.

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THURSDAY MARCH 29th

, RUEDA

We will start in the morning with a visit to a Castilian cheese producer in the small village of Serrada.

This is a great opportunity to know more about sheep milk cheese at this family business. After the visit

to Serrada we will visit a wonderful winery at Rueda appellation. Yllera winery is a well-known winery in

Rueda that produces sparkling, white, rose and red wines. They owned an underground winery with

different tunnel from the 12 to 14th centuries were they still storage their bottles. After that we will have a

great opportunity to enjoy a traditional musical dinner in a 17th century wine cellar.

FRIDAY MARCH 30TH, DEPARTURE

(WE HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL TIME!)