Barcelona : Paella Cooking Experience + Boqueria Market Exclusive Tour

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English
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Explore Barcelona's culinary heart with a chef-led Boqueria Market tour. Craft delectable tapas, savor sangria, and cook a perfect paella. A must for food lovers seeking authentic flavors.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Are you interested in learning how to make a traditional Spanish seafood paella? Then go for a trip through the ancient town and shop for ingredients at La Boqueria with the chef. Taste some delectable tapas, create some sangria, and watch the chef cook a paella de marisco for you to enjoy.

When the paella de marisco is finished, return to your tables, settle down, and enjoy the meal with your own freshly mixed sangria.


✔ An introductory tour of the world-famous Mercat de la Boqueria is led by a certified chef.

✔ Join a hands-on cooking workshop to create a shareable seafood paella.

✔ Learn how to prepare quick and authentic local tapas.

✔ Make and drink unlimited sangria throughout


What You Get

Walk through the old town of Barcelona
Learn about La Boqueria introduction tour (subject to La Boqueria market opening hours)
Recipes (accessible via QR code)
Sharing tips is prohibited
No market tour on sunday and public holidays
Transportation

Good To Know

  • This activity is an interactive paella making class, where people are given different jobs throughout the experience.
  • A vegetarian option is available, please advise if you require a vegetarian meal upon booking.
  • The market tour is not included on Sundays as the market is closed.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

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Mercat de la Boqueria

In this 3-hour excursion, you'll follow a professional chef on an introductory tour of Barcelona's oldest and best food market, the Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, which dates back to the 13th century. The chef will buy some of the fresh ingredients needed to produce an authentic paella de marisco, or seafood paella, and Spain's classic rice dish, while detailing the delicacies on offer, notably the fish, and the basics of Spanish and Catalan cuisine. Walkthrough the twisting streets of La Ciutat Vella, or old town, with the chef to El Born, the city's most elegant area.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Free
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El Born

Enter your private dining area, which is adjacent to the large open kitchen where you can watch the chef cook the exquisite paella de marisco. The chef will show you a range of well-known appetizers. Learn how to create pan with tomato, a traditional Catalan tapa, as well as traditional Basque pintxos or montaditos, or toothpick tapas. Then you can sit back and admire your masterpieces while sipping some delicious sangria. While you enjoy your tapas and pintxos, the chef begins prepping the ingredients and the kitchen for the paella de marisco. As the chef starts preparing the paella, you'll learn about the dish's history, the materials utilized, and the stages involved in the preparation. While the paella cooks, you'll be called to the bar to learn everything there is to know about sangria, the world-famous Iberian wine punch that dates back to the Middle Ages. Attempt to make your own sangria.
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Carrer de la Boqueria 27, Carrer de la Boqueria, Barcelona Catalunya, Spain, ES, 08002

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Carrer de la Boqueria 27, Barri Gòtic, 08002, Barcelona. The meeting point is inside Travel Bar, just off Las Ramblas on the street leading away from the Miró mosaic and the Chinese dragon.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Please note that the time is in Central European Time.
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