Food lovers travel package in Spain

LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois – You’ve read about the Spanish restaurants with Michelin stars, the celebrated Catalan and Basque chefs, the wonderful seafood and acorn-flavored hams. Now you, too, can dine around Spain.

TourCrafters provides the basics: deluxe 4-star hotel accommodations, 7 buffet breakfasts, cooking class in Barcelona, cooking class in Bilbao, tour of Boqueria Market in Barcelona (with English-speaking guide), train tickets from Barcelona to Bilbao to Madrid, tapa and wine at Meson Cinco Jotas in Barcelona, tapa and wine at El Corte Ingles in Madrid, shopping discount at El Corte Ingles. This 8-day/7-night land-only Cuisine Package costs US$1,247 in July and August, US$1,362 in June, September, and October.

You’ll be able to see Gaudi’s architectural marvels and dine in several interesting restaurants (Dos Palillos, Passadis del Pep, Fonda Gaig) during your 3 nights at the 4-star beachfront Hotel Front Maritim in Barcelona. Then it’s on to Bilbao, equally famous for its Basque restaurants and the Guggenheim Museum, for 2 nights at the modern spa hotel Husa Jardines de Albia. And finally 2 nights at the elegant Intur Palacio San Martin in Madrid allows sightseeing in the Spanish capital and dining in famous restaurants like the 287-year-old Botin, which was Hemingway’s favorite.

All prices quoted are per person, double occupancy, are subject to availability, are not valid during fair periods, and do not include transatlantic air fare or arrival and departure transfers.

For additional information, visit http://tourcrafters.it . For reservations, call 800-482-5995. (Oenophiles take note: TourCrafters also has an escorted tour of Spain’s great wineries.)