Holiday overview
Combine eco-friendly designer accommodation set in a stunning natural park with a culinary and cultural journey on this unique cookery holiday which includes market visits, meeting Jamon producers, picking wild herbs, cooking flat bread and much more more details...
Included in the price
Please note that holidays do not include flights, please see the 'getting there' tab for more details.
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- PLEASE NOTE: This holiday is on request - please email
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- 6 nights / 7 days accommodation in a private en suite room at the eco retreat
- Solo travellers will have their own private room with an ensuite bathroom for no additional supplement
- Please note that you must arrive in the morning in time for the airport pick-up on your arrival day
- All meals with soft drinks and wine / beer
- A welcome drink on arrival
- A visit to the local Jamón Ibérico producer on day 2
- A cooking class on day 2
- A morning visit on day 3 to a local market to buy ingredients and meet local producers
- A North African and Spanish flavours cooking lesson focusing on cooking on the ‘asador’ and wood burning range in the afternoon of day 3
- A morning visit to the Natural Park’s Botanical Gardens for a themed walk and to meet a local expert to discover locally grown aromatic herbs on day 4
- An afternoon cooking demonstration of preserving olives on day 4
- A demonstration of local cheese making on day 4
- A morning foraging walk to learn about nature’s free offerings to collect food for day 5’s afternoon of cooking
- A cooking lesson on the afternoon of day 5 exploring the world of Mezze
- A visit to the local museum and food sampling on day 6
- A visit to the Alhambra, Albaicin and tapas tour of Granada on day 7
- All transportation from the eco-retreat to the local markets and Jamon producers
- Airport transfers from Granada airport
Location overview
Recommended by Alastair Sawday, set in the heart of the 'Parque Natural Sierra María-Los Vélez' in the Almería province of Andalucia, this ‘eco-chic’ guest house and creative retreat set in 50 acres of farmland, resides within a place of extreme natural beauty, profound peace and tranquility and an awe inspiring wilderness, in one of Spain’s most dramatic alpine deserts
Holiday start days
- This holiday starts on
- Mondays
- Tuesdays
- Wednesdays
- Thursdays
- Fridays
- Saturdays
- Sundays