It was such a great experience, I can’t wait to join more of Devour Spain’s food tours in other cities like Madrid and Seville. It was a lot of fun learning about the neighborhood and hearing the stories of each shop, bar or restaurant owner while eating our way through it. I know it looks like we only ate and ate…and ate some more on the Devour Barcelona food tour, but we actually learned quite a bit of the history of the Gràcia neighborhood from our knowledgeable guide, Renee. The cremant is a very light cake topped with the crema catalana and it is a little bite of heaven. The owner invented the cremant as a play on crema catalana, a type of Catalan creme brulee. You actually won’t find these anywhere else but one very special bakery in Barcelona, which has been handed down through the family. Of course you have to have something sweet and we ended the tour with mini cremants. The cremant only exists in one family owned bakery in the Gràcia neighborhood of Barcelona Mini Cremant Who wouldn’t want to spend an hour each afternoon sipping this sweet fortified wine, nibbling on delicious tapas and relaxing with friends? I can see why hora del vermut (Vermouth hour) is such a trendy thing in Barcelona these days. I also braced myself for the burning sensation Vermouth usually leaves. I was disappointed to see that everyone else on the tour had enjoyed the anchovies equally as much I was really hoping to take a few unwanted ones off people’s plates. It was so tasty, I happily speared the second one and gobbled it up. Maybe it was because they were pickled, but it wasn’t at all salty and fishy like anchovies usually are. I braced myself for the worst as I speared one of the two anchovies on my plate with a toothpick and, like pulling off a bandaid in one fell swoop, just popped it in to my mouth. Let me preface this by declaring just how much I DO NOT like anchovies. Vermouth and pickled anchovies were the most surprisingly delicious bites Vermouth and Pickled Anchovies And rest assured that no matter which Devour food tour you choose, it will be among the best tours in Barcelona to go on. I’m not going to tell you about all nine stops – you’ll just have to book your own Gracia Neighborhood Food Tour – but, I will share a few of my favorites. It was all delicious and I was thrilled that we didn’t have a single paella.
There wasn’t a single stop on this Barcelona food tour that I didn’t immensely enjoy. The Devour team’s labor of food love was evident. The team at Devour Spain, a clearly passionate group of food lovers, spent countless hours eating everything to select the best of the best, painstakingly narrowing it down to nine delicious stops featuring authentic Barcelona cuisine. Like Venice, many of the little restaurants and bars were established many years ago and handed down through the family with another generation still running them today. It reminded me of how the Venetians are insistent that they are Venetian, not Italian. They still say they are from Gràcia, not Barcelona. Gràcia was its own city up until the late 19th century and the people are very proud of the heritage. The walking food tour weaves through the tiny streets of the Gràcia neighborhood, off-the-beaten-path and away from the hustle and bustle of the busy Passeig de Gràcia. I choose the Gràcia Neighborhood Food & Market tour from Devour’s selection of daytime and evening tours for my Barcelona food experience. Did the Devour Barcelona food tour ever deliver! You can easily find it on tour!Ī photo posted by Luxe Adventure Traveler on at 5:09am PDT But have you ever seen his first private commission? It’s not open to the public now, but soon will open as a museum. Buenos dias from Barcelona! Of course, Gaudi’s works are world famous.
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