Gourmet Tour - Traditional Villages & Cuisine

OVERVIEW

Travel inland through the Sierra Bernia Mountains, pausing along the way at traditional villages and to dine on the province’s characteristic cuisine. You will follow a beautiful coastal route before turning onto a winding mountain road that leads to the village of Polop. Its beautiful setting inspired Spanish modernist writer Gabriel Miró, who spent many of his most productive summers there. He described Polop as an “oasis on the Costa Blanca.” Ascending deeper into the mountains, you will soon arrive in Guadalest, a remote town that the Moors founded atop a granite peak. The photogenic castle there was built in the 11th century, and the street leading up to it is lined with whitewashed houses. Before dining on traditional Mediterranean cuisine at the "Contemple" restaurant located inside the Vivood Hotel, you will have time to explore on your own. If you like museums, there are ones devoted to dolls, salt and pepper shakers and instruments of torture.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Follow an immensely scenic route along the coast and into the Sierra Bernia Mountains.
• Enjoy the sweeping views while stopping in the mountain villages of Polop and Guadalest.
• Tour Guadalest before settling in for a leisurely lunch of traditional cuisine.

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.
• Wear flat comfortable walking shoes.