“El Transcantábrico”: Gastronomy

Meeting Green Spain and travelling along Cantabrian Sea’s coast, crossing rivers, forests and deep valleys, means that its food also plays a leading role in the El Transcantábrico route.

Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country and Castile and León are, in the opinion of the most demanding Chefs and Gourmets in the world, the regions where one of the best gastronomies in Spain is located. Their cheeses, sausages, meats, vegetables, fish and seafood, have universal prestige.

The selected restaurants chosen on the route, are not only choiced because the highest quality of its raw materials, which are cooked by extraordinary professionals, but are also true tasting centres of local dishes.

The breakfast buffet at El Transcantábrico is complemented with personalized attention from the waiters. Local specialties will be present during the tour in the form of sweets, tortillas, empanadas, cheeses, sausages, etc.

At lunch and dinner, you can taste different dishes such as fabada, stew montañés, lamb, fish, as well as seafood, anchovies... and desserts such as frixuelos and San Marcos’ cake, are just a sample of the extensive and appetizing gastronomic proposal offered by El Transcantábrico. Accompanied by the rich and varied wines of the different D.O. from Northern Spain.

The menus are established looking for the balance between the traditional cuisine of each area and the creativity of the professionals. Those travelers who require special healthy menus or choice reasons may request them previously, at the time you are making the reservation.