Tag: san sebastian
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Inventive Basque Cuisine Created Outside the Mould
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Mugaritz Restaurant For celebrated Basque chef Andoni Luis Aduriz, the Costa del Sol became something of a second home in 2014. In April he took on the culinary consultancy at the Healthouse Las Dunas five-star hotel on Estepona’s “New Golden Mile” – creating “a concept combining limitless creative cooking with…
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Belle Époque Opulence in San Sebastian
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Hotel María Cristina Since the inauguration of the San Sebastian International Film Festival in 1953, global stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Woody Allen, Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Brad Pitt and Susan Sarandon have enjoyed the stylish grandeur of the Hotel María Cristina. The hotel was opened in 1912 and…
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Restaurante Arzak
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Restaurante Arzak Artistic experimentation by the patriarch of “New Basque” gastronomy When Juan Mari Arzak’s grandparents set up a wine tavern in 1897, in a village that is now part of San Sebastián, the quality of the wines was so poor it was known as the “vinegar tavern”. Today, Restaurante…