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Alicante: Paella & Sangria Cooking Class with Tapas & Market Tour
About this experience
Alicante’s original cooking workshop was created in 2022 by local hospitality professionals who wanted to share the food and traditions they grew up with. Here, authentic paella starts long before the rice hits the pan. You’ll visit Alicante’s Central Market with your local host, meet the vendors and shop for fresh ingredients before heading to our kitchen inside a real local restaurant. Then get hands-on with a professional local chef: prepare traditional tapas, make your own sangria and cook authentic Alicante paella from scratch, including the traditional sofrito. Choose between seafood, meat or vegetarian paella. This is more than following a recipe. You’ll discover the ingredients, techniques and traditions behind Alicante’s cuisine, share everything you’ve prepared around the table, and take the recipes home with you. Real market, real restaurant, local professionals — an Alicante cooking experience created by locals.
What to expect
Discover Alicante through its food, traditions, and local way of life. Start at Alicante’s Central Market with your local host. Explore the colourful stalls, meet vendors, learn about Mediterranean ingredients, and shop for fresh products for your cooking class. Then, head to our kitchen inside a real local restaurant. Guided by a professional local chef and host, you’ll prepare authentic Alicante paella from scratch, including the traditional sofrito, while learning the techniques behind one of Spain’s most iconic dishes. But paella is only part of the experience. Prepare traditional tapas and make your own homemade sangria. Wine, beer and soft drinks are also available. Choose your paella — seafood, meat, or vegetarian. Finally, sit down together and enjoy everything you’ve prepared in a relaxed local atmosphere. Share your paella, tapas and drinks with fellow travellers, and take the recipes home to recreate your favourite dishes. Created by Alicante’s original cooking workshop and hosted by local hospitality professionals, this is more than a cooking class — it’s a delicious way to experience Alicante through its market, food and people.
What’s included
- Full meal & drinks: Enjoy your paella alongside a tapas tasting, drinks, and local appetizers.
- All-inclusive setup: Authentic restaurant venue, aprons, equipment, fresh ingredients, and recipes.
- Chef-led workshop: Guided market visit, hands-on paella cooking class, and homemade sangria.
- Choice of seafood, meat or veggie paella
- Bottled water for all participants
Tour & ticket options
Options may have different inclusions and meeting points. Choose your option when booking on Viator.
Paella & Sangria Cooking Class
Meeting & pickup
- Meet at the market entrance, by the Civil War memorial — a large metal plate on the ground. Your guide will be there with a traditional shopping basket, wearing a black T-shirt with “Alicante Cooking Workshops” in white.
End point
- Meet at the market entrance, by the Civil War memorial — a large metal plate on the ground. Your guide will be there with a traditional shopping basket, wearing a black T-shirt with “Alicante Cooking Workshops” in white.
Before you go
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Minimum age requirement for alcohol consumption is 18 years of age
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.