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The Spanish Relais Gourmands, an exceptional art of cooking...
The Spanish Relais Gourmands invite you to taste their numerous dishes mixing all the aromas and savours of the best regional products created with our chef’s generosity and genius.
Restaurante Akelaŕe Restaurant of a Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux in the country “Successful creations start with the best products; each dish must be approached with the daring of a young chef, the experience of a mature man and the wisdom of an elder”. The personality of Pedro Subijana, his determination to always do better and his constant quest for innovation have made him an ambassador of new Basque cuisine. He takes traditional recipes and always adds his own “twist”, such as in his turbot with “kokotxka” or his strawberry cream with frozen yogurt pearls for dessert. So many delicacies to be savoured, while looking out over the immense Atlantic, located just five minutes from the centre of Saint-Sebastian. ...Read more Spain, San Sebastián
Restaurante Arzak Restaurant of a Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux in town Juan Mari and his daughter Elena are inventors of dishes, but also of movements. It was Juan Mari who in 1977, with other great chefs, founded the new Basque cuisine - the vanguard in terms of creativity and techno-cuisine and a revolutionary way of inviting the region to take pride of place on the plate. His daughter Elena accompanies him on this gourmet adventure, adding her own touch to all the recipes. “I’m an old rock’n’roller and she’s more heavy metal”, jokes Juan Mari. Their “musical” collaboration produces marvels culminating in dishes featuring local hake, line-caught calamari or beef from the region, as well as a delicious array of aromas from across the world - tamarind, hibiscus, rhubarb, mango, molasses, coconut, roasted chocolate, star anise or liquorice powder. ...Read more Spain, Donostia San Sebastián
Restaurante Martin Berasategui Restaurant of a Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux in the country “Good cuisine, which is written in capitals, is not the property of any one person. It belongs to all those who have worked behind the stoves since the dawn of time…” Martin Berasategui has the wisdom of men born between land and sea. He has turned this restaurant in the Basque Country, close to the pilgrimage route of Compostela, into a culinary temple. His audacious creations feature cheese bonbons with Carabaña oil, chicory, red onion juice and pork cheek or roasted Araiz pigeon, fresh pasta with mushrooms, spring onions and touches of truffle cream. The wine list is equally exceptional. ...Read more Spain, Lasarte-Oria
Restaurant Neichel Restaurant of a Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux in town Wild turbot with onion shoots seared in thyme. Lamb with a fine aromatic herb and anchovy crust. Tartar of spider crab and prawns. Filet of venison with rhubarb… Born in Alsace, Jean-Louis Neichel is widely deemed to be one of the best ambassadors of French gourmet cuisine in Spain. In the fashionable district of Pedralbes, he creates light, aromatic, resolutely Mediterranean cuisine. You will enjoy the southern garden with its lemon trees, the bar with its collection of old armagnacs and the large wine cellar. ...Read more Spain, Barcelona
Can Fabes Restaurant of a Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux and hotel in a village This century-old Catalonian mas, a family heirloom, has been converted into a gourmet temple combining modernity, art and culture, to breathe new life into culinary creations. Drawing on regional produce, Santi Santamaria injects character into the simplest, most traditional elements, rendering them universal. Tradition and modernity come together in the quest for even greater culinary delights. Prawns from Palamos, pig cheeks, forest mushrooms, truffles and foie gras are, along with the fish from the Blanes market and Montseny lamb, the main ingredients in authentic cuisine that pleases the senses and strives to make the world a better place. At Can Fabes, the great kitchen team and the exceptional dining room staff invite you to discover truly authentic Catalonia, due to author’s cuisine that stimulates the palate. ...Read more Spain, Sant Celoni
Carme Ruscalleda - Restaurant Sant Pau Restaurant of a Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux on the seafront On the Catalan coast, between Girona and Barcelona, Carme Ruscalleda crafts creative, natural and modern cuisine inspired by landscapes and Catalan culinary traditions. In this beautiful garden setting bordering the beach of Sant Pol de Mar, a charming commune full of character, Carme has developed her very own, original gourmet style. Her cuisine, showcasing Maresme produce - a region famous for its fishing ports, its specialised crops and its wild mountains - is based on balance, the respect for natural flavours, contrasts and the texture of the dishes. Since 2004, following professional exchanges with Japan, Carme’s cuisine has drawn on Nipponese influences which marry naturally with the culinary style at the Sant Pau. Simply delicious! ...Read more Spain, Sant Pol de Mar
Atrio Restaurante Hotel Restaurant of a Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux and hotel in town Located inside the walled town of Cáceres with its extraordinary testimony to Alhohad, Gothic, Renaissance and colonial architecture. In the heart of the medieval town, Jose and Toño propose cuisine with unique, authentic flavours in a dream setting. Tomatoes stuffed with frogs’ legs, Iberian filet mignon with potato purée and boudin, truffle pâté en croûte with red berries and other gourmet creations testify in complete harmony with the splendid building that the substance remains when everything else changes. No-one could feel like a stranger in this experience with the flavour of eternity. ...Read more Spain, Cáceres
Restaurante Santceloni Restaurant of a Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux in town Santi Santamaria went to Madrid to open a gourmet restaurant that has since become one of the finest in the Spanish capital. In the kitchen, Óscar Velasco delights guests with his dishes featuring fish and shellfish from the Costa Brava, exceptional vegetables like young Maresme peas or delicious Morella truffles or with his flagship creations like braised shank of suckling veal with potato purée or crispy suckling pig from Segovia. His cuisine expresses a culinary philosophy that is both traditional and contemporary with a wild flourish. In the dining room, the maître d’hôtel, Abel Valverde, and the sommelier, David Robledo, are the epitome of politeness and elegance and offer unique, stylish service - the prelude to a gourmet celebration that will truly delight the senses. ...Read more Spain, Madrid
Restaurant of a Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux in the country
Spain, San Sebastián 
