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(FONDUE) MARGOUILLATPHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES, (BACALHAU) ALLEKO/GETTY IMAGES We travel for many reasons, but let’s face it, 2. Spain: Tapas is often at the top of the list. According to a 2017 survey on gastronomy tourism conducted by the Perhaps these Spanish snacks came from World Tourism Organization, 87 percent of re- an ill thirteenth-century king who was spondents believe gastronomy is important when only able to have small sips and bits, defining their destination’s image – a statistic or a nineteenth-century bartender supported by the fact that there are dozens of who was keeping dust out of another Virtuoso hotels, tour operators, cruise lines, and king’s drink with a slice of ham. The destinations that specialize in culinary travel. A origin story isn’t clear, but the small, great meal is just as fulfilling as a tangible souve- flavorful bites laid out at bars around nir, and these 23 ingredients, dishes, and drinks the country are a fun way to explore represent marquee culinary experiences around Spanish gastronomy. the globe. Pack your bags – and save some space for your appetite too. TRY IT: Dry, the bar at the 136-room Hotel Maria Cristina, a Luxury Collection Hotel in San Sebastián (a city revered for its Michelin-starred restaurants), offers individual tapas or a tasting selection of its pintxos – the word for tapas in the Basque region. • On Oceania Cruises’ 12-day, Barcelona-to-Venice voyage on the 684-passenger Sirena, a shore excursion in Barcelona includes a guided tour to some of the city’s most iconic tapas spots. Departures: July 25 and October 11.

Hotel Maria Cristina’s bar, Dry, in San Sebastián.

Bürgenstock Hotel and Alpine Spa’s cheese humidor.

3. Portugal: Bacalhau 1. Switzerland: Fondue Legend has it that the Portuguese Melting together the cheeses of the Swiss alpine region know how to eat bacalhau (hard, nutty Gruyère and firm but creamy Vacherin) with (salted, dried cod) 365 ways – wine, garlic, and a little cherry brandy creates the hearty one for each day of the year. In dip called fondue, which has a centuries-long history in reality, some people would say the region. Modern fondue – the typical setup with the there are far more recipes, but pot over an open flame – was declared the Swiss national whatever the exact number, dish in 1930. it’s hard to miss the country’s pungent national dish, whether stacked high at the markets or on nearly every TRY IT: Taverne 1879 at the 102-room Bürgenstock restaurant menu around. Hotel and Alpine Spa above Lake Lucerne serves multiple varieties of fondue, including one made with TRY IT: At the Seteais Restaurant in Sintra’s 30-room cheese from the local Buochserhorn region. Pro tip: Tivoli Palácio de Seteais, bacalhau is served à nossa Spring for the Champagne and truffle add-ons. • On maneira (braised with confit, crispy smoked the final night of tour operator Insight Vacations’ ham, and bell pepper mayonnaise). • Chefs at Adega seven-day group Switzerland adventure, guests bid at the 170-room Vila Vita Parc Resort & Spa on the farewell with a wine-filled fondue celebration at Le Algarve coast serve bacalhau two ways, including in ) ALLEKO/GETTY IMAGES ) ALLEKO/GETTY BACALHAU LITTLECLIE/GETTY IMAGES LITTLECLIE/GETTY IMAGES, MARGOUILLATPHOTOS/GETTY (FONDUE) ( Petit Chalet in Geneva. beignets filled with sheep’s cheese. restaurant’s Flemish stew. that isamong theingredients inthe includes alocal Gulden Draak ale region –specializes inbeer, which the capital of Belgium’s Flanders Cambrinus restaurant – inBruges TRY The Bierbrasserie IT: famousgian cuisine: those fries. anotherclassic- Bel comes with inplace ofwine.beer It often made Belgium’s with renowned a lotlikebourguignonne, beef but dition since theMiddle Ages. It’s oftheregion’sa part tra- culinary dishthat’s beef rich a deeply been , is flamande àla nade orstoofvlees Flemish called stew, carbon also 5. famed Rhug Estate and served with celeriac, blackberries, celeriac, with andchestnuts. Rhugfamed Estate andserved inside the202-room Shangri-La Hotel, At theShard, London,where tender roe-deer issourced venison from Wales’ Oxfordshire, autumn with root loincomesroasted venison vegetables andjuniper. andserved TRY At IT: Raymond Blanc’s two-Michelin-starred restaurant in at LeManoir the32-room Belmond Quat’Saisons aux from which itcame –foraged mushrooms andberries, forexample –giving diners afulltaste oftheland. The lean theflavors meat forthearistocracy. with often comesadorned reserved wasvenison oftheforest long adelicacy ishometo moreBritain than 1milliondeer, but because ofearly regulations surrounding whocould hunt inroyal forests, Quat’Saisons’ exterior.Quat’Saisons’ Belmond Le Manoiraux

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