However, with the evolution of Basque gastronomy, pintxos are increasingly varied and currently only some of them are served with a toothpick.

It’s an amazing food to share with friends and taste small portions of different Spanish cuisine at a really cheap price.

Would you like to try? You can join us next time or go straight to Calle Blai in Barcelona, where you can find many bars that serve the pinchos!

On top of that, the tapas have been refined to the point that now there’s the Granada Gastronomic Tapas contest that takes place in the city. In this contest, they choose the best three tapas to demonstrate the excellence of Granada’s products and cuisine. The winning tapa will be sent to the Official Spanish Tapas and Pinchos Championship that takes place in 2021.

So, from September 8th to 26th, we will be able to enjoy the XII Granada Gastronomic Tapas contest where 51 bars and restaurants will compete for this award while delighting us with delicious food.

Remember that Linguaschools Granada organizes Tapas Tours periodically
so that students can get to know each other and practice Spanish while enjoying some great tapas.

You can see the list of bars and restaurants in the competition here and download the map of the bars and restaurants in the competition at this link.

Do you want to enjoy the best food while you learning Spanish in one of the most beautiful cities in Spain? What are you waiting to sign up for our courses?

The city of Granada is famous because when you order a drink you receive a small plate of food at no extra cost. This is a tradition that is not seen in many places.

Normally, we organize a tapas tour every two weeks and we enjoy dishes such as omelet, croquettes, fish, and meat and vegetarian dishes.

Do you want to be part of our next tour? Sign up for our Spanish courses and come to enjoy the best tapas in Granada.

The city of Granada is famous because when you order a drink you receive a small plate of food at no extra cost. This is a tradition that is not seen in many places.

Normally, we organize a tapas tour every two weeks and we enjoy dishes such as omelet, croquettes, fish, and meat and vegetarian dishes.

Do you want to be part of our next tour? Sign up for our Spanish courses and come to enjoy the best tapas in Granada.

We went to different bars and in each one, we had delicious tapas for all tastes: meat, fish, cheese, and vegetables.

Besides going for tapas, the students took advantage of the fact that on Wednesdays there are discounts at the cinema and they went to see “While the war lasts,” a film by director Alejandro Amenábar. This film is shot almost entirely in Salamanca and talks about the awareness of the writer Miguel de Unamuno about the Spanish Civil War.

The students said the movie and tapas afternoon was perfect so we will repeat it very soon. Do you want to come and enjoy an afternoon of movies and tapas? What are you waiting for? Sign up for our Spanish courses and come and share unforgettable experiences with us!

El Clot, we are definitely coming back!

Granada is famous for its tapas, free snacks that you receive when you order a drink. While it’s true that tapas are also served in other cities in Spain, here they’re well known for being abundant and delicious. Therefore, last week we enjoyed a beautiful afternoon of tapas with our students visiting different bars in the city.

We tried Grenadian and Spanish specialties such as beans with ham, potatoes with onion and pepper, and Spanish potato omelet, and also international dishes. And all accompanied by delicious wines, beers, and soft drinks.

What are you waiting for? Sign up for our Spanish courses in Granada and come enjoy our tapas tours!

But where does the name “tapas” come from? The first record of tapas dates back to 1903. The word has its origin in the top that was once placed on the jugs and glasses so that the air didn’t spoil the wine. Over time, these tops were transformed and became portions of food.

Since then and until today, in Granada we like to meet with friends and go for tapas, which has become one of the cultural features best known to foreigners who visit us.

Therefore, at Linguaschools Granada we organize tapas tours so that our students get to know typical bars of the city, try some tapas and make new friends.

Do you want to come to our tapas tour? Sign up for our Spanish courses and join us!

Therefore, at Linguschools Salamanca, we organize a tapas tour around the city. One of our teachers takes the students to a very popular area so they get to know the typical tapas bars where locals go.

Last week we went to different bars with the students to try the best tapas in the city. Additionally, the teachers frequently go to some of these places and they usually recommend the best tapas in each bar. It doesn’t matter if you like meat or you’re vegetarian or vegan since there are tapas for all tastes: meat, fish, seafood, vegetables, tortillas, etc. and they’re all delicious.

Come learn Spanish with us and join our tapas tours!

Along the years, tapas and pinchos have become a form of national identification.

Indeed, nowadays, when you hear tapas or pinchos, you automatically imagine yourself at a terrace in Spain, sipping a nice Sangria or Tinto de Verano, while eating a mini snack.

Eating tapas in Andalucia
Tapas are generally presented in a menu-style and you pay for every tapa. However in some cities in the southern region of Andalucia, such as Almería or Granada, there is a tapas culture where tapas are served for free with every drink you order.
Be careful: with every new drink, the tapa tends to get a bit better and more elaborate than the previous. So you end up ordering more drinks!

You want to try the best tapas in Granada and don’t know where to go? If you’re a student at our Granada school, we’ll take you on a tour to the best ones.

Tapas or pintxos in Barcelona and Madrid
Both Barcelona and Madrid are melting pots of immigrants from all other regions in Spain, you will find many different type of tapas bars; specialized in fish, meat, classical tapas, modern cuisine tapas or pintxos (see next paragraph). This is where the area between tapas and pinchos will get grey.

You want to order your own pintxos in Spanish San Sebastián? If you’re a student at our school in San Sebastián, we’ll take you on a tour to the best pintxos bars! Okay, fair enough, at all our schools in Spain we take our students out for tapas to the nicest and most original local tapas bars.

Some examples of tapas:

…and some examples of pinchos: