Paella Cooking Class and Private Tour Albufera Natural Park

Get picked up at your Valencia hotel at 11am and travel by private vehicle for about 25 minutes to Huerto de Consuelin, a cooking school located in a country house in Sueca. Hear from your guide how Spain's national dish, paella, was invented in Sueca as you drive through the rice paddies and orange orchards common to this part of Valencia. 

Under the guidance of an expert chef, learn the secrets of Spanish cuisine while crafting the perfect Valencian paella. Get hands-on with the ingredients as you prepare this special dish, and take a break for a drink and a snack of locally grown ingredients as the paella cooks. When the paella is ready, sit down with your class and instructor to enjoy a traditional Spanish lunch made entirely on-site: paella, Valencian salad, and a dessert of homemade cake followed by a traditional digestif (liqueur). Before you leave, receive a personalized "Ambassador of Paella" certificate from the chef, and a recipe booklet to take home with you.

Continue to the Albufera National Park for the second half of your excursion. On a private tour, enjoy beautiful views of the rice fields and the Albufera lake from Montañeta dels Sants. Visit the fishing island of El Palmar, the town that inspired the author Vicente Blasco Ibañez, and see what local life is like there. Wander through the shaded pine forest of Dehesa of the Saler, located between the Mediterranean Sea and Albufera lake, and breathe in the fresh air. This full-day adventure ends when you're dropped back off at your Valencia hotel around 6pm.