Alicante: Paella & Sangria Cooking Class with Tapas & Market Tour
Overview
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'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.
- Choice of seafood, meat or veggie paella
- Bottled water for all participants
- Chef-led workshop: Guided market visit, hands-on paella cooking class, and homemade sangria.
Meeting Location
Plaza 25 de Mayo
03004 Alicante, Spain
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
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.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Minimum age requirement for alcohol consumption is 18 years of age
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- 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.
- Choice of seafood, meat or veggie paella.
- Bottled water for all participants.
- Chef-led workshop: Guided market visit, hands-on paella cooking class, and homemade sangria.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Alicante: Paella & Sangria Cooking Class with Tapas & Market Tour is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Alicante: Paella & Sangria Cooking Class with Tapas & Market Tour will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What'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.
- Choice of seafood, meat or veggie paella
- Bottled water for all participants
- Chef-led workshop: Guided market visit, hands-on paella cooking class, and homemade sangria.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Minimum age requirement for alcohol consumption is 18 years of age
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers
