TAPAS IN SEVILLA
TAPAS TOUR FOR TRIANA DISTRICT
Schedule: Monday-Sunday from 1:30pm to 8:30pm
Duration: 3 Hours
Minimum/Maximum: Minimum 2 persons / Maximum 8 persons
Meeting Point: Triana Bridge (at the entrance of the Faro de Triana Restaurant)
Includes: 3 drinks and 3 tapas in 3-4 bars (For children under age 14, consult special prices.)
Languages: Spanish and English (consult us for other languages)
The exact date and place where the tapa was born is actually unknown. The legends and myths involving its birth have grown throughout the decades and each year a new theory pops up; some claiming a peasant beginning and others a royal one. There are, however, common traits to each of these stories that give the myths a certain reality.
There is a theory that claims that it was King Alfonso X the Wise who began this peculiar way of eating: by medical prescription he had to drink one or two glasses of wine daily, and in order to avoid the effects of the alcohol he accompanied these glasses of wine with some morsels of food. Others date the beginning of the tapa to the age of the Catholic Kings: there were numerous incidents involving inebriated tavern patrons and in order to combat these issues, patrons were served a few slices of ham or other cured meat along with their drinks.
Others affirm that, keeping firm to the idea that the tapa was born of royal beginnings, that it was King Alfonso XIII who, in his visit to the inn “El Ventorillo del Chato” (between Cádiz and San Fernando), gave birth to the tapa: he asked for a glass of wine and all of a sudden a gust of wind blew into the inn. In order to avoid the dirt, dust and bugs getting into the King’s drink, the waiter put a slice of ham over the glass as a “tapa” (meaning a cover, in English). The monarch liked the idea so much that he asked for another.
Other theories place the birth of the tapa in the times of the agricultural boom in the 19th century. In order to build up strength to continue working without eating big meals, the field workers would just have a glass of wine with something light to eat, generally cured meats or cheeses.
Triana Bridge (at the entrance of the Faro de Triana Restaurant)
3 drinks and 3 tapas in 3-4 bars (For children under age 14, consult special prices.)
50% 7 Días antes de la fecha de la visita
100% 48 Horas antes de la fecha de la visita