Cod omelette, cider sausages, cod with green peppers, the essential grilled cutlet and cheese with quince and walnuts for dessert. It is the menu that many crave throughout the year waiting for the season of cider houses. A custom that since time immemorial has reunited groups of friends and families around good food. Start with the Txotx Navarra.
The first Txotx Navarra
This year, cider house in charge of inaugurating the first txotx has been Lindduren Borda of Lesaka, one of the most famous temples of the cider house. This place, together with the taverns Larraldea de Lekaroz, Martitxonea de Aldatz, Behetxonea de Beruete and Toki Alai de Lekunberri, is a member of the Navarra Cider Association.
All of them are essential points when it comes to tasting a part of the varied gastronomic diversity and txotx Navarre. These cider houses boast of having a complete production process of the cider. From the cultivation of the apple to the production of the bottle, passing through the storage of nectar. This occurs in barrels / kupelas. The direct sale of cider in the establishment itself.
Located in bortziriak, formerly called Five Villas, lesaka is one of the essentials for the traveler who wants to know the Navarre more green. Known as the little Venice navarra, more than 20 bridges make up this local northwest town. The charm that surrounds its emblazoned houses welcomes the visitor, who bets on this town with its own San Fermin. This is equally famous as that of the capital among travelers from the north of our country.
Discovering the Baztán Valley
At Baztán Valley welcomes us with legumes, a town made up of palaces and noble houses of pinkish stone. A villa in full Atlantic Pyrenees which is the perfect step to some of the most famous hiking routes in the area. It is the place of the witches, that of the ancient smugglers that unites Caves of Zugarramurdi, Urdazubi / Urdax and Sara. Also that of the Camino de Santiago from Baztán.
Going down to the basin of Pamplona, Beruete, Aldatz and Lekunberri they receive the traveler in a perfect environment. Enjoy walking after tasting the menu of cider house with that Txotx Navarra, between its green and infinite meadows surrounding the farmhouses.
Gastronomy and fun in the cider houses
El txotx (toothpick that covers the hole in the barrel from which the cider) has become a claim for the tourist. A good opportunity to meet Navarre during the first half of the year. Not only for travelers from the north of Spain, but increasingly, from the rest of the regions of our country.
Also for him european tourist what are you looking for in the Foral Community a destiny linked to a haute cuisine. A great opportunity to connect directly to a landscape that speaks of deeply rooted customs.
Any corner of the cider house it becomes the perfect place for the lively atmosphere. Whether around the table or around the kupela. While each guest is served to their liking the cider from the same barrel. Moments for the reunion, to experience each point of the Navarrese land paying homage to the cider. Daring to sing the typical song, which goes like this: Kupela, kupela, sagardoaren hotel (the barrel is the cider hotel).
Source: Navarra Tourism
