Learn About Spain

In 2000, my wife and I set out on the ancient Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route on our honeymoon. Most couples would prefer to spend their days on a sunny beach, enjoying a relaxing time with their new partner. However, my wife and I wanted an adventure exploring Spain. We had both lived in Spain as children—she in Catalunya and...

At La Tienda, we think of ourselves as food pilgrims, traveling Spain to discover the amazing foodways of the many distinct regions of the country and bringing them home to share with you. Our house brand is named Peregrino, which is the Spanish word for “pilgrim.”

The varieties of experiences we have enjoyed in the Community of Valencia are amazing. Probably the most well known event occurs every March when the people of Valencia produce an astonishingly loud celebration called Las Fallas, complete with burning images, ear-shattering fireworks, along with

Following this route we revisited some of our favorite towns of Andalucía before heading north along the Portuguese border in Extremadura. We turned west to the Celtic lands of Galicia including the pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela and along the Cantabrian coast to Asturias (where the Reconquista began in the 8th century). We headed south to León driving through a breathtaking...