{"id":144119,"date":"2013-09-09T20:38:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T18:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/3-steps-to-eat-pintxos-in-the-basque-country\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T08:19:37","slug":"3-steps-to-eat-pintxos-in-the-basque-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/3-steps-to-eat-pintxos-in-the-basque-country\/","title":{"rendered":"3 steps to eat pintxos in the Basque Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pintxo tradition is well known outside the Basque Country, in fact, many people come to the Basque Country for gastronomic tourism, and pintxos are a good reason for this.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to know the steps to follow to eat the <a title=\"2 areas to eat pintxos in Vizcaya\" href=\"http:\/\/turismovasco.com\/vizcaya\/donde-comer-vizcaya\/2-zonas-comer-pintxos-en-vizcaya\/\">best <strong>pintxos<\/strong><\/a> in the Basque Country?<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.-Early breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We should have breakfast early to be able to eat <strong>pintxos<\/strong> from the hamaiketako (the 11 o&#8217;clock meal in the Basque Country). If it is too early, we can postpone it until 12 noon, little by little we will see how the streets are filling up with people and atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.-Location<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recommendation is to stay in the old town of one of the provincial capitals of the Basque Country, preferably San Sebastian or <a title=\"The 3 best places in Bilbao\" href=\"http:\/\/turismovasco.com\/vizcaya\/que-ver-vizcaya\/los-3-mejores-rincones-de-bilbao\/\">Bilbao<\/a>, although these are the ones with the most expensive prices, it is also the best place to eat, but there are many pintxos areas throughout the Basque Country, so it depends on where you stay and the plans you have for the next day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.- Accompaniment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pintxo should be accompanied by a good wine or beer, depending on taste. In the Basque Country they don&#8217;t say &#8220;ir de pintxos&#8221;, they say &#8220;ir de pintxos-poteo&#8221;, that is to say, &#8220;ir de pintxos&#8221; and &#8220;ir de poteo&#8221; at the same time. There must be a reason&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pintxo tradition is well known outside the Basque Country, in fact, many people come to the Basque Country for gastronomic tourism, and pintxos are a good reason for this. 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