We never let our Sammic scholars finish their stage without taking them to one of the most beautiful coastal towns in Basque Country: Getaria.  For such a tiny village, Getaria has quite the list of sights.

The Balenciaga Museum, as in the famous fashion designer.

A unique tradition of grilling fish, freshly caught by local farmers, on streetside charcoal grills that line the old part’s streets. A fresher fish probably doesn’t exist.

And then fish of a saltier variety….one of the Basque Country’s finest anchovy purveyors is also located in Getaria: Anchoas Maisor. They pack anchovies caught off the coast of Getaria in salt and allow them to cure for months, carefully scraping clean the filets for a perfect, bone-free anchovy. Brenden and Luuk were highly impressed on our personal taste-testing and needless to say, they went back for seconds.