Basque Spain & Camino de Santiago - Discover Spain: Experience the Best of Spain - page 262

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( www.aquariumss.com ; Paseo del Muelle 34; adult/child €12/6; 10am-8pm Mon-
Fri, 10am-9pm Sat & Sun) In the city's excellent aquarium you'll fear for your life as
huge sharks bear down on you, and be tripped out by fancy fluoro jellyfish. The
highlights of a visit are the cinema-screen-sized deep ocean and coral reef exhibits
and the long tunnel, around which swim monsters of the deep.
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Just rolling the word pintxo around your tongue defines the essence of this cheerful,
cheeky little slice of Basque cuisine. The perfect pintxo should have exquisite taste,
texture and appearance and should be savoured in two elegant bites. The Basque
version of a tapa, the pintxo transcends the commonplace by the sheer panache of
its culinary campiness. In San Sebastián especially, Basque chefs have refined the
pintxo to an art form.
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PHOTOGRAPHER: DALLAS STRIBLEY