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Tapas are one of the most characteristic foods in the Spanish culinary culture. Some people assure that the tapa was born many years ago, when the Spanish king Alfonso 10^th , known as the Wise,  had to eat small snacks between meals due to an illness.

Another theory, which is quite realistic, tells us that tapas appeared because of the need of some workers unions to take a small amount of food during their working time, which allowed them to carry on working until time for the main meal. The original tapas were the slices of bread which sherry drinkers in Andalusian taverns used to cover their glasses between sips. This was a practical measure meant to prevent fruit flies from hovering over the sweet sherry. But soon, enterprising bartenders were putting small snacks on the bread, and the lowly tapa (from tapa derived the verb tapar, “to cover”) became as important as the sherry.

So now you know

Ever thought about renting an Barcelona apartment instead of a hotel? You can try all the tapas you want then !