Our Espelette chilli pepper products
Discovery visits with family or friends
Throughout the year, we invite you to visit our farm in Espelette. You will discover the different stages in the production of Espelette chilli peppers and enjoy a tasting of chilli peppers! And the bonus is that it's FREE!
Feel free to introduce yourself.
(Reservations required for 10 people or more)
Last visit 1 hour before shop closes.
🌶️ Nouveau parcours ludique au cœur du piment d’Espelette ! 🌿
Saurez vous relever le défi ?
Munis de votre quizz “Les jeux de Ramuntxo”, partez à l’aventure en plein champ et laissez vous guider à travers les secrets bien gardés du piment d’Espelette !
Une balade instructive, gourmande et amusante, idéale pour toute la famille
Discovery tours for groups
Associations, seminars, team building, incoming agencies, schools... Put all your senses to work at l'Atelier!
We welcome and accompany your group on an immersive tour of the farm and processing area. We’ll tell you all about the history of Espelette chilli pepper and the different stages in its production. Afterwards, a tasting of our chilli products and other local delicacies will tantalise your taste buds. Espelette chilli pepper will hold no secrets for you!
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Gourmet tours and services for your events
Spice up your birthdays, seminars, hens and bachelor weekends, receptions...
For your special events in the Basque Country, we organise tailor-made services in a unique setting.
Take advantage of our various gourmet breaks. For the most discerning gourmets, extend your experience with our personalised participatory workshops.
It's all guaranteed to be fun and convivial!
We do not require reservations for visitors, only for groups of 10 or more.
We schedule visits throughout the day, with no set times. Just turn up whenever you like and we'll welcome you and show you around our farm. Tours depart regularly throughout the day, depending on visitor arrivals and the number of visitors to the farm. The last tour of the day is at around 4.30pm, in season.Plus d’informations ici.
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The Discovery Tour is free.
Rain is essential for our chillies and makes our Basque country so green! If it does rain, we'll be delighted to welcome you to the Atelier. We have no problem adapting our visits to the weather, as our greenhouses allow us to receive our visitors comfortably under cover. So don't hesitate!
The visit to the Espelette farm always ends with a tasting of chilli in all its forms: sauces, condiments, sweet and savoury flavours to awaken your taste buds to a crescendo.
Depending on the time of year you visit the Atelier du Piment, our tours change.
In fact, from January to April, when the land is at rest, we offer a commented video tracing the different stages in the production of PDO Espelette chilli peppers and their origins. These explanations will end with a tasting of chilli in all its forms: sauces, condiments, sweet and savoury flavours to awaken your taste buds to a crescendo!
From May onwards, we'll be delighted to welcome you and take you on a tour of the farm and the processing area. From the plot of land on the farm in Espelette, the guided tour gives you the chance to find out more about the history of the spice, and to understand the different stages involved in its production and processing. Our guides like to adapt their explanations according to the plant cycle of the chilli pepper. Depending on the time of year you visit us, you can discover our greenhouses where our "red gold" is drying, understand how our ovens work, or observe the chilli flowers or our beautiful carmine-red fruits as they grow before harvest.
For each month of the year, there's a key stage for you to comment on, before finishing with our tasting of home-made products.
Allow around 1 hour on our farm (discovery tour + tasting). The end of the visit is always a good time to chat, and at l'Atelier we like to take the time to talk!
9am-7pm, every day from Easter to All Saints' Day.
10am-12pm and 2pm-5pm, Monday to Friday, out of season.
Yes, we have a large on-site car park.
All our tours are accompanied by a guide. However, you can take your own tour of the farm, with the help of explanatory panels about PDO Espelette chilli peppers.
Of course it is! It's very important to us to pass on our trade and know-how to future generations. Our tours (explanations + tasting) are suitable for all ages. Please allow an hour for your visit.
We have a parking space reserved for people with reduced mobility (in front of the shop). Visits start at the edge of the plot and the path leading to it is made of stones but is relatively flat so that it can be used by wheelchairs, pushchairs, etc.
Pets are welcome on the farm, provided they are kept on a lead.
Yes, on foot, the path is safe (pavements) and takes about 15 minutes.
If you park in the car park at the entrance to the village, a footpath (family trail) will take you directly to the Atelier du Piment.
- Arriving from Bayonne / Cambo les Bains / Saint Jean Pied de Port, l'Atelier du Piment is located at the entrance to the village: as soon as you see the sign "ESPELETTE", take the next right (small hill) and after 100 metres we are on the right.
- Coming from Dancharinea / Ainhoa / Saint Jean de Luz, l'Atelier du Piment is located at the exit of the village, direction Cambo les Bains. Leave the Peugeot garage and the large car park on your right, drive for 400 metres and after a succession of bends, turn left (small hill) and after 100 metres we are on the right.
If you are using a GPS, please enter the following coordinates: Atelier du Piment - Elizaldeko Bidea - 64 250 ESPELETTE
Using the Waze application, here is the link to follow: https://waze.com/ul/hezwyx4zk4
Yes, we have toilets for our visitors. They are located in the shop. We also have an area reserved for changing babies (changing table and child adapter).