What meal is lunch in Spain?
What meal is lunch in Spain? Lunch (la comida) is the heaviest meal of the day in Spain and includes multiple courses. In major Spanish cities, lunch tends to be 1 hour long as people don't travel back home. But in the suburbs, people may travel back home or shut down for siesta, making their lunch break last 3-4 hours long.
What are the 4 meals in Spain?
A day (of eating) in the life of a Spaniard
- Spaniards LOVE their food! In fact, the typical Spaniard probably eats more times throughout the day than most people around the world. ...
- Spanish Meals: ...
- El Desayuno – Breakfast. ...
- El Almuerzo – Brunch. ...
- La Comida – Lunch. ...
- La Merienda – Late-Afternoon Snack. ...
- La Cena – Dinner.
Why is dinner so late in Spain?
Why do they eat so late in Spain? Spain's famously late mealtimes are due to the fact that the country has been geographically in the wrong time zone since World War II! During all that time, Spaniards have eaten at the same time they always have in regards to the position of the sun in the sky.