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       TAFALLA: Túbal   €€€  A charming café in a renovated   Deceptively simple-looking,
       Traditional Navarran  old chocolate factory serving   serving fantastic dishes prepared
       Plaza de Navarra 4, 31300   vegetarian and vegan dishes,   with smoked rice and home-
       Tel 948 70 08 52  Closed Sun & Tue–  plus great cakes and pastries.  grown vegetables. Opt for the
       Thu dinner; Mon                         dessert platter to taste a range.
       Vegetables from the restaurant’s   Bodega la Plata   €
       own garden feature prominently   Tapas   Map 5 A3  Lo de Flor   €
       on the menu. Tables on balconies   Mercé 28, 08002  Mediterranean   Map 2 E2
       overlook the square.  Tel 933 15 10 09   Carretes 18, 08001
                           A miniature, old-fashioned   Tel 934 42 38 53  Closed lunch; Tue;
       TUDELA: Restaurante 33   €  bodega serving wine straight   2 wks Aug
       Fine Dining         from the barrel along with a small   Romantic, rustic restaurant with
       Calle Pablo Sarasate 7, 31500  selection of tapas. The freshly   minimalist decor. Short but well-
       Tel 948 82 76 06   Closed Sun–Wed   fried sardines are a huge hit.  chosen wine list.
       dinner
       The food is big on flavour at this   DK Choice  Mam i Teca   €
       award-winning establishment.            Modern Catalan   Map 2 F2
       Most products are from the   Café de L‘Acadèmia   €  Carrer de la Lluna 4, 08001
       restaurant’s own garden.   Modern Catalan   Map 5 B3  Tel 934 41 33 35   Closed Tue, Sat
                            Lledó 1, Plaça Sant Just, 08002  lunch
       URDÁNIZ: El Molino    Tel 933 19 82 53   Closed Sat &   Tiny, welcoming space serving
       de Urdániz      €€€  Sun; 3 wks Aug     simple but exquisite dishes using
       Fine Dining          A long-established favourite,   mainly organic Catalan produce.
       Crta Francia por Zubiri (Na-135)    Café de L‘Acadèmia serves fresh,
       km 16.5, 31698       modern Catalan cuisine in a   La Paradeta   €
       Tel 948 30 41 09   Closed Mon;    brick-lined dining room and    Seafood   Map 5 C3
       Tue, Wed & Sun dinner  out on a candlelit terrace over-  Comercial 7, 08009
       A rustic stone-built house serving   looking an enchanting Gothic   Tel 932 68 19 39   Closed Mon
       dishes that combine traditional   square. The menu changes   Fish and chips, Barcelona-style.
       food from the Pyrenees with   regularly according to what is   Choose your fish and watch it
       cutting-edge execution and   freshly available on the market.  being cooked. No reservations.
       complex flavours.
                                               Quimet i Quimet   €
       VIANA: Borgia    €€  Can Culleretes   €  Tapas Bar    Map 2 D3
       Fine Dining         Traditional Catalan   Map 5 A3  Poeta Cabanyes 25, 08004
       Calle Serapio Urra, 1 31230  Quintana 5, 08002  Tel 934 42 31 42   Closed Sun, Sat
       Tel 948 64 57 81    Tel 933 17 30 22   Closed Mon,    dinner; Aug
       Modern decor and authentic   Sun dinner  A tiny, bottle-lined tapas bar with
       food of the highest quality.   Barcelona‘s oldest restaurant,    delicious cheeses, canapés and
       Borgia specializes in steaks –    Can Culleretes is great for classics   other treats. Standing room only.
       try the beef cheek with blood-  such as botifarra amb seques
       orange sauce.       (country sausage with beans)   Senyor Parellada   €
                           and seafood stew.   Mediterranean   Map 5 B3
       VITORIA: El Clarete   €                 Argenteria 37, 08003
       Modern Basque       Kaiku             €  Tel 933 10 50 94
       Cercas Bajas 18, 01001  Mediterranean   Map 5 B3  Elegant yet relaxed restaurant for
       Tel 945 26 38 74  Closed Mon–Wed   Plaça del Mar 1, 08003  modern fare in a handsome
       dinner; Sun         Tel 932 21 90 82   Closed Mon, Sun   19th-century town house.
       Food deeply rooted in Basque   dinner; Aug; winter: dinner
       tradition with an innovative             DK Choice
       twist. Go for the marmitako
       (tuna stew) with lobster or              Suculent         €
       suckling pig with a mango                Tapas       Map 2 F3
       cream. Great tapas bar as well.          Rambla del Raval 43, 08001
                                                Tel 934 43 65 79   Closed Mon;
       VITORIA: Zaldiaran   €€€                 Sun dinner
       Modern Basque                            This pretty old bodega has been
       Avenida Gasteiz 21, 01008                reinvented as a trendy gastro bar
       Tel 945 13 48 22   Closed Tue            by a trio of celebrity chefs, while
       Zaldiaran is regarded as Vitoria‘s       retaining its original essence. It
       best restaurant. Relish creative         offers a range of creative tapas,
       fare made with elaborate tech-           cheese and cured meats platters,
       niques and flavours.                     plus more substantial fare such
                                                as lamb chops and rice dishes.
       Barcelona                               Teresa Carles     €
       Old Town                                Vegetarian    Map 5 A1
                                               Carrer de Jovellanos 2, 08001
       La Báscula        €                     Tel 933 17 18 29
       Vegetarian   Map 5 C3                   This elegant family-run place with
       Flassaders 30, 08003  Old-world charm meets new-world tapas    wooden interiors is one of the
       Tel 933 19 98 66    at Suculent, Barcelona  city’s best vegetarian restaurants.
       Key to Price Guide see page 582

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