Eating in Arcos de la Frontera

Eating in Arcos de la Frontera

Between the Campiña de Jerez and the Serranía, Arcos was a border stronghold practically impregnable for its impressive hill and its fortifications. It is considered one of the most beautiful and emblematic towns of Spain. Do you want to know the best options for eating in Arcos de la Frontera?

In the interior of the province of Cádiz, between the Jerez countryside and the mountains, Arcos de la Frontera appears as an attractive interior town with an appetizing cuisine. To open your mouth with the culinary recipes of this locality, you can start with a good rice soup, some snails in sauce or a garlic miller dish, made with hard bread, tomatoes, onions, peppers and garlic. These products from the garden will lead to numerous dishes to eat in Arcos de la Frontera such as stuffed artichokes, wild asparagus tortilla, chard stew or celery salad. One of the star dishes of this municipality, also made with vegetables, is the alboronía in which the chickpeas are mixed with a broth with pumpkin, tomato, onion and peppers. In this area you can taste some wonderful tapas in which sausages are the protagonists; especially black pudding, bacon and pork. If you want to finish with a sweet touch you can try the pestiños or the pastas of the Mercenary Nuns.

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If the choice for eating in Arcos de la Frontera are tapas, the town has good bars. A good place to eat tapas is Alcaraván, a bar located inside a cave with very good and well-deserved fame.

Another option to eat in Arcos de la Frontera is El Paquetito where you will find a wide variety of very elaborate and tasty tapas.

Lastly, our favorite is the Taberna Jóvenes Flamencos where you can order tapas or portions. It has an interior decoration in taurine style and with flamenco touches. Its terrace is small but with great charm with the typical flower pots hanging on the wall.

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Bar Alcaraván
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Bar El Paquetito

There are numerous options for eating in Arcos de la Frontera. The Mesón del Corregidor restaurant located in the Parador de Turismo is one of the main places to eat in Arcos de la Frontera. Its cuisine is traditional, but the preparation and presentation of its dishes bring it closer to more contemporary proposals.

Another classic restaurant to eat in Arcos de la Frontera is Mesón La Rebotica, which has a cuisine based on the most traditional recipes of this area of the province of Cádiz and a correct relationship between quality and price.

In the kilometer 5 of the road that joins the town with El Bosque is the restaurant El Revertito, which also presents a cuisine of traditional essence with top quality ingredients. It has large spaces equipped to accommodate an extensive clientele, so that it is easy to find a table; It also organizes banquets for all kinds of celebrations.

Meson La Molinera restaurant, an establishment with a long career behind them that uses first quality products from the land, is next to the banks of the Arcos reservoir.

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Parador Arcos de la Frontera
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Mesón La Molinera

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