This year the Catral Tapas Route is a one day event, 18th October 2025, running from 11am until 16.30. Crazy I know, but hey ho. I want to add this in bold, so people understand my comments here, without getting too arsey, especially those who have only ever lived in…
Category: Tapas Bars
Tapas Bars
Benijofar XV Rueda De Las Tapas
Yet again, we dragged ourselves out and drove down to Benijofar to partake in their rueda de las tapas, which was their 15th.If you’re not aware, a Rueda de las Tapas—literally translates as “Tapas Wheel”—which is a lively tapas (think pub for the Brits reading this) crawl over several days,…
Culinary Adventures
San Miguel de Salinas Ruta de la Tapa XV
We decided to visit the San Miguel de Salinas Ruta de la Tapa, which was being held on Sunday, 21st September 2025. Although this is a good 25 minute drive for us to get here, we wanted to explore the town a little more and visit a few places we…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Restaurante El Capitán La Marina
Today we visited for the very first time Restaurante El Capitán over in La Marina. We had met up for a quick coffee in a bar in Consum Square and while we were across in the neighbourhood, we decided to have either tapas or lunch at Goliat, where we have…
Spanish Cuisine and Recipes
First Time To Bar Graciela – Oh Wow!
We were in Los Montesinos and decided to try somewhere new and chose Bar Graciela. Oh wow, what a pleasant find this proved to be. A proper Spanish bar, reminding us of when we lived in a traditional, Spanish village back in Cuevas. There was no other language being spoken…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Lunch At Bar Sonia, Benijofar
Today we stopped off for lunch at Bar Sonia, as we were in Benijofar and had an hour and a half to kill. This is probably our favourite place for tapas in town and after numerous visits where we have just had tapas, I was determined to try their menu…
Spanish Cuisine and Recipes
Bar Charly Los Montesinos Tapas
A little late posting this, it was still in draft mode, sorry for this. A few days on from the Ruta De La Tapa Los Montesinos 2025 event, we are back in town and today we decided to have a drink and tapas at Bar Charly Los Montesinos. This is…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Monumental Restaurante Matola – Amazing!
Many moon ago we were advised by friends of ours to try Monumental Restaurante in Matola for a lunch and today we did just that. We went for their menu del dia and to be honest, I’m both sad and annoyed we didn’t get to visit here sooner. It’s not…
Tapas Bars
At Bar Tambalache Almoradi For Tostadas
The very easy to find Bar Tambalache Almoradi is just across from Mercadona. As we were on the way to calling in there for some urgent supplies, I suggested we pop back into this bar, as we’ve not been for a long time ( maybe 18 months or so). Please…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Restaurante Los Rosales Guardamar: Oh Wow
So there we were, driving along Lemon Tree road from Guardamar heading towards Quesada, actually on our way to Los Montesinos. I said to Soph, it’s gone noon, let’s call at Restaurante Los Rosales and have either tapas or a tostada. That is what we did! There were 3 vans and…