Christmas Eve in Toledo, Spain
My family is headed to Spain for the holidays. We plan to have Christmas eve dinner in Toledo. Does anyone have any suggestions? Are we right to be concerned about the availability of dining opportunities in Spain during this special holiday week?
lynn v
Nov 27, 2006 06:08PM
I am not sure about that week in particular, but I found relatively little to beguile about Toledo on the dining front.
A lot of rip off joints for the day trippers from Madrid etc etc.
I did have one very good meal at a place called Los Quatros Tiempos ( The Four Seasons) which is worth a visit
http://majbros.blogspot.com/2006/09/d...
Hope this helps but it is not a town I would rush back to
S
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I can't say if it's open on Christmas eve, but I enjoyed my visit to Restaurant Hierbabuena-definitely not in the tourist area-you'll need a map to find it. Very friendly, very generous.
I'd have to agree with Simon-Toledo is not as charming as it appears-there are cars everywhere, crowding the narrow streets.
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If all else fails, I would imagine that the restaurants at both the Parador outside the city, and the Hostel Cardenal will both be open. The food at both of these is pretty good and with the parador you get the striking view of the city. I agree about Toledo not being too exciting for chowhounds, although with only two nights there I certainly got only a tiny peek at the possibilities. The New York Times did a story about 2 years ago on a few new places located outside the walls on the high road leading to the parador; these were in hotels, I believe and would be open for the holiday..see if you can do a Times search for the story.
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I have been to Hierbabuena. It's a pretty little restaurant with good wild game dishes among other things. It's very close to the Mezquita Cristo de la Luz.
Here's the list of other restaurants from the Campsa guide (a reliable source for Spain). Adolfo has two suns (think stars). Casa Parrilla has one star. Perdiz is run by the same folks who run Adolfo, but is a bit less upscale (I've heard good things about it).
ADOLFO (dos soles)
CL.De la Granada, 6
925 252 472
CASA PARRILLA (un sol)
AV.de Toledo, 1
LAS VENTAS CON PEÑA AGUILERA (near Toledo)
925 418 207
ADOLFO COLECCIÓN 1924
CL.Nuncio Viejo, 1
925 224 244
AS DE ESPADAS
Po.de la Rosa, 64
925 212 707
CASA AURELIO
PZ.del Ayuntamiento, 8
925 227 716
CASÓN DE LOS LÓPEZ DE TOLEDO
CL.Sillería, 3
925 254 774
EL PÓRTICO
AV.América, 1
925 214 315
HIERBABUENA
Callejón de San José, 17
925 223 924
LA ERMITA
CT.de Circunvalación, s/n.
925 253 193
LA LUMBRE
CL.Real del Arrabal, 5
925 285 373
LA PERDIZ
CL.Reyes Católicos, 7
925 214 658
LOCUM
CL.Locum, 6
220 335
LOS CUATRO TIEMPOS
CL.Sixto Ramón Parro, 5
925 223 782
You can see reviews and evaluations for them here:
http://www.guiacampsa.com/bienvenidoa...
Your hotel should be willing to call around for you to find out what is available. If not, let me know and I could call (I live in Spain).
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