Tuesday, September 1, 2026

The Best Places to Eat Near El Doncel, by the Record

  1. A one-Michelin-star restaurant inside a rambling 18th-century stone house in a medieval town, El Doncel is the kind of place that makes you wonder why you ever eat in cities. The brothers who run it, one in the kitchen and one on the floor, are quietly obsessed with local salt pans, working salt through their tasting menus in forms most kitchens never consider. The handmade crockery comes from a local artisan, which tracks.


  2. A restored 15th-century flour mill about six miles outside the medieval town of Sigüenza, this Michelin-starred restaurant leans hard into the mountains around it: wild mushrooms, game, and vegetables from the kitchen garden fill tasting menus that shift with the seasons. Stone walls, wood beams, and a glass-fronted terrace set the mood. The bread, made from organic spelt and heritage cereals, has a reputation of its own in Spain.


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