Aitana

The wood-fired oven is visible from the dining room, which tells you something about priorities here. This Spanish restaurant in central Aranda de Duero splits into a tapas bar at the front and a sit-down room behind it, with red meats and seasonal vegetables doing most of the heavy lifting. The baby lamb from the IGP Castilla y León designation needs to be ordered ahead, which is the kind of detail worth knowing before you arrive.

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