Cerdeira Restaurant

Minho cooking inside the national park

The Cerdeira Restaurant is the dining room of Parque Cerdeira, the campsite at Campo do Gerês, but it is open to anyone. It has views of the green of the mountains and Minho cooking of meat and salt cod: veal, kid or lamb, vegetables from the garden and salt cod. Its own dish is the Pedaço do Gerês, created in memory of the old bife à minhota of the early 20th century together with other restaurants in the area.

What to order

The house recommends the costeletão, the Pedaço do Gerês, the salt cod with broa and the bacalhau à Cerdeira; for dessert, egg pudding or homemade tiramisu. To order, they prepare regional dishes: the bersame, the Terras de Bouro cozido, kid and arroz de cabidela. They have vegan dishes on the menu and adapt food for coeliacs and intolerances if you ask. They also sell takeaway, useful if you are sleeping at the campsite.

Getting there

It is at Rua de Cerdeira 400, in Campo do Gerês, at the entrance to the valley that leads to Vilarinho da Furna and the Mata da Albergaria. There is parking in the park itself.