# El Paraíso restaurant, at the Balneario de Manzanera

Restaurant en Manzanera · Sierra de Javalambre

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/javalambre-mountains/where-to-eat/el-paraiso · Revisado: 2026-11-13

- Precio: €€

The dining room of the Balneario de Manzanera, open to those not staying: home-style Aragonese and Valencian cooking, menu at €25 on weekdays and €27 at weekends.

El Paraíso is the dining room of the Balneario de Manzanera, a hotel opened in 1929 in the valley of the same name, at km 2 of the Abejuela road. It feeds guests and also those who spend the day at the spa or in the mountains and want to sit at a table without sleeping there.
Cooking from both sides of the range
Javalambre lies between Teruel and Valencia, and the house's cooking reflects it: the spa presents it as traditional Aragonese and Valencian, with home-style dishes and local produce, and mentions truffle and Teruel ham. It publishes neither a menu nor each day's set menu, so what is on the plate changes; ask when you book whether that day there is anything with black truffle.
The dining room is a large room of laid tables, with big windows onto the garden and the hotel's poplar avenue.
€25 menu, €27 at weekends
The hotel's 2026 price list puts the adult menu at €25 Monday to Friday and €27 at weekends and public holidays, and the children's menu at €14. There is also a free buffet breakfast and special menus. If you are coming for the day, the thermal day with lunch costs €49 on weekdays and €55 at weekends, and already includes this menu and three techniques at the thermal centre: it works out better than paying for the two separately if you were going to do both.
Picnic for the mountains
For those setting out on an excursion, the restaurant prepares a picnic option that you order at the hotel reception. It is good for eating on a route around Manzanera, such as those the spa suggests through the Paraíso valley, or for taking something to Galáctica, which has no restaurant.
Lunch before Galáctica, dinner on the way back
Galáctica is 22 km away, about 28 minutes by car. A lunch here around two leaves the afternoon free for the museum or the solar observation. For dinner, things change: the winter night observations start at 20:00 and last an hour and a half, so you would arrive after ten. The website does not publish lunch or dinner hours; call 978 78 18 18 or 661 187 057 and ask until what time they serve and whether they will keep you dinner.

Qué pedir: The adult menu, home-style cooking with local produce; ask what has truffle or Teruel ham that day.

## Practical details

- Address: Carretera de Abejuela, km 2, 44420 Manzanera, TE
- Phone: +34 978 78 18 18
- Email: info@balneariomanzanera.com
- No published hours: call to book
- Cuisine: Aragonese, Valencian, home-style
- House specialities: Dishes with local truffle, Teruel ham
- Details checked on 13 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://balneariomanzanera.com/restaurante
- Coordenadas: 40.0394, -0.8679

## Cerca de aquí

- [Balneario de Manzanera](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/javalambre-mountains/where-to-stay/manzanera-spa-hotel), a 0 m
- [Thermal day with lunch at the Balneario de Manzanera](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/javalambre-mountains/things-to-do/thermal-day-manzanera-spa), a 0 m
- [Guided visit to the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory, on the Pico del Buitre](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/javalambre-mountains/things-to-do/javalambre-observatory-visit), a 12.6 km
- [Javalambre ski resort, in Camarena de la Sierra](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/javalambre-mountains/things-to-do/javalambre-ski-resort), a 15.3 km
- [Galáctica Museum, with a guided tour of the domes and the control room](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/javalambre-mountains/things-to-do/galactica-museum), a 15.4 km
- [Night observation with telescopes at Galáctica](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/javalambre-mountains/things-to-do/galactica-night-sky-observation), a 15.4 km
- [Observing the Sun with a professional telescope at Galáctica](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/javalambre-mountains/things-to-do/galactica-solar-observation), a 15.4 km
- [Small-group night with Galáctica's GT80 or Jean Assan telescope](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/javalambre-mountains/things-to-do/galactica-gt80-jean-assan-telescopes), a 15.4 km

## Consejos

### Book even if you are not staying
The website does not publish the dining room's hours or capacity: call and book before you arrive.

### Order the picnic the day before
If you are going to set out early for the mountains, order it at reception the previous day.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Do you have to be staying?
No: the restaurant welcomes customers who don't sleep at the hotel.

### How much does the menu cost?
€25 Monday to Friday and €27 at weekends and public holidays; the children's, €14.

### What are the hours?
It doesn't publish them. Call the spa to book and confirm the time.

### Is there time to eat here and go up to Galáctica?
Yes: it is 22 km away, about 28 minutes by car; eating around two, you arrive with the afternoon ahead.

Destino: [Sierra de Javalambre](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/javalambre-mountains.md)