Los Templarios Restaurant

A mushroom restaurant in Ucero

Restaurante Los Templarios is the dining room of the inn of the same name, on the plaza de la Iglesia in Ucero, the village at the entrance to the Río Lobos Canyon. The inn occupies the old priest's house, from the 17th century, restored with its limestone walls almost a metre thick and its juniper and pine beams. The dining room, according to its website, is a well-equipped place, with views and no crowds.

What you eat

The house presents itself as a mycological restaurant, and the fungi and mushrooms of the area's pine forests are its speciality. The website lists what is on the table: pâtés and other duck products from the area, salads, escabeches, risottos, crêpes, dishes with fungi, local meats grilled over holm oak embers and fish, all accompanied by wines.

It does not publish the menu with specific dishes or prices on its website; prices are found on the booking page. In autumn, the mushroom season in Soria, is when the mycological label makes most sense: ask which mushrooms they have that day.

Hours and bookings

The website does not publish hours or closing days, so book beforehand, especially outside summer and midweek: on 975 363 596 or 649 656 313, or at [email protected]. If you sleep at the inn, dining here saves you the car; if not, Ucero is a small village and for more options you have to go down to El Burgo de Osma, about 15 minutes away, where the Virrey Palafox Restaurant is.

How to combine it

Ucero is the natural base for the canyon. Before lunch you can do the Ucero Castle Trail, a circular of about 6 km beside the river to the castle ruins, or stop by the Park House, in an old mill in the village. The classic visit is the San Bartolomé hermitage, reached by the track that leaves north of Ucero to the car parks at the bottom of the canyon. Coming back to Ucero for lunch after the walk fits well.

The inn has 12 rooms, a cave-shaped spa for guests and also rents a whole house, the Refugio del Cañón. If you want to stay, the page is at Posada Los Templarios.