Camping Navagredos Restaurant

What it is

The bar-restaurant of Camping Navagredos, in the pine wood of Navarredonda de Gredos, at kilometre 2.5 of the Navatormes road. It is very close to the source of the Tormes and the Valdeascas natural pools, with the Gredos cirque in the background. It is open to everyone, not just campers: a simple stop for lunch after a morning at the river or on a walk, without going down to the village.

What you eat

Home cooking and bar food, no pretensions. There is a menu of the day with two courses, bread, house wine, water and dessert or coffee. According to the front page of its website it costs €16.50 from Monday to Friday and €20.50 on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays; the menu page gives €16 from Monday to Thursday, so confirm the price on arrival.

The menu has raciones and half raciones to share: veal churrasco, secreto, pork tenderloin, grilled pig's ear with garlic sauce, cured black pudding, ham and cheese croquettes, broken eggs with ham, squid, baby squid, grilled small squid, prawns in garlic, Galician-style octopus (€24) and a mixed ración of Iberian cured meats. Raciones range from €8 for patatas bravas to €22 for the Iberian meats. There are sandwiches, from €6.50, and combination plates at €14.50 with egg, chips or salad. Pinchos cost €2 hot and €2.50 cold. Everything served on the terrace carries a 10% surcharge.

Season and opening hours

It opens from 1 March to 30 September, when the campsite closes; from October to February there is no service. In high season, which is Easter, the May long weekend and from 15 June to 15 September, the bar is open from 9:00 to 24:00. Breakfasts are served from 9:00 to 11:30 and lunches in the dining room from 14:00 to 15:30. The website advertises dinners from 20:00, but the end of the hours is not clear: ask when booking.

Bookings and how to get there

Bookings are always by WhatsApp, on 622 716 852; they also answer the phone and at [email protected]. You get there by car from Navarredonda de Gredos along the Navatormes road.

It goes well with a swim in the Tormes pools, with the horse ride through the Tormes valley in Hoyos del Espino or, on the way back from the Laguna Grande, with an early dinner before heading home.