# Parador de Cardona Restaurant

Restaurant en Cardona · Cardona

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cardona/where-to-eat/parador-restaurant · Revisado: 2026-11-13

Catalan cooking from the Bages in the castle's former refectory, under pointed stone arches, with a café open to visitors to the fortress.

Eating inside the fortress
The restaurant at the Parador de Cardona is in the castle's former refectory, a long room with pointed stone arches. You do not need to stay at the Parador to eat here: it is open to anyone who comes up to the castle, and its café is the one used by visitors to the collegiate church and the Minyona tower.
What to order
The menu draws on traditional Catalan cooking and, above all, on that of the Bages: seasonal, local produce such as woodland mushrooms, cured meats, tomato, aubergine, salt cod, snails, lamb, pork and duck. Paradores lists as specialities the Catalan escudella with galets, shoulder of kid slow-roasted at low temperature, and the mató timbale with flower honey. Also on offer are salt cod in textures with brandada, a board of Catalan cured meats with coca de vidre bread and hanging tomato, grilled vegetables (escalivada) and a seafood suquet with lobster, hake, monkfish, king prawns and clams.
Opening hours
Lunch is served from 13:30 to 15:30 and dinner from 20:00 to 22:30. Breakfast is from 8:00 to 10:45. The café is open from 11:30 to 23:30 Sunday to Thursday and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
How to book and get there
Book by phone on 93 869 12 75 or at cardona@parador.es, or through the Paradores website. You drive up to the castle esplanade, where parking is free. If you eat after the castle visit, you do not have to move.

Qué pedir: the escudella with galets, the slow-roasted shoulder of kid and the mató timbale with honey.

A tener en cuenta: Inside the castle · 938 691 275

## Practical details

- Address: Castell de Cardona, s/n, 08261 Cardona, Barcelona
- Phone: +34 938 691 275
- Email: cardona@parador.es
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun 13:30–15:30 y 20:00–22:30
- Breakfast 8:00 to 10:45. Café 11:30 to 23:30 Sunday to Thursday and until midnight Friday and Saturday
- Cuisine: Catalan, from the Bages
- House specialities: Catalan escudella with galets, Shoulder of kid slow-roasted at low temperature, Mató timbale with flower honey, Salt cod with brandada, Seafood suquet with lobster
- Details checked on 13 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://paradores.es/es/restaurante-del-parador-de-cardona
- Coordenadas: 41.9143, 1.6856

## Cerca de aquí

- [Cardona Castle and the Collegiate Church of Sant Vicenç](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cardona/things-to-do/cardona-castle-and-collegiate-church), a 0 m
- [Parador de Cardona](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cardona/where-to-stay/parador-de-cardona), a 0 m
- [Historic centre of Cardona, Sant Miquel and the Salt Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cardona/things-to-do/cardona-old-town), a 386 m
- [Hotel Boutique Bremon](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cardona/where-to-stay/hotel-bremon), a 496 m
- [La Volta del Rector](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cardona/where-to-eat/la-volta-del-rector), a 542 m
- [Cardona viewpoints route, from the castle to the salt valley](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cardona/things-to-do/cardona-viewpoints-walk), a 655 m
- [La Premsa Hotel Rural](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cardona/where-to-stay/la-premsa-hotel), a 903 m
- [La Premsa Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cardona/where-to-eat/la-premsa-restaurant), a 903 m

## Consejos

### Ask for a table when you book the room
If you are sleeping in the castle, dinner in the refectory is part of the evening; secure it with your booking.

### Use the café between visits
It opens from 11:30 with no break at midday: handy for a coffee between the collegiate church and the tower.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Can I eat without staying here?
Yes. The restaurant and the café are open to everyone who comes up to the castle.

### What time is dinner?
From 20:00 to 22:30.

### What kind of cooking is it?
Traditional Catalan, with produce from the Bages and in season.

Destino: [Cardona](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cardona.md)