Cal Sagristà

A house in the old town

Cal Sagristà opened in 1986 on carrer de la Rodona, in the old town of Peralada, a few steps from the Sant Domènec cloister and the tourist office. According to the municipal tourism listing, it serves its own cooking, with house recipes and top-quality produce. It has been open for almost forty years in one of the most important medieval towns of the Empordà, the one that was head of the viscounty of the Rocabertí.

What to order

The two dishes the house cites as its own are cod Sagristà style and pig's trotters stuffed with king prawns, a surf and turf of the kind associated with the Empordà. Peralada tourism gives them as examples, "among others": the rest of the menu is not published, so ask about the dishes of the day and what is in season.

Beware of the names: Cal Sagristà is not the castle restaurant, the Michelin-starred one, which is inside the castle grounds and is a different house.

How to book

It has no website of its own or opening hours published by an official source. Call 972 53 83 01 to book and to confirm that it is open, especially out of summer and on the nights of the Festival Castell de Peralada, in July and August, when the village fills up. Park outside the old town and walk in: it is two minutes away.

What to combine

Lunch fits well after the guided visit Medieval Peralada, run by the tourist office on the second Saturday of each month at 11:00: ninety minutes through the Romanesque cloister of Sant Domènec, the remains of the Iberian oppidum and the church of Sant Martí, for €6, with booking. The visit ends at the Centre de Turisme Cultural Sant Domènec, on plaça Peixateria, a couple of minutes from the restaurant.

In the afternoon you can visit the castle park, always with a guide, with its stork colony, or head to the Perelada winery, on the outskirts. If you are sleeping in the village, the Hotel de la Font and the Hostal Can Palol are in the same village.