Sotamuralla

Sotamuralla is the restaurant in the old town of Peralada that has tucked itself into the wall: it occupies one of the former entrance towers of the medieval enclosure, at carrer Sant Sebastià, 20, and inside you can see remains of the construction. It is a seasonal-cooking house with no website of its own, the kind you book by phone and where the menu depends on what has arrived that week.

Stone dining rooms inside the tower

The dining rooms have the stone walls of the town wall and antique furniture, spread over several rooms. There is a private dining room for fourteen people, which solves a family or friends' lunch without sharing a room. The town council's tourist office, which is the source of this entry, does not give the total number of seats.

The bougainvillea terrace

Outside it has a terrace open all year, under a large bougainvillea that covers it like a roof. Right in front of the restaurant there is parking, which is unusual in a medieval old town of narrow streets.

What the season dictates

The kitchen works with local produce and the menu changes with the time of year. According to the municipal listing, through the year it features mushrooms, meadow artichokes, tomatoes from its own garden, Girona meat and fish from the fish markets of Llançà and El Port de la Selva, the two ports on the north coast of Cap de Creus. Among the rice dishes is the lobster one. No menu or prices are published: ask when booking what there is that day and how much the rice costs.

Booking without a website

It has no published website or opening hours. Book on 972 53 83 16 or at [email protected]. Confirm when you call which days it opens and whether it serves dinner, and ask for the terrace if the weather is good. In July and August, on the nights of the Festival Castell de Peralada the village fills up and it is wise to call a few days ahead.

A few steps away

It is a good lunch after the guided visit to medieval Peralada, which on the second Saturday of the month ends at 12:30 at the tourist office on plaça de la Peixateria. In the same old town is Cal Sagristà, open since 1986, if you want to compare two old houses of the village on two days.