Hotel Restaurant Fonda Espasa

A village inn

The Fonda Espasa is a hotel and restaurant in the same house, on Plaça de Sant Roc, where the coach stops, a two-minute walk from the Plaça Major. It is registered in the Catalan tourism register as a hotel and appears in the town council’s list of accommodation. It is the option for anyone who wants to sleep in the village, have dinner downstairs and not depend on their own kitchen.

Rooms and meals

It has no website of its own describing the rooms: ask when you book what type of room you will be given and whether breakfast is included. What is certain is that the house has a restaurant, with a fonda menu that changes by the day, and that at weekends it is best to book the table as well.

Getting there and parking

Prades is at 950 metres, an hour by car from Tarragona or Lleida along winding roads. The centre, inside the wall, has narrow, steep streets: leave your car on the streets outside and walk in. Without a car, the coach stops at Plaça de Sant Roc itself, although with few timetables; there is a taxi in the village. You book on 977 868 023 or 654 367 915, or by email.

What to do nearby

From the door you have the one-hour walk around the vila vermella, and the Roca Foradada and the l’Abellera hermitage start on foot. At night, the Parc Astronòmic, in the same centre. For a day in the mountains, the Pla de la Guàrdia circular or the Tossal de la Baltasana.