# El Racó de la Vall

Restaurant en Núria · Ripoll

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/where-to-eat/raco-de-la-vall · Revisado: 2026-11-12

Dining room of the Hotel Vall de Núria with large windows onto the sanctuary square: Catalan cooking with local produce, at 1,964 m and reached only by rack railway.

A dining room with a view of the square
In the Vall de Núria there is no village: there is a sanctuary, a lake, a mountain resort and the large building of the Hotel Vall de Núria, which can only be reached on the Cremallera. Inside that building the hotel has several places to eat, and El Racó de la Vall is the tablecloth one: a bright room with high ceilings and arched windows facing the sanctuary square and the slopes of the valley. The house presents it as a place to eat as a family, with Catalan cooking made with local produce, and the hotel stresses that it works with products from the Ripollès.
When it opens and how to book
In November 2026 it is temporarily closed and reopens on 5 December, with the start of winter. The hotel does not publish a fixed timetable for the season and recommends booking on 972 73 20 00. As the last rack-railway descent marks the end of the day, also ask what time they serve the last lunch.
If it is full or closed
In the same complex, Finestrelles, the hotel's terrace with lake views, opens at weekends from 8:40 to 16:00, with the kitchen until 15:30: salads, sandwiches and pasta, more informal. The hotel's buffet restaurant and the Saló de l'Estatut, with a café and pizzas, reopen on 4 December. All are governed by the weather: the hotel warns that hours may change depending on conditions.
Go up after lunch to the 12:30 guided snowshoe outing, or the other way round: snowshoes at 10:00 and a table on your return.

Qué pedir: the Catalan cooking of the day; ask what there is from the Ripollès, which the hotel highlights on its menu

## Practical details

- Address: Estació Vall de Núria, s/n, 17534 Núria, Girona
- Phone: +34 972 73 20 00
- Temporarily closed in November 2026; reopens on 5 December. The hotel does not publish the seasonal timetable: book and confirm it by phone
- Cuisine: Catalan, mountain cooking
- Details checked on 14 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://hotelvalldenuria.cat/restaurantes/
- Coordenadas: 42.3967, 2.1543

## Cerca de aquí

- [Guided snowshoe introduction in the Vall de Núria](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/things-to-do/nuria-guided-snowshoe), a 0 m
- [Roca de la Creu via ferrata in Ribes de Freser, with a guide](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/things-to-do/roca-de-la-creu-via-ferrata), a 10.2 km
- [Núria Rack Railway, from Ribes de Freser up to the valley at 2,000 metres](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/things-to-do/nuria-rack-railway), a 10.3 km
- [Sant Joan de les Abadesses Monastery and the Santíssim Misteri](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/things-to-do/sant-joan-de-les-abadesses-monastery), a 21.1 km
- [Restaurant Reccapolis](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/where-to-eat/reccapolis), a 21.2 km
- [Santa Maria de Ripoll Monastery, portal and cloister](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/things-to-do/santa-maria-monastery-ripoll), a 22.0 km
- [Ripoll Ethnographic Museum and the Scriptorium](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/things-to-do/ripoll-ethnographic-museum), a 22.0 km
- [A walk along the Ter from the Santa Maria colony, on the VORATER route](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/things-to-do/ter-river-walk-ripoll), a 22.0 km

## Consejos

### Book before going up
The hotel recommends it, and up there there is no other village to go to if there is no table.

### Confirm the opening date
In November and in the closures between seasons, the hotel closes its dining rooms by day.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Do I need to book?
The hotel recommends it, on 972 73 20 00.

### How do I get there?
Only on the Núria Rack Railway, from Ribes de Freser or Queralbs.

### What cooking does it have?
Catalan, with local produce and from the Ripollès.

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