Hostal Restaurante Carrió

Three generations of Carrió

Don Juan Carrió opened the hostal in 1970 at calle Virgen de los Ángeles, 31, in Xàbia's old town. In 2000 his son Federico renovated it, and he runs it today with his wife, Ana, and his sister, Naci. It is a small place, with rooms above an eatery, in the upper village and not on the coast: the port and the Arenal are a few minutes by car. For anyone looking for a cheap place to sleep in Xàbia, with the car parked and home cooking downstairs, it fits; for anyone who wants to step from the room onto the sand, it does not.

Rooms and what they cost

The website talks of five fully equipped doubles and its price table adds single rooms. All have a private bathroom, television, air conditioning and heating. The published rates are per night:

• Low season (January to May, October and November): single €35, double €60.
• High season (Christmas, Easter and June to September): single €50, double €75.

The rates appear under the heading "rooms with breakfast", but the website does not detail what the breakfast includes: confirm when you book. There are special prices for companies. The hostal has private parking, which in Xàbia's old town saves driving round in circles. It does not publish check-in and check-out times or whether it admits animals: ask before arriving.

The kitchen downstairs

The restaurant serves traditional Valencian cooking with seasonal local produce. From Monday to Friday at midday there is a €14 menu, with three starters and three mains to choose from; on public holidays there is no set menu. There are also recommended menus from €19 to €23.50 and a menu, with lobster rice, paella, fideuà and arroz a banda. Xàbia's tourist office includes it among restaurants serving local cooking.

It is open from 9:00 to 18:00 and closes on Tuesdays, the staff's rest day. It does not serve dinner: for the evening you will have to go down to the port, where Noray serves dinner on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, or to the Arenal, where La Perla de Jávea serves dinner Tuesday to Sunday.

Getting there and booking

Book directly, by phone on 965 79 12 19 or on the mobile 618 596 361, or by email at [email protected]; the website also has a contact form. With a car, the hostal works as a base for the southern coves: the Cabo de la Nao road leads to Cala Granadella, and in summer it is worth checking beforehand how the barrier access to the coves works.