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(Plaza de San Martín 9; meals €25-30; )
This old León
taberna
is a great place to
tapear
(eat tapas) with an innovative selection of
raciones
that includes baked pota-
toes filled with wild mushrooms and prawns
au gratin
. The upstairs restaurant has
a fine classic look and the menu includes vegetarian options like fresh leeks pre-
pared in puff pastry and a seven salad choice.
ESTRELLA DE GALICIA €
(Calle Ancha 20; menú €11, meals €15; Tue-Sun)
This modern restaurant is loc-
ated in a popular shopping street and attracts a mix of the business lunch bunch
and shoppers. All that's good about northwestern Spanish cuisine is found here,
with Galician seafood, Cantabrian fish and cured meats from the northern interior.
Spanish
Drinking & Entertainment
The Barrio Húmedo's night-time epicentre is Plaza de San Martín - prise open the
door of any bar here or in the surrounding streets (especially Calle de Juan de Arfe
and Calle de la Misericordia), inch your way to the bar and you're unlikely to want to
leave until closing time.
Information
Tourist office
(
987 23 70 82;
www.turismocastillayleon.com
;
Calle el Cid 2;
9am-8pm)
Has contact information for guided tour companies.
Getting There & Away
The train and bus stations lie on the western bank of Río Bernesga.
BUS
From the
bus station
(Paseo del Ingeniero Sáez de Miera)
there are daily
buses to Madrid (€22, 3½ hours) and Burgos (€14.10, 3¾ hours).
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
Parking bays (€9 to €13 for 12 hours) are found in the
streets surrounding Plaza de Santo Domingo.
TRAIN
Regular daily trains travel to Burgos (from €20.10, two hours), Oviedo (from
€18.80, two hours), Madrid (from €28.30, 4¼ hours) and Barcelona (from €68.40,
nine hours).
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