The best places to eat in Andalusia — from a chef with three Michelin stars

Travelers looking for a three-Michelin-starred repast successful Andalusia volition inevitably extremity up astatine Aponiente.

It's the lone edifice successful the region with the distinction.  

The restaurant, located successful the bosom of the Bahia de Cadiz Natural Park, is helmed by Chef Angel Leon.

Unlike astir Michelin-starred restaurants wherever seasons pass the menu, Leon's muses are discarded seafood, similar food eyeballs, and never-before-seen harvests from the water floor, similar seagrass and oversea rice.

Despite each the culinary accolades that Leon has earned, his trips retired of Andalusia are amazingly fewer and acold successful between.

He knows the portion — and erstwhile asked wherever to devour successful confederate Spain, helium offers the pursuing recommendations.

A edifice with 2 Michelin stars successful the metropolis of Ronda, Bardal is owned and operated by Catalan native, Benito Gomez.

With lone 16 seats, the 1 Michelin-starred eatery whitethorn beryllium small, but it succeeds successful matching minimalist ingredients with innovativeness.

Menu highlights are partridge escabeche (partridge marinated successful vinegar and loaded with herbs and spices), quisquilla de Motril (shrimp from the municipality of Motril served successful mushroom broth) and rusty pear and smoked eel skin.

Los Marinos Jose astatine Fuengirola, a municipality successful Costa del Sol, is what Leon describes arsenic a "temple of seafood." 

Jose Sanchez and his household person been moving this spectacular edifice for much than 30 years. In summation to the restaurant, they ain a vessel that they usage to food daily. The seafood goes straight from the vessel to the room to guarantee it is fresh.

Located connected the Bolonia formation successful Cardiz, Las Rejas is simply a "chiringuito" (or formation establishment) that serves accepted fare successful a unsocial setting.

Carlos and his brothers marque guests consciousness astatine location with comfortableness nutrient similar shrimp omelet, tuna successful lard with roasted peppers, boiled achromatic prawns and squid croquetas. The borriquete, a food from the Atlantic Ocean, is simply a paper highlight.

Horno Artesa is simply a bakery successful the municipality of Arcos de la Frontera, a gateway to the "Route of the White Villages," which winds from the provinces of Cadiz to Malaga.

It's the lone bakery successful the state listed successful "La Ruta del Buen Pan," an yearly enactment of 1 100 artisan bakeries successful Spain. Operated by Paco Ruiz Salguero, the bakery's toasted malt breadstuff is legendary, arsenic are its pastries and specialty breads with sultanas and walnuts.

According to Leon, Bar Maty is arguably the "best barroom successful the world" to devour fried food washed down with brew oregon wine.

It's a tiny constitution with conscionable 1 barroom and respective precocious tables outside. The paper has prawn salad, fried choquitos (baby squid) and boqueroncitos (anchovies), frigate tuna and grilled mackerel but the prima is the fried fish, which is prepared by Antonio Gonzalez. He runs the spot but inactive makes clip to chat and gag with customers.

Open regular from 8 a.m. to noon, Churros Charo is simply a marketplace stall successful the metropolis of El Puerto de Santa Maria that is helmed by 80-year-old Charo Salguero Venegas (also known arsenic Grandmother of Churros). She started making churros erstwhile she was 13, continuing a contented started by her grandfather.

The stall serves churros finos (thin churros) and churros gordos (fat churros), which tin beryllium eaten with java oregon cocoa successful 1 of the adjacent bars.

The cuisine is funky and caters to locals and tourists alike with Aponiente signatures similar grilled sardines with eggplant, marine charcuterie and plankton risotto.