Nerja Tapas trail #2
This one
starts at the roundabout at Plaza Cantarero just up from the bus
garage, although if you have arrived by bus you may like to take
your first tapas in either one of the bars adjacent to the bus
stops on both sides of the road.
From the bus garage head
uphill over the roundabout and you will immediately see the brightly lit Bar El
Fuente on your right. It is also a games room but that is to the rear whilst
the tapas are in the bar at the front.
From here turn left and
immediately left again into the pasaje (walkway), at the end of the walkway you
may like a return visit to Café Marimels on your left which you visited on trail
1. Otherwise turn right and shortly you will find Bar Mariposas on your left.
Here they will serve you rather than you choosing. You are likely to get one of
a vast array of top quality Spanish cured hams here and the house red is superb.
Turn left out of Mariposas
and continue down to El Niño on your right. Here there is always a good
selection of lovely tapas.
Turn right out of El Niño
and continue straight down into the pedestrianised centre of the old town.
Continue past the restaurants until you reach El Pugilla on your left. This is
a fish restaurant but they serve both meat and fish tapas at the bar.
Turn left out of Pugillas
and almost immediately on your right is a little bar called Los Mariscos. A few
doors further down again on the right is El Meson de Julio offering a very wide
selection of tapas. Then just two doors down is La Taverna with another good
array.
Turn right out of La
Taverna and continue to the end of the road (only a few yards). At the junction
you can turn left if you wish and pop around the corner to Los Barrilos. Here
the salchicha de infierno (flamed sausage) is worth paying an extra 2 euro for,
otherwise just wait and see what you are given.
Return to the junction and
continue straight on up Calle Pintada (turn right if you are going straight from
La Taverna), a little way on your right is La Piqueta. Another one where you do
not chose you tapas but they are very good and the house red is lovely.
Turn right out of here and
continue up Calle Pintada, shortly after the pedestrianised section ends and you
join the road, turn left into Calle Nueva and immediately you will see La Posada
Iberica on your left.
Turn left up Calle Nueva
and at the end turn left into Bronce then right into Calle La Cruz. At the end
of Cruz, cross the road into Hostel La Ermita which has a tapas bar to the left
of the main entrance. When looking to cross the road you will also see that you
are right beside the taxi rank, to your right.
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Don't be afraid to ask for tapa if they do not automatically ask
you.
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