La Llar de Bárbara

Costa Blanca


Evening-only hours is the first sign of a made-for-foreigners spot in coastal Spain, but this place nevertheless produces some enticing tapas dishes off a short menu: dates with bacon, beetroot gazpacho and roast lamb, for example. It's a welcoming old-town place, on a plant-bedecked section of the street.


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