Those special restaurants with stunning views across the glittering Mediterranean sea, atmospheric terraces with summer shade, giving privacy set amidst the rustling leaves of cooling vegetation, leading into historical buildings, carefully refurbished to create a real Spanish atmosphere and serving honest food, lovingly prepared by multinational staff using fish delivered twice daily fresh from the fishing boats are few and far between.
But if that's what you want, it's still here, and you can find it alive and kicking at the Antipodas tavern in the little fishing village of La Azohia, near to Mazarron.
The Taverna is open from 11am daily, offering a warm welcome throughout the year to those seeking a bit of homemade cake and a coffee, a well-priced and beautifully cooked menu del dia, or a superb A la Carte meal with the best views of a Spanish summer sunset imaginable.
You'll find the staff live up to the environment as well, with staff from Spain, Ireland, Scotland, England , Holland, Italy, Romania and France, an eclectic mix which reflects in the diversity of the meals on offer, with locally sourced, and home-made ingredients constantly delighting those seeking honest food with no
artificial ingredients, flavours or colours.
Because fish comes in fresh from the bay, some of the dishes feature ingredients which have been enjoyed along this stretch of coast since Phoenician times, and you'll find ingredients on offer here which are unique to this area, although the restaurant also serves a wide range of traditional, well-loved home-made dishes.
The historical batteries still hold two massive Vickers 381mm anti-shipping guns, capable of firing a projectile weighing a ton more than 35 km, and three 152.mm guns, as well as being an architecturally stimulating and interesting place to visit.
Click here for a full report, and next time you take the visitors off for an exciting morning out, why not finish off the morning with a great value menu del dia to follow.
And if it's a special occasion, why not try the 28 euro taster menu, which includes a regional wine tasting menu as well.
The menu del dias are only served Monday-Friday between 1pm and 4.30pm, and the taster menus are available from Sunday-Thursday.
The kitchen opens every day from 1-4:30 and 7-11 in the winter, and until much, much later in the summer!
To book, call 968 150 053 ot go to the website at www.antipodastavern.com
La Azohia, Cartagena. 30868 MURCIA
968 150 053
www.antipodastavern.com
Open Every Day
11:00 - late
Kitchen Opening Hours
13:00 - 16:30 / 19:00 - 23:00
Disability Access and Parking
There is parking around the Taverna in the streets which surround it, although during summer months this area is extremely popular with Spanish holidaymakers, so gets busy.
Access to the restaurant is up a sloping ramp which is accessible for wheelchairs, and once inside the restaurant and terrace are all on one level, with good disabled toilet facilities.
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