RESTAURANTE EL CAMPERO Michelin Plate IIO Barbate, a rather scruffy fishing village on the southern coast of Spain near Cádiz, has been catching bluefin tuna using the same methods for over 3,000 years. This traditional method, almadraba, is famous throughout Spain for catching the country's most popular tuna. The almadraba season runs from May to June. Small fishing boats attached to giant round nets float in an ever-widening circle in the narrow Strait of Gibraltar betw

RESTAURANTE ANTONIO Zahara de Los Atúnes is a fishing village and a summer tourist resort with a fantastic Atlantic-facing beach. The town is appropriately named after the fish because of the local, traditional seasonal La Almadraba (an age-old Phoenician technique for trapping and catching Atlantic bluefin tuna in elaborate nets). The Moors introduced this technique, which takes place every May and June, during which many fiestas are held. In a land that so honours the pig,

RESTAURANTE TXIKOTE (Permanently closed 2022) This excellent restaurant, set up near the old town of Conil de la Frontera, is Basque in origin and has a wine bar restaurant appeal with solid wood tables and chairs. There is a bar in the centre of the room, serving excellent wines by the glass, in a charming, rustic yet modern, light and lively setting. They are also outside tables where you can enjoy the nearly always present sunshine. The menu is extensive, with many t