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Spain celebrates with more Michelin Stars

December 8, 2017 by Bromley Estates

The Michelin Guide for Spain and Portugal was announced last week with the big news being that Spain now boasts two new restaurants with three Michelin stars: Aponiente and ABaC.

“With two new three-star restaurants, Spain shows what an important place the country has in the world’s gastronomic landscape,” said Michelin’s international director Michael Ellis in a statement. The Michelin Guide to Spain & Portugal 2018 was announced at a decadent gala hosted at the Ritz-Carlton Abama Hotel in Guía de Isora, Tenerife, home to two of the island’s Michelin-starred restaurants.

There are four new restaurants in Spain with two Michelin stars – Cabaña Buenavista, Disfrutar, Dos Cielos and Maralba – and 17 new establishments with one star.
The ‘three-star club’ in Spain has two new members: ABaC in Barcelona and Aponiente in Cadiz, Andalucia – making just eleven members of the exclusive band. Three stars in the Michelin guide denotes a restaurant that serves exceptional cuisine, definitely worth a trip.
Spain now has a total of 11 three-starred Michelin restaurants: Akelarre, Arzak, Azurmendi, DiverXO, El Celler de Can Roca, Lasarte, Martin Berasategui en Guipúzcoa, Quique Dacosta, Sant Pau.

Here in Andalucia if you are looking for a Michelin starred establishment there are plenty to choose from with four in Marbella alone.

Michelin Stars in Andalucia:

Aponiente, El Puerto de Santa María, 3 stars (NEW)
 Alevante, Cádiz, 1 star (NEW)
Bardal, Ronda, 1 star (NEW)
 Noor, Córdoba, 1 star
Dani García, Marbella, 2 stars
Kabuki Raw, Casares, 1 star
Choco, Córdoba, 1 star
La Costa, El Ejido, 1 star
Sollo, Fuengirola, 1 star
Acanthum, Huelva, 1 star
José Carlos García, Málaga, 1 star
El Lago, Marbella, 1 star
Messina, Marbella, 1 star
Skina, Marbella, 1 star
Alejandro, Roquetas de Mar, 1 star
Abantal, Sevilla, 1 star

Spanish cuisine is amazingly diverse and even if you aren’t looking for a Michelin starred establishment there are plenty of places along the coast and inland that make for a tantalizing tasty evening.