It doesn't take long in La Herradura to find that you have
got into the swing of the tapas culture and Taberna Los Toneles, situated right
on the front near the beach, became a regular stop off for a quick glass and a
snack.
One of the more authentic bars along the seafront, Los Toneles has
an old school Spanish feel to it despite being a fairly modern bar. Whenever we
dropped by it was pretty busy with a mix of locals and tourists it seemed to
be popular with the English crowd.
Nothing much out of the ordinary on the wine list but you will get a decent
glass of vino for EUR2.50 (or a beer for EUR1.80) and some of the best tapas to be
had in La Herradura. Two or three drinks at lunchtime and you will have had
plenty of food to keep you going until dinner time. We had a plate of very
tasty fried octopus which came with a roasted pepper and tomato salad, a spicy
rice dish with fried fish and as we were about to leave the owner insisted we
try some chunks of juicy pork with a few French fries all included for the
price of your drink.
We mulled over the fact that the octopus dish alone would have probably cost
around £7/8 at somewhere like Brindisa in London read more