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Hey Booklady, not sure if you were joking but just in case... the word "venta" in Spanish also means "Inn" (as in "guest house") although it is not commonly used in today's Spanish. Saludos, jer...
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| Posts: 12232 | Location: ny, u.s.a. --> madrid, spain --> the plaza mayor ! | Registered: 30 June 1998 | |
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Obviously, I cannot just post a picture. So I am linking to my, as yet, incomplete Webpage: http://mysite.verizon.net/res1b3ee/id6.html See-- it doesn't even have a name yet!! But I posted a pic of one of the ventas there..... |
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| Posts: 232 | Location: Seattle, WA, USA | Registered: 03 June 2001 | |
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Dear Jer, As each day pases, I feel more and more like Aunt Clara in the show Bewitched, who was a poor lost soul and kept saying , oh, duh, nevermind!  :jeje: Thanks for the information!  Anyway, ToniG, it sounds like you are going to have a wonderful and unique time! :cheers: and :ks: to both of you!
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| Posts: 697 | Location: Florida | Registered: 24 August 2001 | |
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I was introduced to eating in ventas when I visited friends outside Benidorm. They told me that they were originally truck stops for the lorry drivers. I would love to be able to tell you the names of some we ate in, as most had wonderful (and cheap) menues. One in particular was just past El Cisne on the left hand side on your way into Benidorm on the old road coming from Alfaz del Pi. Looked like an old shack but the food.....
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| Posts: 1811 | Location: Montaña Blanca, Lanzarote | Registered: 02 March 2002 | |
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Ventas sound interesting! Anybody know of any ventas around Madrid?
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| Posts: 551 | Location: Madrid | Registered: 20 July 2003 | |
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Hey Laidback, since ventas are mostly part of "turismo rural", try www.guiamadridrural.com , you will find a few options (although the web needs to grow a bit). Another word often used for "venta" is "posada", that should help you in your search. Saludos, jer...
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| Posts: 12232 | Location: ny, u.s.a. --> madrid, spain --> the plaza mayor ! | Registered: 30 June 1998 | |
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Posada generally won't help much. A venta is a roadside eating place, usually with outdoor al fresco dining in good weather. Some of the ones in Andalucia are legendary and many were hotbeds of flamenco years ago. Sevilla and Cadiz in particular are the best place to find them, though the exist all around Andalucia. In Sevilla province, some are Casa Pinichi in Alcala de Guadaira, Venta La Piedra en Constantina, Casa Marquez and Casa Pascual en Coria del Rio, El Ancla en Dos Hermanas, the great Casa Curro en El Coronil (in the sierra de Cadiz area), Taberna El Velero en La Puebla del Rio, and Ventorillo Canario en Santiponce (Italica). Outside many towns and villages in Cadiz and Malaga provinces, you will find good ventas. In San Fernando (Cadiz), there is Los Tarantas and the really legendary flamenco spot, Venta de Vargas. Outside Olvera in front of the emita of Los Remedios is a good venta. At the entrance to Vejer de la Frontera is the Venta Pinto. And, between Jerez and Sanlucar is Venta Antonio, but that is an expensive seafood emporium, a luxury.
Gerry Dawes
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| Posts: 97 | Location: Suffern, NY USA | Registered: 23 March 2002 | |
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If you roam around the villages and towns of Andalucia, you find plenty of them. The food is seldom spectacular, but can often be quite good. Tapas, a salad, small grilled sardines, filete con patatas, bean dishes, trout, etc. Simple wines. Usually very simple fare, but good and sitting outside in Andalucia can be delicious. The Andalucian chiringuitos, along beaches in towns, where they have not legislate them out of existence are of the same genre, they are just not roadhouses.
Gerry Dawes
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| Posts: 97 | Location: Suffern, NY USA | Registered: 23 March 2002 | |
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