O Palleiro do Pe do Forno — Restaurant in Borrenes

We stayed at the O Palleiro do Pe do Forno in Orellan for 1-night in mid-June (€58). While our GPS had a hard time locating the casa rural, it is easy to find – just follow the signs to the Orellan Mirador, drive through town and look for the Palleiro's sign about 1 km before the mirador parking lot. Sitting above the road, the casa had two 2-floor stone buildings, one with the reception & bar with the restaurant above and a patio with tables in front, the other with the six guest rooms.||||Our ground floor room was compact, simple and well-maintained, furnished with a queen bed & side tables, chair & old chest, a couple of small knick-knack tables, and a built-in closet for clothes & luggage. It had air conditioning, a godsend from the 35 degree heat in mid-June, but no mini-refrigerator, TV, or safe. The bathroom had a pedestal sink with a wall-mounted shelf and a large shower stall with a rainfall shower head.||||We dined at the casa's restaurant – about €20 each for a shared appetizer, bottle of wine, and two entrees from a great menu of both regional cuisine and Roman dishes that the owner had researched from ancient texts of Epicurius and others. Isobel was a perfect host, speaking both English & French, friendly and willing to explain anything we wanted to know about the area.||||There did not appear to be other dining options in Orellan – in fact, if you blinked, you would miss the town – but there were other restaurants in Las Medulas about 5 km away. ||||Overall, a pleasant, simple, comfortable stay with great food that you wouldn't expect in an out-of-the-way location. Good value for a very modest price, it made a good base for visiting the Roman mines at...

We stayed at the O Palleiro do Pe do Forno in Orellan for 1-night in mid-June (€58). While our GPS had a hard time locating the casa rural, it is easy to find – just follow the signs to the Orellan Mirador, drive through town and look for the Palleiro's sign about 1 km before the mirador parking lot. Sitting above the road, the casa had two 2-floor stone buildings, one with the reception & bar with the restaurant above and a patio with tables in front, the other with the six guest rooms.||||Our ground floor room was compact, simple and well-maintained, furnished with a queen bed & side tables, chair & old chest, a couple of small knick-knack tables, and a built-in closet for clothes & luggage. It had air conditioning, a godsend from the 35 degree heat in mid-June, but no mini-refrigerator, TV, or safe. The bathroom had a pedestal sink with a wall-mounted shelf and a large shower stall with a rainfall shower head.||||We dined at the casa's restaurant – about €20 each for a shared appetizer, bottle of wine, and two entrees from a great menu of both regional cuisine and Roman dishes that the owner had researched from ancient texts of Epicurius and others. Isobel was a perfect host, speaking both English & French, friendly and willing to explain anything we wanted to know about the area.||||There did not appear to be other dining options in Orellan – in fact, if you blinked, you would miss the town – but there were other restaurants in Las Medulas about 5 km away. ||||Overall, a pleasant, simple, comfortable stay with great food that you wouldn't expect in an out-of-the-way location. Good value for a very modest price, it made a good base for visiting the Roman mines at...

We were looking for an authentic, local restaurant with local produce and this was perfect. If you are visiting Las Médulas, I would suggest you visit this restaurant not one of the ones in Las Médulas itself.

The waitress was so friendly and spoke English and gave us some wonderful recommendations. Everything was fresh and locally produced. We ate the mushroom tarts for starters with salad which were only 6 euros and a massive portion! And then the assortment of local cheeses- rula de cabra with quince, pepper, herbs and olive oil. Delicious. Then we shared the rabo which was so succulent and then venison with chestnuts! Beware the portions are huge. There were two of us and we couldn't finish everything. It was out of this world. Also we bought a bottle of local Mencia wine for 8 euros! It was all a wonderful experience. Oh and we got to try some local chupitos of hierbas and crema de orujo. Thank you. Can't...