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Luis' five favourite restaurants in Spain 5

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See the introduction to this five-part series here.

Last, but not least, is Atrio. Atrio is in Cáceres, which is not in 'the heart of La Rioja' as we have read somewhere, but in Extremadura, 300 kilometres (190 miles) south west of Madrid, almost in Portugal's Alentejo. (The confusion with Rioja derives from the well-known brand Marqués de Cáceres, which is of course a Rioja wine.)

At the end of 2010 Atrio moved into a new location in the old part of the city, in an old building that the team had been renovating for years. The location...