Hostal Restaurante Nicols

We’ve just stayed here for one night and it’s been ideal for that - an unpretentious Hostal on the opposite side of the main road from the restaurant, cafe and shop in the fine old station building. The rooms are plain but big, the beds are firm, and there’s space downstairs near the old reception where you can store bikes safely overnight. Charming it isn’t, though - the Hostal at least. The cafe and restaurant are a different thing altogether- really busy at lunchtime and offering an excellent menu del dia for 10 euros a head including a drink. I had a fine salmorejo followed by the most generous plate of tomato and mozzarella salad I’ve seen in a long time, with a small plate of chips, plus a glass of fresh orange juice - set me up nicely for a couple of hours cycling along the Via Verde on a very hot afternoon. Don’t forget to have a look around the station while you’re here - there’s a wealth of old railway rolling stock, station paraphernalia and more and they’re doing their best to create a quirky garden area on the other side of the track too.