Taco Alto

El Raval


This relaxed joint offers on-point tacos and quesadillas, plus five homemade salsas numbered according to spiciness. Wash it all down with a fresh lemonade or a €5 margarita. You can sit at one of the bright turquoise tables in the square outside or indoors where brick walls and wood tables are livened up with colourful bunting and boxes hanging overhead.


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