What do you need at a motorway service café? Well plenty of good wine for a start.
At the Venta Garceran II, on the A30 motorway between Cartagena and Murcia, there are lots of tasty tapas, bocadillos, hams, sausages and other treats to choose from as well as a “menu del dia”, or set lunch which offers great value.
The café also has plenty of the famed local wine, kept in barrels above the bar. There is Vino Tinto Jumilla, which is the noted red from the town and area of the same name; There is Vino Jumilla Añejo, which is an aged red with rather a strong taste; Vino Campo Cartagena, which is robust; and even Vino Blanco, which isn´t drunk much in this region.
A pump offers the local beer, cool and on draft. This is Estrella Levante, made at a brewery in Murcia City. Of course, Asiaticos are available. Beneath the wine, fine home made sausages, or longaniza, hang and there are big joints of ham.
The Venta Garceran II is on the side of the road heading towards Murcia. There is also a large petrol station.
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©Phillip Bruce 2009
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