Slow-cooked rice, facing the Mediterranean.

A journey back to slow-cooked stews and unhurried cooking. At La Cala Queralt, in an old fishing quarter of Port of Sagunto, the sea hums in the background and time is measured in tides. Fresh seafood from the market, time-honoured recipes and a contemporary touch so every dish tastes of today without forgetting where it comes from.

There is no clock here: just long table talk, local wine and conversation that stretches into the afternoon. Lunches and dinners made to slow down, toast unhurriedly and go home with salt still on your clothes. That is La Cala Queralt: a pause facing the Mediterranean.