Benta Miguel Restaurant
  • HOME
  • THE RESTAURANT
    • Dinning rooms
    • History of Benta Miguel
  • OUR CUISINE
    • Taste for tradition
    • Raw material and quality
    • Masters of milk curd
  • MENUS
    • Daily Menu
    • Weekend Menu
    • Dishes
    • Take away
  • LOCATION
    • Location map
    • Our environment
  • CONTACT
  • PHOTO GALLERY
  • HOME
  • THE RESTAURANT
    • Dinning rooms
    • History of Benta Miguel
  • OUR CUISINE
    • Taste for tradition
    • Raw material and quality
    • Masters of milk curd
  • MENUS
    • Daily Menu
    • Weekend Menu
    • Dishes
    • Take away
  • LOCATION
    • Location map
    • Our environment
  • CONTACT
  • PHOTO GALLERY

History of Benta Miguel

Home / History of Benta Miguel

Benta Miguel Restaurant is located at bottom of Port Belate, in Ventas de Arraitz, in the Valley of Ultzama (Navarra). The building dates from before 1800 and formerly Benta Miguel was resting place for travelers and traders. The building is a large house wood frame and thick stone walls, typical of the area. Benta Miguel restaurant was founded by its strategic location as one of the top culinary demonstrations roadside near a mountain, as a resting place to eat and rest, for those who formerly traveled by stagecoach. On the origins of this village restaurant was linked to a family cattle farm and a small orchard. Currently part of livestock and farm stays, thus ensuring the quality of the raw material.

Currently the benta is run by the fourth generation of the same family and the restaurant offers traditional cuisine made with top quality from our own pantry, garden and livestock. Many of the recipes have passed from mothers to sons and daughters, collecting the proper know-how of traditional methods to make certain stews, roasts or desserts … Generation after generation continue to maintain the essence of traditional cuisine, having adapted to new times, making us an ideal stop for rural tourism.
Benta Miguel history

In 2009 the Navarra Gastronomy Academy recognized with an award to all existing Ventas of Navarra, among which we find ourselves. In the newspaper Diario de Navarra an extensive report on the ventas of Navarra was published, in which our family history also explains the origins of Benta Miguel, etc.
  • PDF of the story on the craft of “Venteros” (spanish)
  • PDF of the Award ceremony of Navarra Gastronomy Academy (spanish)
Report on the craft of "Venteros" - Benta Miguel
© Benta Miguel Restaurant 2014-2021. All Rights Reserved
Web design
Legal note