La Matandeta is the only restaurant set in the rice paddies of the Albufera Nature Reserve, a unique place where the landscape changes throughout all four seasons of the year.

It's very close to El Saler beach, the Devesa forest and the Albufera lagoon. The restaurant is also only 15 minutes from the City of Arts and Sciences and 20 minutes from Manises airport.

Our family has been in the restaurant business since 1991, the year we opened La Matandeta after refurbishing the old farmhouse owned by our father and grandfather Manuel Baixauli Romeu, known as "Matanda".

THE HOME OF TRUFFLES IN PENYAGOLOSA

Come and see our restaurant in the heart of the Penyagolosa Nature Reserve. We’re just two kilometres from Vistabella del Maestrat and inside the reserve boundary.

Top Chefs of Today Reinterpret Borgian Recipes

These are great professionals of Valencian cuisine who were born in Borgian municipalities, such as Ricard Camarena (Gandia) or Vicente Patiño (Xàtiva), or those whose restaurants are located in some of the towns where the Borgias left their mark. All of them have reinterpreted recipes and dishes from that time, giving them their personal touch in order to share with all of us these 10 new gastronomic proposals of Borgian inspiration right now in the 21st century. The result, besides being surprising, couldn’t be tastier.

The Borgia plait is a sweet pastry traditionally made in the city of Gandía, consisting of finely chopped almonds and sweet "angel's hair" pumpkin.

In the Middle Ages the wealth of emerging cities was measured not so much in gold but in terms of the local products they could sell. Back then, one of the most precious commodities was sugar, an exotic and costly ingredient.

The “Silk Road” refers to a network of trade routes that are linked to the marketing of silk from China. Although silk is considered the most important product of the route, many goods were exchanged on it.

The “Silk Road” refers to a network of trade routes that are linked to the marketing of silk from China. Although silk is considered the most important product of the route, many goods were exchanged on it.

The “Silk Road” refers to a network of trade routes that are linked to the marketing of silk from China. Although silk is considered the most important product of the route, many goods were exchanged on it.