Casa rural Casino Munilla (Munilla, Spain)

The Munilla Casino is located in the Villa de Munilla, a very important town until a century ago for its textile and chocolate industry, as well as a large center for sheep farming and wool production. This beautiful building, dating from 1872, consists of four floors, with an area of ​​1,400 square meters and a courtyard of 350 square meters. The upper floor was used as the home of the concierge-provider and his family, with rooms and services for the hostel, which was essential for merchants and vendors who came to the municipality. Today on this floor is the Rural House. The first floor was the social center proper. In this were the Winter Hall, Hall of Mirrors, Reading Room, Library, secretariat, etc. In these spaces is where currently the bar and the restaurant are located. The ground floor mainly contained the Theater Hall, which was also used for other cultural activities, and the garage to store the horse-drawn carriages. The basement is a beautiful room made of stone masonry with wooden beams and ceilings. It was the block where they lodged to the horses that pulled of the cars and cars that passed by Munilla. This room is currently dedicated to the Museo del Cántaro, a collection of more than 1,000 pieces from all over Spain. TASTE THE AUTHENTIC RIOJANA FOOD Located in the old library of the casino, conserving the original platform, a warm dining room has been installed in which you can taste traditional dishes of the area such as artichokes with ham, roast lamb, lamb chops. As well as more innovative dishes such as creamy rice, warm salads, crepes with sole and prawns ... We also have vegetarian dishes.