Semana de la Trucha & Restaurants on Calle Los Herreros
Zamora's restaurant scene punches well above its size, and the medieval lanes around Calle Los Herreros and Calle Pizarro concentrate some of the best-value traditional dining in Castile. This is the place to eat lechazo (milk-fed lamb roasted in a wood oven) and the region's celebrated river trout.
What to Order
Lechazo al horno is the non-negotiable dish: a quarter of milk-fed lamb, roasted in a clay cazuela in a wood-fired horno until the skin crackles and the meat falls away in silky sheets. Restaurants like El Rincón de Antonio on Calle Ramos Carrión and Serafín on Plaza del Maestro have been perfecting this for decades.
Zamora sits on the Duero, and river trout appears on almost every menu from spring through autumn — simply grilled with garlic and Castilian olive oil, or occasionally stuffed with jamón serrano. Pair either dish with a glass of Toro DO wine from the vineyards just 30 km west; the Tempranillo-based reds are bold enough to stand up to the lamb.
The Street & Its Atmosphere
Calle Los Herreros (Street of the Blacksmiths) is a narrow, cobbled lane in the old town where several bars and restaurants set out tables in summer, creating an impromptu terrace scene that lasts until midnight. The stone facades and wrought-iron lanterns make every dinner feel like a film set.
For a cheaper, standing-up version of the same flavours, duck into any of the old-town tapas bars around Plaza Mayor between 13:00 and 15:00 — many still serve a free pincho with every drink, a tradition that has largely disappeared from larger Spanish cities.
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