Ángel León got his fourth Michelin star at Alevante, a restaurant located in the Meliá Sancti Petri.
There are times of the year, for example summer, that are enjoyed more thanks to seasonal gastronomy, the beach, contact with the sea, the sun... For this reason we look for hotels where we let ourselves be loved and relax, coastal environments in which to feel the Mediterranean spirit that defines us, that which goes beyond a healthy diet and that actually supposes a very particular and special way of understanding life.
**THE MEDITERRANEAN SPIRIT AT THE MELIÁ SANCTI PETRI**
The Mediterranean is a sea, but it is also a simple demonym that, in addition to serving to locate geographically, defines a common thought, some vital rules and a shared lifestyle, the Mediterranean.
When we talk about the Mediterranean lifestyle, the long after-meals, comforting naps, conversations with friends, family time, walks, laughter... also the acclaimed and healthy Mediterranean diet, with its simplicity, its slow food, its fresh products from km 0, its stew food, its chup chup.
Life and summer experiences! but also closer and more pleasant at the Meliá Sancti Petri hotel, in Chiclana de la Frontera, in Cádiz.
from an incredible candlelight dinner on the terrace from your room with sea views – where you can feel the passion with which the dishes were cooked – to a comforting siesta on the loungers by the pool after having extended the table at the Michelin star restaurant Alevante, led by chef Ángel León, everything in this exclusive hotel in Cadiz seems to be conceived with the sole intention that the guest feel the soul of summer.
The same one that in the Meliá Sancti Petri hotel wakes up with the sun, the weather, the beach, but also with the affection, dedication and attention to every detail shown by the Meliá Hotels & Resorts staff… Soul Matters is precisely that care and passion when it comes to doing things, the one that awakens your soul and makes them special, unique.
TIPS TO ENJOY THE 'SOUL OF SUMMER'
- The desktop: share quality moments with your family and friends at a table, it can be tasting a freshly prepared dish with seasonal summer products or chatting in the best company for hours after a meal.
- The NAP: This homeland custom is much more pleasant in summer, as it helps us revitalize the body and mind after so many hours of exposure to the sun.
- The passion: you have to enjoy the little things made with true passion, such as fruit juice fresh from the market, grilled fish from the catch of the day, an infusion with aromatic herbs from a nearby orchard...
- Energy: And why not let yourself be infected by the positive energy of the people around you, who are enjoying their work.
- The sea: discover the secrets of the sea with Ángel León's dishes, such as the marine phytoplankton from the Bay of Cádiz, present in many of his recipes.
- The essence: we must listen to the stories of the people who carry the essence of the Mediterranean within them. When you have a conversation, for example, with a sailor, you realize that behind his hard work there is much more than a profession, there is a lifestyle and a passion that moves his world on a daily basis.
- The pause: step on the brake and listen to your soul, connect with yourself and with your surroundings.
Summer, the sea, La Barrosa beach, the Meliá Sancti Petri hotel.
THE PASSION AND LIFT
And if there is one characteristic that Meliá Hotels & Resorts and Ángel León share, it is without a doubt the passion with which they shake their worlds, the hotel and the gastronomic, successfully united in Alevante, the one Michelin star restaurant located inside the Meliá Sancti Petri hotel in which the so-called 'chef of the sea' continues to develop his cuisine based on local marine products.
"I do not conceive, neither in the kitchen nor in life, to do anything without passion. Mine is a pure vocation, that of trying to make others happy through, in this case, food, cooking. To give an unprecedented experience , unique and that people feel totally special. For that, without a doubt, there has to be a passion and you have to be madly in love with what you do, otherwise I think that no work, no form of life makes sense without the gasoline that moves the world, which is passion", explains chef Ángel León, who summarizes this feeling in the following video.
"Alevante is a beautiful project that has been carried out with great enthusiasm. Interesting synergies arose. Meliá Hotels & Resorts wanted to give the Meliá Sancti Petri in Chiclana one more point and I I also wanted my dishes not to die. In other words, all the dishes that pass through Aponiente, which later get lost in a cookbook and die, we are lucky that they survive in Alevante. The great successes in the history of Aponiente are being rescued in Alevante. Alevante is the brother of Aponiente!", Ángel León points out, like a father who boasts of his two children.
Alevante recovers in his letter the great successes of the history of Aponiente.
OTHER EXPERIENCES
Still with the intense flavor of seafood Gazpachuelo, stewed Almadraba tuna cannelloni, grilled red mullets or stuffed Pavia on the palate, why not go for a walk on the beach of La Barrosa? (a regular in the lists of best Spanish beaches).
To this immense Cadiz sandbank accessed directly from the hotel, so that only a few small steps will separate you from direct contact with the sea water, almost almost where the Atlantic kisses the Mediterranean.
Perhaps a coffee or an infusion in the shade on the Andalusian patio? The building where the Meliá Santi Petri is located is an authentic Nasrid-style palace, so that a simple desktop will become an experience for the senses. You will perceive the delicacy with which the coffee has been prepared before reaching your table and you will participate in the careful attention of the waiter, but also you will feel the Arab soul of the palace, with its marble, its arches, its gardens and fountains, whose flow relaxes as much as it refreshes.
Soul Matters by Meliá Hotels & Resorts
THE ROOMS ARE FOR THE SUMMER
Chef Ángel León considers that in the summer time it is more open and more 'enjoy' by many circumstances, but above all by the weather. We are more receptive to everything that happens, because we can stop our world a bit and spend time on 'things'. "Those that taste better in summer," he says.
That is why we should not take a hotel room as a place of passage where we can abandon our belongings or sleep the eight hours required. Each of the rooms at the Meliá Sancti Petri hotel, whether they have views of the sea, the gardens, the golf course or the swimming pool, have been lovingly prepared so that feel the soul of those perfectly placed sheets; also so that you will perceive the Andalusian essence that transmits the chosen decoration.
And if, in addition, you book the Grand Suite with direct access to The Level's private pool, the exclusive area within the hotel, more than a room, what you will have is a balcony with sea views which overlooks the wonderful dunes of La Barrosa beach, as well as a private garden with a Balinese bed and a hydromassage bathtub in the bathroom.
Whoever designed that room did it with total precision and spatial sense, but also with the intention that the guest will participate in the natural and wild spirit that surrounds the hotel: of the dunes, the Atlantic and the Sancti Petri channel, a rich ecosystem belonging to the Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park.
Details that seem insignificant, little moments and little things that, deep down, are bigger than we think and give true value to summer, but also to life.
The sea and the beaches of Sancti Petri, in Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz.
Address: Urbanization Novo Sancti Petri s/n, Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz See map
Telephone: 956491200