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04. The best of the city 28. ABC MAD!
From a calendar with unmissable events to We’ve put together some of the most popular 38. Shopping
plans that won’t cost a thing. expressions and words you’ll hear locals using 43. Madrid Destino info
so you can get the hang of them.
62. Things to Do
12. Madrid secrets
Unknown corners of the city, from parks and 32. Who’s who 70. Cinema
www.citylifemadrid.com info@citylifemadrid.com 72. Theatre and Dance
cafés to underground bunkers. A brief introduction to designers, sporty
types, actors, theatre directors, chefs, 76. Music
Calle Gran Vía 22 - Duplicado, 18. 20 great things to do illustrators and other leading residents of 79. Clubs
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Welcome to
Madrid
WELCOME TO THE CITY where in one way or another
we’re all foreigners. Welcome to a city that greets
everyone with open arms, where you can make
friends when you go out at night or when you
buy your bread each morning at the local market.
Welcome to the city of fresh air, city parks with
places to sit and cool statues, with cycle lanes that
cross the barrios, and bars where you and your
friends can have a beer out on the terrace all year
round. Welcome to the good-weather city, where the
sun shines almost every day and umbrellas live at
the back of the wardrobe. Welcome to a city packed
with art and culture from all over the country, with
fantastic museums and tempting galleries, open-air
music festivals and markets. Welcome to the city of
tasty treats like the squid baguette and the famous
callos stew. Welcome to your city. ■ Marta Bac
To find out more: timeout.com/madrid/things-to-do
THREE TOP TIPS Essential things to do for city lovers
Dance! Eat! Escape!
Puri is Madrid’s top party girl. Hidden behind Pad Thai, ramen, baozi, tall tables and Brainpower and a good team are all you
her vintage shop, is the hottest clandestine neon lighting. If you’re a fan of Asian street need to get out of the escape room.
club for decadence food, don’t miss the trendy Cortezo Can you beat the 60-minute Fox in a Box
and fun : Medias Puri. Yatai Market. challenge?
Plaza Tirso de Molina, 1. Doctor Cortezo, 8. Infantas, 25.
The best of MAD
MAD SEP 2017 / AUG 2018 SEP 2017 / AUG 2018

Calendar SEPTEMBER MARCH APRIL
09 30 29 21 22 29
Unmissable events
(Dates subject to change)
Dcode Madrid Student Welcome Day Holy Week The Night of Books Rock ‘n’ Roll Madrid Marathon DocumentaMadrid
Music Social Traditions Books Sport Cinema
One of Madrid’s biggest Activities for newly arrived Processions and national Evening events and Madrid’s best known Documentary
festivals students holidays to mark Easter discounts in bookshops marathon and half marathon film festival
OCTOBER MAY
02 19 19
Architecture Art Week
Art
The Taste Market
Food
Tapapiés
Food
02 04 15 15
Surge Madrid
Theatre
Mutua Madrid Open
Sport
San Isidro
Traditions
Flamenco Madrid
Dance
Discover Madrid’s most Haute cuisine tapas at the Tapas tour around the Festival of small ‘off’ Spain’s only tennis Feast day of Madrid’s Flamenco festival held
impressive buildings Palacio de Cibeles Lavapiés district theatre productions Masters 1000 event patron saint across several venues
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid. The best The Drums. Indie-pop band play their popular songs for Brunch In The Park. Food trucks and electronic music Mulafest. Annual festival of trends, tattoos and urban
DON’T MISS! designers show their collections SEP 14 -19 an atmospheric concert SEP 14 DON’T MISS! in the open air every Sunday JUN art at Ifema JUN
NOVEMBER DECEMBER JUNE
01 19 25
JAZZMADRID
Music
Dance Madrid
Dance
Christmas
Traditions
31
San Silvestre Vallecana
Sport
25 28 30
Madrid Book Fair
Literature
La Latina Pincho Week
Food
PhotoEspaña
Art
28 Pride
LGBTI
International jazz festival with Top national and It’s time for holidays, The popular road race Dozens of book stalls Snacks and drinks in Extensive photography Parade and culture to
concerts in dozens of venues international companies lights and presents sees out the year set up in El Retiro La Latina festival celebrate diversity
JANUARY FEBRUARY JULY AUGUST
17 20 09 21 Fitur
Tourism
Gastrofestival
Food
Carnival
Party
ARCOmadrid
Art
01 12 01 15
Summer in the city
Culture
Mad Cool Festival
Music
San Cayetano and San Lorenzo
Traditions
Verbena de la Paloma
Traditions
Huge international Great foodie fest with Costume up and take to Contemporary Open-air music, dance, art Madrid’s biggest music Saints’ day celebrations Local celebrations in the
tourism fair loads of activities the city’s streets art fair and film all summer long festival around the city neighbourhood of La Latina
The best of MAD
PASSION
FIGHT! I CAME, I SAW, FOR
MARTA BAC DAVID FARRAN I STAYED
MADRID
Dedicated cycle lanes or sharing the road?
We compare the best routes to cycle round the city Celebrities who fell
for the charms
Bikes on the road, just Better safety and of our city
another road user protection with dedicated
Cycling has become more cycle lanes
and more popular in Madrid The rise in the number of
over the last few years. people cycling in Madrid
Matthieu
Whether travelling to work owes itself largely to the Dany, 23.
or enjoying a weekend ride, creation of dedicated cycle France. Richard Gere
countless people use this lanes. Just a few years ago it
Graphic For the good of his
sustainable and healthy mode was unthinkable to try and
of transport every day. cross Madrid by bike; unlike designer and romantic life, the
And although the city’s other European cities, there travel guide famous Hollywood
dedicated cycle lanes have were no special cycle lanes actor spends his time
encouraged many locals to and people just didn’t feel
between the US and
take up cycling, there are safe on bicycles. What’s more,
areas where roads are not the hills and traffic problems Madrid
wide enough, or the street made even the hardiest souls
design makes it unsuitable, think twice before adopting
to add cycle lanes. So bike this environmentally friendly
users have to ride on the road way of getting about, and
Amy Jo Doherty
alongside the cars, buses, the on-road cycle lanes The sister of Pete
etc. Special on-road cycle didn’t help. But the recent Doherty, lead singer
lanes with specific speed construction of kilometres of The Libertines and
restrictions for the other of specific bike lanes along
traffic mean cyclists can main roads such as Santa ex-boyfriend of Kate
travel all over the city. It also Engracia and Sagasta has Moss, lives here to
saves the authorities money,
because rather than create
encouraged an increase in
those using bicycles. And the ‘Madrid escape her brother’s
fame
specific bike lanes, they just
have to paint the 30kmph
hill problem? Solved with
the public electric bikes, the is a city where
speed limit on the tarmac – a
feature that also helps raise
Bicimad. So there’s really no
excuse nowadays not to get on I feel free’ Oona Chaplin
awareness that cyclists are your bike and get pedalling
using the road too. round the city. How did you end up living here? Charlie Chaplin’s
I arrived in Madrid in August 2104 as an Erasmus granddaughter, you’ll
student. The first few months were quite hard, know her from Game
because I was here on my own and my Spanish
wasn’t as good as I’d thought. Then in January
of Thrones, is a Madrid
2015 after the Charlie Hebdo shooting I The best and the worst of the city native, having been
It’s not easy to imagine what life’s like in a organised an event for solidarity, and since then For me the best thing is the feeling of freedom born here
SUMMED UP city when you’ve only just arrived. So why
don’t we look at it from a mathematical
perspective? Madrid is certainly packed with
I’ve had a relationship with Madrid – and its
people – that’s impossible to define. After that I
got a grant to work with a company, and I stayed.
and safety. We’re living in the capital but it
doesn’t have the level of stress that most capital
cities have. You can wear what you like, love who
statistics and figures. For example, there you like, and nobody says anything. The worst Stefan Olsdal
are 130 districts in the city, following the Would you recommend Madrid to thing, I think, is that people walk Rumour has it that the
incorporation of Ensanche de Vallecas. The friends? really slowly all the time because
tallest building in Spain, the Glass Tower, is Not just to my friends! Here you can ‘You can they’re looking at their phones.
Placebo bass player
love who was going out with a
Interesting
249 metres high and stands alongside three do pretty much everything within
other skyscrapers in Paseo de la Castellana. 15 minutes of Sol. And I’d certainly What do you do at the weekend? man from Madrid just
you like
city stats
Even the figure 0 is significant, as all of recommend the night life. You can I like to go out in the Latin a few weeks before
Spain’s roads start at the Puerta del Sol,
making it their ground zero. There are 544
buy a beer for under €1, there are tapas
tours, and every night of the year there’s
and nobody quarter or Malasaña. If I’ve got
people visiting I quite often forming the band with
archways along the city’s longest street, Calle something going on if you want to party. says take them to El Rastro, like a Brian Molko
Alcalá, which stretches for over 10.5 km. And There are loads of festivals, electric bikes, good Madrid host, for some
the city population reaches 3.16 million. the metro is only €2, there are parks, anything’ typical Madrid fun!
■ Marta Bac pools… In Madrid you can really feel free! ■ David Farrán
FREE MAD
Enjoy the city without spending a cent
the alternative
underground
vibe, all in this old
tobacco factory.
DON’T à www.latabacalera.net
CULTURE MISS
Matadero Madrid WORKSHOPS
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A mini city of culture that’s Encendida
perfect for exploring. You can A multidisciplinary
centre that offers the
reach it from Madrid Río then latest exhibitions,
visit the exhibitions with friends, as well as a range of
or enjoy the communal spaces free and very cheap
courses where you
like the Design Centre, can learn anything C
the Reader House, and the from music to

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design.
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Monday to Saturday conferences and
6pm-8pm and other free activities.
Sunday 5pm-7pm. àwww.condeduquemadrid.es
The temporary RECOLETOS
shows are also half
price during these SOCIAL EXHIBITION HALL
times. Meet & Speak
à www.museodelprado.es The free Meet & Speak
Paseo de Recoletos, 23. Madrid
party is held every
UNDERGROUND Thursday, giving
Phone. +34 915816100
people the chance to
Tabacalera Monday, 2–8 pm.
make new friends and
Join one of the social improve their language Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am–8 pm
workshops, see an
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skills over drinks and
tapas at the Soho Club
PERMANENT COLLECTION Sundays and holidays, 11 am–7 pm
around the patio, (Plaza de España, 6).
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Madrid A hidden
café in a
magical
setting
secrets
There are many guidebooks that will tell you the best ways to
explore the city in one day or a weekend. But a city as full of life as
Madrid has a lot of hidden corners that aren’t in any of the normal
guides. We reveal some of them here, because often the most The Montera
essential experiences are invisible to the eyes oasis
à Montera, 37.
Among the swarm of tourists and
gold-buyers in this central Madrid
street, there’s a small place to
escape from the city’s bustle. Climb
to the top floor of the Salvador
Bachiller shop and you can step
straight into a fairy tale in their
tea room, where you can enjoy
coffee and breakfast, snacks at
lunchtime, or a mojito after a hard
day’s studying. Open in winter and
summer.
The beach at Malasaña The first woman at Madrid A hidden garden café
à San Andrés, 1. University A statue à San Mateo, 13.
Right in the middle of Malasaña
neighbourhood there’s a beach,
à Pez, 42, esquina San Bernardo.
Madrid is so full of statues that if
recalls the In the heart of Chueca, the
Museum of Romanticism is housed
with a bar and everything, where you’re not careful you can mistake first woman in a small 18th-century palace,
you can hide out during the cold them for people sweeping the where you can see the collection
of winter and chill out in the ground in Jacinto Benavente or to study of over 1,600 pieces of furniture,
summer months. It was opened
in 2004 and renovated in 2014,
taking a walk in Plaza San Ildefonso.
But the one with the best story
at Madrid household items and paintings,
and which recreates the everyday
with a restaurant upstairs and is Julia, a young student who is University, lifestyle and customs of the
an impromptu Ibiza-style space
downstairs, where you can
leaning against the stone wall by the
Palacio Bauer. The bronze statue of
who had to bourgeoisie during the Romantic
period. The little museum is a
enjoy a few beers with friends a barefoot girl in a skirt and blouse disguise pretty escape from the bustle of the
and relax at the low tables with and carrying her notes is Antonio city, and has a tea room decorated
comfortable cushions and Santín’s homage to the first woman herself as with carved lamps and ornamental
dimmed lighting. Homely and
exotic at the same time, there’s
to go to the University of Madrid,
in 1848, who had to disguise
a man to mirrors, and with a terrace in the
garden. It’s a lovely place to enjoy
even a hanging garden and herself as a man in defiance of the be able to breakfast or a mid-morning snack
fluorescent tables. And the food
is delicious, especially their
prohibitive law of the time. You can
hear her fascinating story in the
attend while you listen to the sound of the
fountain and the birds singing in
weekend brunch. documentary, After Julia. the trees.
The underground bunker
à Paseo Alameda de Osuna, 25.
This was one of Madrid’s best-
kept secrets until it opened to
the public in 2016. Given the
Sold in code name ‘Posición Jaca’, this
little bunker housed the military HQ
boxes, Underneath
of the Central Republican Army the Juan
they’re
ideal gifts during the Spanish Civil war. Bravo Bridge
For 80 years this underground
Flowery development in the Parque

de El Capricho was a silent
treats witness from the Civil War, but

now visitors can go 15 metres
underground and see what was
à Plaza Canalejas, 6. one of the city’s most important
Madrid’s most traditional dish might Republican command posts.
be its pan-made cocido stew, but these The bunker is 2,000m2 and
violet sweets are the sugary side of could withstand bombs of up
its identity. Made with violet essence to 100kg. Its well-preserved
and served with petals, there’s only condition makes it unique, and
one place in the capital where you can tickets to see it sell out fast.
buy the real thing: La Violeta, a modest
wooden-fronted shop that has been The Chinese restaurant in
selling the sweets since 1915. They’re Plaza de España
so good, so the story goes, that Alfonso à Plaza de España, s/n.
XIII gave them as presents to both his The official name of this
wife and his mistresses. restaurant is Zhou Yulong but
everybody knows it as ‘The
Chinese in Plaza de España’,
and it’s legendary in the city.
Located right next to the
entrance to the square’s car
park, its noodles, spring rolls
and rice are renowned as some
of the best in the city, so much
so that at certain hours there is
often a long queue. Its fame is
well-earned, with tasty dishes,
generous portions and good
prices, and even though its
size and decor aren’t exactly
the coolest in Madrid, it’s a
city landmark that everybody
should try (more than once).
El cementerio de los ingleses

Drinks at the à Comandante Fontanes, 7.
art gallery This cemetery is fairly

unknown in Madrid, but there’s
à Corredera Baja de San Pablo, 17.

a lot of history among the
tombs. The English cemetery Hidden museum
There are many art shops and galleries
in the city centre, but none quite
was built in Carabanchel
to bury non-Catholics, but
over time it became the final
in Castellana
like Kikekeller, a space that merges
everyday objects with art. But its real destination for people of all à Paseo de la Castellana, 40.
secret isn’t revealed until the display religions. Its first occupant If you asked a city resident about the
lights are turned off to reveal one of was Arthur Thorold, a young Open-Air Sculpture Museum, they
the city’s trendiest little bars behind British man whose tombstone probably wouldn’t know what you
the shop, where Madrid’s most with-it is shaped like the legendary were talking about. But at the heart
crowd meet up to sip their expensive sword, Excalibur. Other names of Castellana, when you’re least
tipples in this exclusive atmosphere. found here are Lhardy, founder expecting it, you come across this
Enjoy of the eponymous restaurant; unconventional space with its 17
a drink three members of the Loewe abstract sculptures that turn an urban
in the family that founded the luxury
relaxed,
spot into an artistic stop, and where
fashion label; Rita Garrido, the you can see examples of work by some
trendy
ambience first actress of the Teatro La of Spain’s best sculptors, such as Miró
Latina, and several members and Chillida.
of the Bauer family, one of the
most powerful 19th-century
families in Madrid.
Madrid’s oldest florist’s
shop
à Huertas, 2.
At the old San Sebastián
cemetery you can find one of
the best-kept secrets of Las
Letras: El Jardín del Ángel,
a garden centre and florist’s
founded in 1889 that claims
never to have closed, even
when the church next door
was nearly destroyed by a
bomb. To enter you pass
under a banner with the
slogan ‘Never stop dreaming’,
and you soon realise there’s
something special about the
premises, even if you’re not
a fan of trees. You can buy
beautiful flowers of course,
but the place has a magical feel
about it and is lovely to wander
around and contemplate
the olive trees that are over a
century and a half old.
Byzantine strongholds
à Gran Vía de Hortaleza, 48.
The streets of Madrid are
full of surprises that can
make even the locals feel as
though they’re thousands of
kilometres from home. The
commanding golden cupolas
on the Church of Santa María
Magdalena, are one example,
a slice of Russia in the middle
of Hortaleza. Built in the
Byzantine style, the temple
opened in 2013, the second
orthodox church in Madrid
after the Greek Orthodox
Cathedral of Santos Andrés
and Demetrio (which also
has an interior that’s worth a
visit). This style of architecture
can also be seen in other
buildings such as the German
Friedenskirche (church of
Madrid’s Sistine Chapel

A secret among peace), a clandestine church
that combines Romanesque
à Puebla, 22.
The interior of the Church of
the almond trees and Byzantine styles.
The prince’s garden

San Antonio de los Alemanes à Alcalá, 502. à Plaza de la Paja, 6.
is entirely painted in fresco, Almost at the end of Calle Alcalá, you In a hidden corner of Plaza de
making the church a real can find a park that few residents or la Paja in La Latina, a brick wall
delight to see. Painted by Juan tourists ever go to. La Quinta de los guards a secret garden, the
Carreño de Miranda and Luca Molinos might just be another green best-kept secret of the Palacio
Giordano, among others, the space in the city, if it weren’t for its del Príncipe de Anglona. The
frescos tell stories about the life 6,000 almond trees, which, when prince lived in the building in
and miracles of San Antonio they’re in bloom, are a delight to all five the 19th century, and loved
de Padua. The temple is part of senses. The pink and white blossom walking round the garden.
the hospital created by Felipe takes over the gardens and their heady Several stone paths lead to a
III in the 17th century for scent permeates the air around the small stone fountain at the
Portuguese pilgrims who fell ill, park throughout February and March. centre of the garden, and
and was previously known as there’s an iron shelter and
San Antonio de los Portugueses a pergola that’s covered in
before it became the hospital roses in the spring. The whole
for the German population in place is shaded by large trees,
Madrid. making it a truly idyllic spot.
DISCOVER MADRID DISCOVER MADRID
20 great 09.
Revel in the green zones
From the central parks like El
Retiro and the Casa de Campo to
things to do
the woods and mountains around
the city such cas the Sierra de
Guadarrama, Madrid is full of
natural delights, and there’s the
right terrain for any sort of activity:
you can go walking in La Pedriza,
skiing in Navacerrada, or visit El
Pardo, to name but a few.
Here’s our guide to the city’s

10.
Take a selfie by El Oso y
essentials – 20 great things el Madroño
to do including partying, The statue of a tree-climbing
bear is a world-famous symbol of
exploring, eating and more! Madrid, and a meeting point for
05. lost tourists and friends. It was

designed by Antonio Navarro
Santafé, is 4m tall and weighs 20
01. Explore Gran Vía

From the famous
Metrópolis building to
tonnes. You can see it at Puerta
del Sol.
Try the traditional Plaza de España, this

Madrid cocido street, which is just over a
A hearty pan-cooked stew with kilometre long, is the main
noodles, chickpeas, meat and tourist route through the
juices for mopping up with your city, with shops, bars and
bread, the cocido is Madrid’s even a casino. And don’t
most popular traditional dish. forget to look up, or you’ll
Served in most of the city’s miss lots of impressive
restaurants, this is a dish that buildings and statues. The
everybody should try and will
probably love.
03.
street is due for renovation
between 2017 and 2018. 06. 07.
02. Try chocolate con churros
in San Ginés
Surprising
skyscrapers
Madrid is no skyscraper
Go to a concert (or two)
The city’s music scene is a
Enjoy a musical This chocolatería first opened city like New York, but for perfect fusion of great concerts
It’s no surprise that Gran over a hundred years ago in a several years the city has from international supergroups
Vía is known as the ‘Spanish narrow street between Puerta del had four impressive towers playing to audiences of 15,000
Broadway’. Most of the musicals Sol and Plaza de Ópera. Today it’s that defy vertigo. The Torre at the WiZink Center to the gigs
that come to the city play here, Madrid’s most famous ‘chocolate Picasso and the Torre de by alternative, underground and
from The Lion King to Les café’, and a meeting point for all Madrid are dwarfed by jazz musicians at intimate venues
Misérables, so let the magic sorts of partygoers at the end of the great four: Espacio, to just a handful of faithful fans.
of theatre carry you away on a a long night , as they try to get PwC, Cepsa and the Torre There’s live music every day of
cloud of your favourite songs. enough strength to get to bed. de Cristal, Spain’s tallest the year so nobody need miss out,
building at 249 metres. whatever their tastes.
04. 08.
Shopping in the centre
It doesn’t matter what your Try a squid baguette
budget is, Madrid has a Another traditional dish.
shopping experience for Nobody knows how a seafood
everyone. From all the cheap sandwich became a typical
high-street stores on Gran dish in a city 300km away from
Vía to the alternative shops the nearest coastline. But it is,
in Malasaña and the most and no self-respecting resident
exclusive boutiques on the (or visitor) goes long without
Golden Mile, this city is perfect eating un bocata de calamares
for retail therapy. somewhere around Plaza Mayor.
13.
The city’s most famous
buildings
From rationalism to
neoclassicism, Madrid’s
architecture is a living story of
its evolution over the centuries.
Some unmissable examples
are the beautiful Palacio de
16.
Longoria, the cupola of the Discover the art
Basílica de San Francisco el Wandering around the
Grande and the impressive famous Paseo del Arte
Palacio de Cibeles. is a compulsory pastime
when you visit the city.
14. The Prado, Reina Sofía

and Thyssen-Bornemisza
museums are the
Discover the Chueca three epicentres of art
neighbourhood and three of the most
Madrid is a very gay-friendly city, important museums in
and many members of the LGBTI Spain. But don’t miss
community live in Chueca, where out on the plethora of
there are shops, bars, restaurants small galleries in barrios
and clubs aimed specifically like Las Letras and
at this demographic. Madrid’s Salamanca.
annual Gay Pride festival also
focuses on this area.
15.
Go out for a beer!
If there’s a favourite way to
spend an evening in Madrid,
it’s a drink with friends. And
maybe a bite to eat, which is
11. why the range of food in the

city’s bars and restaurant is
so wide. The weather is good
17. 19.
A bird’s-eye view of enough for terraces to be Cycling along Madrid Río Shopping at El Rastro
the city open practically all year, and What used to be part of Madrid’s Madrid’s oldest and most
The Madrid skyline is one of there are always plenty of main road has now been famous market is a must-see
the most beautiful in Spain, groups enjoying beer, coffee converted into a large park, for visitors. Every Sunday in
and the perfect place to or something stronger with and one of its pleasures is a ride Calle Ribera de Curtidores in
appreciate it is the Círculo de lively conversation and or walk along the banks of the Embajadores, dozens of stalls
Bellas Artes in Calle Alcalá. laughter. From La Latina to Manzanares. Along the 10km set up to sell second-hand
From the roof you can see Chamberí, don’t forget to stretch you can see children clothes, vinyl, jewellery and
over the whole city, its great order your tapas. playing and, if you’re so just about anything you can
avenues, famous monuments inclined, stop for a break at one imagine. Once done, head to a
and lush parks. of the bars along the way. nearby bar to peruse your buys.
12. 18. 20.

Celebrations on traditional Step on to kilometre 0 Escape the centre
holidays A small, easy-to-miss plaque Visit the gardens at La Granja
Every summer the city celebrates just opposite the Casa del Reloj de San Ildefonso, see the
one holiday after another, as it in Puerta del Sol marks the spot immense Monasterio de
marks the feast days of all the local where all Spain’s roads begin, San Lorenzo del Escorial, or
saints. From San Cayetano to the known locally as kilometre 0. explore the Palacio Real de
Verbena de la Paloma, concerts, Many locals have a photo of Aranjuez and its famous World
dancing and fun are what it’s all this small square of pavement Heritage gardens... there are
about. And don’t forget the main with feet walking across it in numerous places worth seeing
fiesta for Madrid’s own patron an album somewhere, so make outside the city, which are still
saint San Isidro on May 15. sure you get yours, too. within the Madrid region.
The best of
Lavapiés
This neighbourhood is a melting
pot and symbolic of the fusion of
ethnic identities and cultures that
has happened in Madrid in the
last few years. It’s always been an
unassuming place, inhabited, until
the barrios
the 1980s, by older people who
lived in corralas – the corridor-
style housing so typical of old
Madrid. Nowadays, thanks to rents
that are slightly more accessible
than in other areas of the city and
its multicultural character, it
attracts a lot of young people who
share it with neighbours of up to
88 different nationalities. Indian December 31 hundreds of people
restaurants stand next to Arab gather in front of its clock tower
barber shops and classic Madrid to see in the new year. This
taverns. This neighbourhood is square hosts a famous statue
also famous for the San Lorenzo of a bear and a strawberry tree
Here’s a brief guide to our favourite parts of Madrid’s fiesta, which takes place every that appears on the city’s coat of
neighbourhoods, with everything from fiestas to history and August, and for events like
Tapapiés, a tapas route that is held
arms. It is also here that many of
Madrid’s most important streets
monuments, plus how to get to each one in October, mainly in the bars and begin, including Calles Mayor
on the terraces of Calle Argumosa, and Arenal and Carrera de San
one of the area’s liveliest streets. Jerónimo. Nearby lies one of the
Lavapiés also has cultural hotspots city’s major shopping areas, Calle
like Tabacalera, a place for Preciados, which converges with
collective cultural expressions, Gran Vía, an icon of the city since
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and Teatro Valle-Inclán, which is its construction in 1910. It’s home
managed by the Spanish National to cinemas, theatres, department
Drama Centre. stores and some of the city’s
M: Tirso de Molina, Lavapiés, most exclusive shops, as well as a
Embajadores. number of striking buildings such
as the Metrópolis and the Carrión, Chamberí is a La Latina
Sol-Gran Vía and Madrid’s first skyscrapers, the
Telefónica building and Torre de
fashionable Fun and tradition are the defining
characteristics of this city centre
Although it isn’t a neighbourhood Madrid. neighbourhood neighbourhood. La Latina is part of
in the official sense, Sol is the true M: Sol, Gran Vía. old Madrid, blessed with winding
centre of Madrid, and Puerta del for dining out, medieval streets that are broken up
Sol is the starting point for the
whole Spanish road network. It’s
a meeting place for locals and
Chamberí
From hunting grounds to
thanks to the
buzzing Calle
by small squares like Plaza de la Paja,
Plaza de San Andrés and Plaza del
Humilladero. You’ll find the remains
tourists alike, due to its location
and the fact that it’s a transport
aristocratic residences, Chamberí
has always been a neighbourhood
Ponzano and its of the city’s ancient walls along
with churches both large and small
hub. The oldest building in the in constant evolution. A traditional taverns dotted haphazardly along its streets,
area is the former Post Office, traditionally stately suburb, with as well as the Segovia viaduct and
known as Casa de Correos, which its wide streets and expensive Puerta de Toledo, which mark the
is now the headquarters of the apartments set away from the boundaries of the neighbourhood.
Presidency of the Autonomous tourist crush of the city centre, in Mercado de la Cebada, one of
Community of Madrid. On recent years Chamberí has become Madrid’s largest markets, is the
one of the city’s most popular perfect combination of tradition and
areas for eating out. And that’s not modernity. La Latina is a favourite
only thanks to the revitalisation place for a few beers at the weekend,
of Calle Ponzano – a must for all or heading down streets like Cava
gourmet fans – but also due to the Alta and Cava Baja for a vermouth
survival of the neighbourhood’s and some huevos estrellados, a
traditional restaurants and delicious combination of lightly
taverns. Its architecture is also fried eggs and crispy chips, at Casa
worth mentioning, embodied in Lucio. In addition to iconic spots
squares like Plaza Olavide and like the Basilica of San Francisco
Plaza Chamberí, as well as in el Grande, the Teatro de la Latina,
cultural venues like the Teatros Jardines de las Vistillas and Campo
del Canal, the Museo Sorolla, the de Cebada, La Latina is famous
Geominero and Andén Cero, and for the Verbena de la Paloma, a
its attractive shopping streets like traditional fiesta that’s celebrated
Calle Zurbano. in August with music, chotis dances
M: Quevedo, Ríos Rosas, Canal, and much more.
Iglesia, Islas Filipinas. M: La Latina, Puerta de Toledo.
Las Letras COAM headquarters, trendy and
gay-oriented stores like Berkana Many emerging
Home to some of the great writers
of the Golden Age of Spanish
bookshop, and gourmet markets
where you can eat tapas, like the
artists have chosen
literature such as Cervantes and Mercado de San Antón. During the to set up their
Quevedo, the Barrio de las Letras day it’s perfect for a stroll and calling
also hosts interesting galleries in at the shops on Calle Barquillo galleries, studios
and antique shops, and part of the
famous Art Walk made up of the
and Calle Hortaleza. At night, you
can have dinner at one of the area’s
and workshops in
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, numerous restaurants that have the Carabanchel
the Reina Sofía and the Prado as
well as the CaixaForum cultural
something for every gastronomic
preference and budget. After
neighbourhood
centre with its spectacular dinner, Chueca’s nightlife scene
vertical garden. Calle Huertas is one of the liveliest in Madrid,
is the neighbourhood’s main with plenty of gay bars that are also
thoroughfare – on its cobblestones hetero-friendly like Bananarama,
you can read fragments of the Fraggel Pop, Why Not, the rooftop who have made their home there,
great works of Spanish literature at Hotel Óscar Room Mate, and the opening cybercafes, hairdressers,
– and is home to tapas bars and famous Studio 54. supermarkets and restaurants
party venues where young people M: Chueca/Gran Vía. all buzzing to the sounds of
gather at weekends for drinks reggaeton, bachata and trap. This aristocratic and bourgeois classes.
with friends. Plaza de Santa Ana,
with its large terraces next to the
Teatro Español, and the Congress
Malasaña
Lying next to Chueca, Malasaña
is a decidedly ungentrified area
with more accessible housing
and smaller, cheaper shops and
Nowadays, as well as a place of
luxury homes, Salamanca is
also the focus of business and
of Deputies are other iconic spots. owes its name to Manuela businesses. commercial activity. This is where
One of the major events to be held Malasaña, the female heroine of M: Cuatro Caminos, Alvarado, you’ll find Madrid’s so-called
here is DecorAcción, an enormous the uprisings that took place in Estrecho, Tetuán, Valdeacederas. Golden Mile, where streets like
interior design fair in which the Madrid on May 2, 1808 against Calle Serrano, Calle Goya, Calle
neighbourhood’s shops organise
street markets selling decorative
and antiquarian items.
French occupation forces. This
historical event is important
in the neighbourhood since its
Carabanchel
This area began as one of the
Ortega y Gasset, Calle Claudio
Coello and Callejón de Jorge
Juan play host to luxury fashion,
M: Antón Martín, Atocha, Sevilla. epicentre, the present-day Plaza city’s most traditional working- accessory and jewellery brands.
del Dos de Mayo, is located on the class quarters, although it’s Among its major attractions are
Chueca site of the old Parque de Artillería

de Monteleón, the focal point of
recently evolved into a trendy
neighbourhood where alternative
the National Archaeological
Museum, the Juan March
This is Madrid’s main LGBTI
neighbourhood and is renowned
internationally for its atmosphere
the uprising led by Luís Daoíz
and Pedro Velarde. In the square,
you can still see an archway from
and emerging artists have set
up their workshops near Calle
Urgel and Calle Oporto and
Moncloa
Moncloa is a stately neighbourhood Chinese New
Foundation, the Carlos de
Amberes Foundation, and the
Lázaro Galdiano Museum, as
of tolerance and diversity. What
only 20 years ago was a decidedly
the old military barracks, as well
as a monument paying tribute
organise cultural activities such
as Artbanchel every May. It’s an
in which family houses mingle with
the student halls of residence of the
Year is one of the well as leading art galleries and,
of course the WiZink Center, the
marginal area has now been to those two captains. What was area that has real treats for visitors, Universidad Complutense. It’s a most popular city’s biggest concert and show
completely turned around and is once the neighbourhood of La such as the Palacio de Vistalegre great place for walking, especially hall. It’s also home to some of
home to all types of bars, iconic Movida, the cultural and social (a former bullring where concerts along Paseo de Pintor Rosales, the and colourful the best restaurants in Madrid,
squares like Plaza de Chueca and
Plaza de Pedro Zerolo, terraces,
revolution that arose in Madrid in
the 1980s, is now the city’s trendy
are now held) and La Finca de
Vistalegre, an old recreation
Templo de Debod and the Parque
del Oeste, which is linked to Casa de
celebrations including Zalacaín, Ramón Freixa
and Kabuki Wellington.
art galleries, cultural venues like and hipster area par excellence. ground that in its period of greatest Campo via the Teleférico cable car. in the Usera M: Serrano, Velázquez, Goya, Lista.
the Museum of Romanticism, It’s paradise for foodies and fans splendour boasted two palaces, It begins at Plaza de España, where
neighbourhood
impressive buildings such as
Palacio de Longoria and the
of organic produce, and full of
modern businesses like indie
barbers, places selling cupcakes, Malasaña
Valdeacederas and Berruguete,
and is divided into two very
a navigable river, fountains and
even a flock of peacocks. It’s also
a favourite haunt of heavy metal
you can see the Edificio España and
Torre de Madrid, and finishes at
the famous Faro de Moncloa, one of
Austrias
Madrid’s most historical
and vintage cafes, which share
pavement space with traditional
brings to mind distinct parts by Calle Bravo
Murillo, one of Madrid’s most
and hard rock fans, who head for
clubs like Grotto 77 and Sala Live.
the city’s most iconic viewpoints.
The neighbourhood is a perfect
neighbourhood hides the secrets
of former monarchs among
bars and markets like the Mercado cosmopolitan important shopping streets. For eating out, there’s no shortage blend of residential and student its monuments, churches and
de Barceló. Strolling around The area bordering Paseo de la of restaurants serving everything life, with shops, hotels, parks, palaces. Its name dates from the
Malasaña, and especially around neighbourhoods Castellana includes the Azca from fried chicken to Peruvian monuments and a very active time when, during the reign of
its iconic shopping street, Calle
Fuencarral, one is reminded of
like Le Marais in business complex, one of Madrid’s
major financial centres and
and Colombian specialities in
restaurants opened by some
student social scene, especially in
the area of Argüelles. Among the
the Habsburg dynasty, Charles
I ordered the construction
neighbourhoods like Le Marais Paris and London’s home to a number of skyscrapers, of the immigrants living in the other attractions of this appealing, of monumental squares and
in Paris and London’s Brick Lane.
It’s also one of the city’s most
Brick Lane including Torre Picasso. Here
you’ll also find expensive
neighbourhood. It’s another of
Madrid’s emerging areas, as it’s
centrally located neighbourhood
are the Costume Museum and the
buildings in the city. Later on,
under Philip II, work began to
complete gastronomic areas and a apartments and the exclusive located near downtown, bordered Cerralbo Museum. reform the old Plaza Arrabal, which
good place for a night out in iconic Moda Shopping Centre as well as by Madrid Río and Casa de Campo, M: Plaza de España, Moncloa, became the present-day Plaza
venues like Penta, Tupperware and the shopping street Calle Orense, but still offers affordable housing. Argüelles. Mayor. From Almudena Cathedral
La Vía Láctea. the Nuevos Ministerios metro Finally, it’s important to know that to Plaza de la Villa and the Teatro
M: Tribunal, Noviciado, Bilbao. hub, and the world’s biggest Zara
clothes store. The other part of the
it’s also home to the Pradera and
the Ermita de San Isidro, and is the Salamanca Real, the architectural beauty of
this area attracts a large number
Tetuán
Tetuán is made up of six different
district, which lies on the other side
of Calle Bravo Murillo, is known
as the Little Caribbean due to
epicentre of the fiesta honouring
Madrid’s patron saint held every
year on May 15.
This is Madrid’s most exclusive
neighbourhood. Built in the
19th century, it was created by
of tourists who gaze bewitched
at the work of the forefathers of
the city’s contemporary citizens.
areas: Bellas Vistas, Cuatro the large number of immigrants M: Marqués de Vadillo, Urgel, the Marquis of Salamanca as The restaurants in this area serve
Caminos, Castillejos, Almenara, from the Dominican Republic Oporto, Carabanchel, Vistalegre. a residential area for the city’s the traditional cocido madrileño,
though there are also a number
of gastronomic spaces belonging
to the younger generations, such
as the refurbished Mercado de
San Miguel, while the Jardines de
Sabatini provide a haven for tired
sightseers who find a place to rest
on the shaded benches next to its
fountains.
M: Sol, La Latina, Puerta de
Toledo.
Vallecas
Vallecas is another working-
activity generated by its main
attraction: the Conde Duque
class neighbourhood that is Cultural Centre. This ex-prison has
emerging as an alternative area been transformed into a base for
to visit, thanks to its rich mixture the area’s most important cultural
of different cultures. It’s located activities: it’s a summer cinema,
a short journey from Atocha by an exhibition space, a theatre, a
public transport and its main show hall and more. Like other
thoroughfare stretches from neighbourhoods in downtown
Vallecas Bridge to the shop-filled Madrid, its older establishments
Avenida de la Albufera, a street now compete with newly opened
with smaller, cheaper shops that businesses. But they all share
ends in Cerro del Tío Pío (or Parque similar characteristics: friendly
de las Siete Tetas, to give it its rather service, artisan products, an
vulgar nickname), which affords approach that lies at the opposite
some splendid views of the city. spectrum to that of the big
At night, Vallecas is the capital commercial chains (you won’t
of heavy metal and has a large find a Zara here) and thoughtful
number of bars and clubs that play decoration. These are bars,
hard rock. In terms of gastronomy, restaurants and shops that you’ll
you’ll find a bit of everything feel like going back to, even before
here, from traditional taverns to you leave them. And you can find
Ecuadorian and Chinese cuisine. everything from vinyl records and
The neighbourhood has grown men’s clothes to gourmet food
so much that, as well as Vallecas shops and art galleries. The best
Bridge, the Villa de Vallecas has thing to do is let your feet guide you
acquired its own expansion project as you discover everything the area
with newly built apartment blocks. has to offer.
One of the area’s most popular M: Noviciado, San Bernardo, Plaza
celebrations consists of the España.
simulation of a naval battle, during
which everyone takes to the streets
with water pistols and balloons. It’s
also a major footballing quarter and
historical buildings are almost in
the rationalist, neo-Mudejar and The Conde
Usera
This neighbourhood in the south
contains Rayo Vallecano’s home
stadium.
industrial styles, including the old
Madrid slaughterhouse in Legazpi,
Duque Cultural of Madrid was, until a decade
ago, just one of the city’s many
M: Villa de Vallecas, Congosto. which is one of the city’s leading Centre has working-class quarters. But in
cultural centres, and the Railway recent years there has been an
revitalised this
Arganzuela
This district is made up of the
Museum, where the monthly
Mercado de Motores flea market
is held. Other recommended
neighbourhood
influx of Chinese immigrants who
have transformed the area into
Madrid’s own Chinatown. Shops
neighbourhoods of Acacias, spots include Madrid Río, with its close to Malasaña of all kinds with signs in Chinese
Paseo Imperial, Legazpi, Palos de green spaces, iconic bridges and have replaced the traditional
Moguer, Delicias and Atocha. Its kids’ playgrounds, and Parque haberdasheries and markets,
de Enrique Tierno Galván, which and even the area’s older bars
houses the Madrid Planetarium now employ Chinese waiters.
and is the venue for some of the That makes it the best place in
city’s best music festivals like the city to try authentic Chinese
Tomavistas and Brunch -in The food at the plentiful restaurants
Park. with menus in Chinese offering
M: Delicias, Legazpi, Arganzuela- specialities from little-known
Planetario. regions; happily, the high quality
of the food is not reflected in the
Conde Duque
This central residential
prices. And, understandably,
this area is especially interesting
during the colourful Chinese New
neighbourhood has been lent Year celebrations.
a new lease of life thanks to the M: Usera.
Bocata
The typical Madrid
sandwich is made with
a small baguette; ask
for one with Un bocata,
por favor. It’s useful to
A practical know for eating tapas.
glossary of
typical words
and
expressions
from Madrid
Tío/tía
No, in this case it’s not your
aunt or uncle. Among young
people, the words tío and
tía can be used randomly
at the end of almost every
sentence, in the same way Flipar
you might say ‘mate’, ‘man’, Also common is flipar,
or ‘love’. Tío is directed at or flipar en colores.A
men and tía at women, and synonym of alucinar,
common expressions like it expresses (huge)
Daily life in Madrid means learning its language and forms of ¿Qué pasa tío? and Joé, tía amazement.
expression. This city is known for its popular colloquialisms are part of the everyday
informal conversation you
and some very peculiar slang that sets it apart from other hear on the street.
Spanish towns, and knowing some of these words will help you
feel part of the city, and give the locals a happy surprise
Molar Mazo A pachas Pasar No te rayes Chulapo

Molar is something that’s said a
lot, especially by young people.
If mola is ‘I like it’, mazo is
‘a lot’. So to say you’re really
Guay A pachas in Madrid is used
when you share something,
The verb pasar doesn’t
always mean throwing a ball
No te rayes is a phrase that
has nothing to do with lines
Currar You might not hear this word
every day, but you should know
This means ‘cool’, Ir a currar is
It means that something impressed by something, and it’s used when both with one other or to somebody or entering a (rayes), but instead is used the same as ir a it. The term chulapo comes from
pleases you greatly, and is it’s mola mazo, and this is Madrileños like several other people. If you’re room. If you hear somebody to tell someone not to get trabajar, in a less the Spanish zarzuelas of the late
more informal than the normal one of the most common something or are eating out with a group of in Madrid say yo paso in their annoyed, upset or stressed formal expression. 19th and early 20th centuries,
Spanish verb gustar. For local expressions. The word impressed by it. people, for instance, when conversation, it probably out by something. If a friend El curro means particularly the well known La
example, if you see something mazo has several meanings It’s a word that’s it’s time to pay the bill you means they don’t fancy doing has a problem, you can use el trabajo in Verbena de la Paloma. It’s the
nice, that surprises you or though, so be careful. It’s been used by can say pagamos a pachas, whatever’s being talked the expression to try to Spain, but watch typical suit worn in Madrid as
makes you smile, the thing to also a mallet, and can mean a several generations which means ‘let’s split it about; they’ll pass on it. It’s play down the situation so out, because the official costume for some of
say is ¡cómo mola!, ¡me mola!, disappointment or a negative of locals but (equally) between us’. You the most informal way to they feel better, such as if Curro is also the the popular festivals, but it’s also
or ¡mola mucho!, instead of action. To dar un mazazo is continues to be can also make a bet a pachas, decline an invitation or say somebody is worried about shortened form of used to describe an archetypal
¡cómo me gusta!, which sounds to disappoint somebody or popular and very which means splitting any you don’t want to join in with an exam, you could say, tío, Francisco. Madrileño – a bit arrogant and
less natural. It can be used for cause them a problem. But common. winnings. Or when you buy a something. And it’s also used no te rayes, to calm them brazen, but amusing and well-
almost anything, and a simple the most common use in round, you can use a pachas in card games, to pass on the down and cheer them up. But spoken. You will see chulapos
mola is all you need to express colloquial language is ‘much’ to mean you’ll buy the round betting for the round if your no te rayes if you take a while and chulapas at the San Isidro
that something is cool. or ‘a lot’. between everyone. hand isn’t good. to get the hang of it! Labrador celebrations.
Terraceo
‘Terraceo’ is one of the
favourite activities of
locals in spring and
summer, when bars
and restaurants set out
their tables and chairs
in the street and people
stop by for a few drinks.
‘Terraceo’ means ‘ir de
terrazas’; that is, visiting
different bars and areas
to have a drink in the How to ask for beer:
open air.
Caña
This is the most common
way of serving beer: in a
glass of around 200ml,
well poured and frothy.
Doble
A doble in Madrid is a
caña in a bigger glass,
also on draught and very
cold.
Tapas Botellín
This is the smallest of the
Tapas are a wide variety bottled beers, previously
of appetisers or snacks in known as botijo or quinto.
Spanish cuisine. They’re
served in most bars or
restaurants with a drink, Tercio
and if you find yourself The tercio is a bottled
doing the local variety of beer of 333ml.
bar crawl (bar, eat and
drink, new bar), it’s called
a tapeo or ir de tapas. Clara
There are always groups The clara is the Spanish
of friends ready to find the version of shandy, a
bar where they serve free caña of beer mixed with
tapas. lemonade. It’s very
typical in summer on the
terraces of Madrid.
Mini
Castizo Liarla parda A mini is a big (plastic)
According to the dictionary,

castizo describes people or things
Movida When there is a fight, a heated
discussion, a serious swindle or
cup of draught beer that
holds almost a litre of
drink. It’s normally shared
This word became
that accurately represent the famous through the something outrageous happens, and served at popular
characteristics of their race, country, Movida madrileña, you’ll hear the sentence liarla festivals.
city, etc. Anything castizo is the the well known ’80s parda (‘to mess up’) to refer to
most typical, the most rooted of a countercultural something done that has caused
city’s customs or culture. Madrid movement of serious damage to third parties. Jarra
is the source of this expression, as the city. Movida For example: you leave the tap Draught beer in a half-litre
its traditions have lasted over the refers to a mess, running in your flat causing a chilled glass jug. It must
years. Chotis (traditional Madrid confusion or ruckus, flood that collapses the whole be served very cold.
dance), cocido madrileño (stew), and we can say block... you have liado parda
callos (tripe), la verbena de San Isidro
and la virgen de La Paloma (local
¡Qué movida! as a (‘messed up badly’) because of
your absent-mindedness. It’s
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festivities), churros con chocolate
synonym of Vaya lío
much better if you never have
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(fritters with chocolate)... are truly to use this expression, but you
castizo traditions. should know it. Just in case.
Who’s
who?
Madrid is a cosmopolitan city that welcomes people from all over the
world. This aspect of its character makes the city the perfect melting
pot in which people from many different backgrounds live together,
considering themselves to be de facto madrileños whether they were
born there or not. Here are a few of Madrid’s most renowned residents
Pedro
Almodóvar
is the only
film director
from Spain Dabiz Muñoz
Chef
Chema Madoz Pedro Almodóvar who has Carolina Marín In 2007 he opened DiverXO, a
Photographer
There is no photography more
Film director
The idol of the Movida madrileña
managed to Badminton player
Born 24 years ago in Huelva, Marín
restaurant that has broken both
aesthetic and culinary barriers.
poetic than that of Chema Madoz movement of the 1980s, Almodóvar come home moved to Madrid at the age of 13 His ability to win Michelin stars is
(Madrid, 1958). Winner of the achieved fame with films like and is currently considered to be the
Spanish National Photography Women on the Verge of a Nervous triumphant best player in the history of Spanish
recognition of an iconoclast who has
raised the self-esteem of the Madrid
Award in the year 2000, Madoz
has the ability to turn everyday
Breakdown and High Heels, which
scandalised Spain at the time with
from the badminton. Her efforts and personal
sacrifice enabled her to become a gold
restaurant scene in record time: he
won his three stars between 2010 and
objects like a stairway, a clock or a its scenes of drag queens, while All Oscars medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2013. David Muñoz, known as Dabiz
cloud into truly surrealistic works
of art that invite viewers to enter
About My Mother saw Penélope
Cruz, one of his muses, appear as
twice Olympics – the perfect follow-up to
her two world championship wins
Muñoz, is, in short, a craftsman, a chef
with his feet on the ground who makes
and get lost in their black-and- a nun dressed in Prada. He has in the previous two years. Without you touch the sky. And you can now try
white universe. He exhibits in his won two Oscars, for best original doubt, Marín is one of the most food of the same quality, though in a
hometown practically every year screenplay for Talk to Her and best distinguished athletes in Spain and less formal setting, at StreetXO.
and his shows always attract a large foreign language film for All About an example of determination in what
number of visitors. My Mother. can be an overlooked sport.
WE TALK WITH...
Diego Cabrera
Bartender
After finding success with Le
Cabrera, Arola and Twist de Gran Vía’s
Naranja, and working as a
consultant for other big firms, heavy metal
Diego Cabrera and his team
are continuing to grow in the
world of mixology while he also
twins Álvaro Catalán de Ocón
Designer
follows his own path with his Born in Madrid, he is one of the
new Salmon Guru gastrobar. leading figures in contemporary
This Argentinian who has been YOU’LL SEE THEM every design. After training at the
based in Madrid for many years afternoon on Gran Vía. European Institute in Milan and at
is one of the key names on the Hanging out on ‘their’ corner, Central Saint Martins in London,
local nightlife scene, and his where Madrid Rock closed his approach to design is based on
signature cocktails are among its doors back in 2005. Twins a highly sophisticated vision that
the most acclaimed in the city. José and Emilio Alcázar are allows him to transform an object
so famous that there’s even into something really special.
a proposal to have a statue His designs are clean-cut and
dedicated to them. With their elementary but rich in experiences
black leather jackets, tight and resonances, and you can find
trousers and long hair they them in galleries such as OA in
may seem rough. But looks Madrid and David Gill in London.
can be deceptive
What are you doing here?

We’re here in summer, in
winter, when it’s raining and
even when it’s snowing.
It wouldn’t be a barricade
against the system if we
were only here in good
weather. This is a protest
and it represents a cultural
revolution because of its
difficulty, because the street
is a tough place to be.
And what have you learnt in

the streets?
Here, we’ve humbly learnt
how to be more human and
to look on others as brothers,
with the greatest possible
empathy.
How long are you planning to

be here?
Madrid Rock was more than
just a record shop, it was a
cultural icon, and when we
traded it in for cheap rags we Carme Portaceli
lost everything. The secret of Theatre director
Alejandro Amenábar Javier Fernández Carlos Alonso life lies in the here and now. When she graduated in History Alberto Velasco
Film director Figure skater Dancer Who knows what tomorrow’s of Art, Portaceli couldn’t possibly Actor, director and dancer
Amenábar was actually born in Barely 26 years old, Javier Known as the Billy Elliot of going to bring. have imagined herself years later A real all-rounder and a volcano
Santiago de Chile, but in 1973, Fernández already knows what it Vallecas, this young madrileño directing in important theatres made flesh who gives his all in
when he was barely one year old, feels like to be a world ice hockey has gone from being a victim like the Teatro Español in Madrid. every one of his projects, Velasco
his family moved to Madrid. He’s champion, not once but twice of bullying for his love of dance She joined the Teatre Lliure in made his name in Madrid with his
a leading figure in raising the (in 2015 and 2016). Moreover, and other things that boys aren’t 1982 as an assistant director solo dance-theatre performance
visibility of the LGBTI community, this young madrileño has been supposed to like to achieving and went on to found the Factoría in Vaca, in which he made it clear
and leapt to national fame with the proclaimed the best skater in international success as a solo Escénica Internacional, which that dignity can defeat any kind of
film Thesis, for which he won seven Europe on five occasions, from dancer in the New York Theatre is devoted to the promotion stereotype. As versatile as he is
Goya awards. International success 2013 to 2017. He can also boast of Ballet. He is specialized in classical of contemporary scenic arts. active, he has directed theatrical
came to him later with The Sea the two Olympic gold medals he and neo-classical dance and She has directed numerous productions like Cliff and Delicia
Inside, a production that gained won in the 2010 Vancouver Winter trained at the prestigious Joffrey productions and won a number and has appeared in TV series
him an Oscar for best foreign Games and in Sochi. It’s quite an Ballet School, one of the most of Max awards. like Vis a vis and Spanish box-
language film, and with The Others, achievement for such as young renowned US dance schools. And office hits such as Kiki, el amor
starring Nicole Kidman. sportsman. he’s still in love with the stage. se hace.
ARAB BATHS NEAR
PUERTA DE SOL
You can relax in the thermal
waters, enjoy a massage and
try the traditional cooking at
Casa Patas. A place of beauty
just right for a relaxing date in
the heart of the city
I’ve pulled!
A selection of the most special spots in Madrid to
enjoy a memorable date
IVAN MORENO
LOVE AMONG THE
DAHLIAS
Viewpoint of the
DALIEDA DE SAN FRANCISCO Basílica de San
In La Latina, right next to the Francisco el Grande
Basílica de San Francisco el
Grande, you’ll find the San
Francisco dahlia park, a park
specially dedicated to growing
and showing dahlias. The
viewing point is on a piece of
land that used to be the San elegantly decorated in wood and is to look like temples, and some plants and wood where you can del Prado, you can visit this tones of orange. The temple was
Francisco convent, but it fell into the perfect place to watch the sun The hidden corners. Its construction whisper sweet nothings without green and leafy space with more
PALACIO DE
CRISTAL sent, stone by stone, in 1968
ruins and was demolished in the
mid 20th century. Until 2007 the
set in summer or enjoy a glass of
fresh orange juice in the morning.
gardens was begun in 1780 for the Duke
and Duchess of Osuna, the most
being distracted.
à Moratín, 11. M: Atocha.
than 30,000 plants from all over
the world. Head there and it’s
Built in 1887, this by the Egyptian government
in gratitude for Spain’s help
beautiful glass and
land was unused, and it is now a Its cocktails are extra large, while and cultured couple of the Spanish easy to imagine life in the city iron building is in El in preserving the heritage of
pretty spot that’s still relatively
unknown, where you can share
its live music and DJ sessions,
added to the views over Madrid’s
temples aristocracy at the time, who
championed the ideas of the
HAMMAM AL ÁNDALUS
This oasis of calm is located
has stopped, and love is floating
in the air. The gardens were
Retiro park Aswan.
à Ferraz, 1 . M: Plaza de España.
a romantic moment sitting on a main street, make it one of the in the Enlightenment and patronised just a few minutes from busy created in 1781 for Carlos III by WHY TO VISIT
bench among the flowers. best terraces to impress a date. several artists. Puerta del Sol. With thermal Juan de Villanueva and botanist GARRA BAR
à Gran Vía de San Francisco, 29. à Iberostar Las Letras Gran Vía. Gran Vía, 11. Parque de à Paseo de la Alameda de Osuna, s/n. baths at different temperatures, Gómez Ortega.
For its amazing
lake complete This space is centred around an
M: Puerta de Toledo. M: Banco de España, Gran Vía. El Capricho M: El Capricho. the relaxing atmosphere and
peace envelope you as soon as
àPlaza de Murillo, 2. M: Atocha. with swans, and impressive bar that’s adorned
with mirrors, velvet and gold
to see the Reina
ÁTICO 11 PARQUE DE EL CAPRICHO take you VINOTECA MORATÍN you walk through the door. The TEMPLO DE DEBOD Sofía Museum dominating the decor. The menu
Great gin and tonics, as well
as salmon or ox tartar, grilled
In the Barajas district you can
find this gem of romanticism, in
back in The wine list is extensive and
well chosen, so you may need
ceilings and walls are inspired
by Moorish design, and you
As well as one of the most
recognisable postcards of
and its fascinating
exhibitions.
has champagne, cocktails and
mocktails, and all the usual
sardines and whitebait, and the shape of an extraordinarily time to some time to pick. Choosing your can complete the experience by Madrid, the Debod Temple is à Palacio de Cristal. spirits, as well as delicious tapas,
the cheeseboard are some of well-preserved 18th-century food is easier, with a small but going to eat at nearby Casa Patas. a favourite spot for couples. while the posh hotel ambience
the suggestions from the menu park, El Capricho de la Alameda the 18th highly appealing and carefully à Atocha, 14. M: Sol. If you’ve never seen it, close
Parque del Retiro.
M: Retiro. will have just the right effect on
you’ll find on the seventh floor
of the Iberostar Las Letras Gran
de Osuna. Inside its 14 hectares
there’s an artificial river, lakes,
century created menu. If you’re looking
for a quiet end to a date there’s REAL JARDÍN BOTÁNICO
your eyes and imagine a series
of three portals surrounded by
your date.
à Hotel Barceló Torre de Madrid. Plaza de
Vía Hotel. The top of the hotel is woods, gardens, buildings made a tasteful, secluded area with Right next to the bustle of Paseo water, under a sky painted in España, 18. M: Plaza de España.
Shopping
Shopping TOP 3
Vintage shopping
www.timeout.com/madrid/shopping
hand to make luxury handmade items. Some

of his work also uses leather and cow skin
Design that’s
from Spain.
à www.andresgallardo.com
Fabio Encinar  Magpie

This young designer is making his mark Magpie Vintage is an extremely cool shop with enough
made in Madrid
in the world of women’s fashion. His retro clothes to make you rethink your whole look. Choose
trademark is classic yet baroque designs, from rails and rails of well-ordered, clean and ironed
somewhere between Lacroix and Lorenzo clothes that are practically as good as new.
Caprile. Young brides-to-be particularly àwww.magpie.es
love his bridal wear, and his collections are
as close to haute couture as someone of his
age can create.
Creatives of all types, from dressmakers to à www.fabioencinar.com
painters, have chosen Madrid to set up their
stores and workshops. Come and meet them! Guille García-Hoz
The work of interior designer García-Hoz
is among the freshest and most fun of
the Madrid scene, with pottery created
in collaboration with the Talevera
Ceramics Centre, and painted paper that
demonstrates his amazing talent. Check out
Senyor Pablo his shop to discover a whole new universe of
Senyor Pablo makes unique knitwear design concepts. (Pelayo, 43).
for women and men using his knitting à www.guillegarciahoz.com  Kinda Kinks
machine; his fantastic designs have Vintage clothes imported from Canada, UK and US, and
brought him success all over the world via
Instagram. He began by adding knitted
sleeves to denim waistcoats, and several
Peseta Cocó Davez
This young Madrid artist, illustrator and
photographer creates front pages for
displayed in great open trunks, hung on rails and draped
over furniture. Prices are reasonable and you can find
stock pieces that have never been worn.
collections later, his jumpers and jackets Laura Martínez del newspapers, colourful and expressionist àwww.facebook.com/kindakinksmadrid
have found their niche in the world of Pozo is the designer portraits, and miniatures of animals. She
independent design. also collaborates with other designers
à www.senyorpablo.com at Casa Peseta, and illustration sites such as the Gunter
which houses a Gallery. With her pop style and neo-realism
Ruben Gómez frenzy of coloured illustration, Davez is considered one of
Gómez is another guru of Madrid indie the most promising talents of Spanish
design. He’s been showing his work on bags, hats, covers contemporary art.
alternative catwalks for several years and and loungewear. à www.cocodavez.com
won awards for his designs. He doesn’t She collaborated
just create clothes for men, but also tries
with Marc Jacobs to Sonia Giordani
new directions such as his latest jewellery Giordani is an Italian designer who
collection, which was inspired by industrial design the official has lived in Madrid for ten years. She
materials, for Biis, his genderless label. T-shirts for Madrid’s specialises in urban style and her creations
à www.biis.es/shop
21 districts. include Hei Black Fashion, a streetwear
label inspired by the ’90s, techno music  Flamingos Vintage Kilo
Andrés Gallardo à www.peseta.org and Gabber subculture. Her latest Their philosophy is to sell classic designs that have a strong
This young Spanish jewellery designer is collection, Hakken was launched with a influence from US vintage style. All the clothes are sold at good
prices by the weight. You might have to do some dedicated
IVAN MORENO
one of the trendiest on the scene. He creates music festival and is sharply urban with a
and recycles, breaks and polishes ceramic slice of fun vulgarity. rummaging, but there are genuine treasures to be found.
objects, which he then shapes and paints by à www.hei-black-fashion.com àwww.vintagekilo.com
Shopping Shopping
TOP 5
Weekend
markets
El Rastro Nómada
Madrid has markets of
all types, from antiques
to contemporary design,
vintage and organic
produce. Take a stroll
among the stalls of five of
the best
©JOSETXU MIGUEL
M. Motores Productores
1 El Rastro
Madrid’s El Rastro market is one of
the most popular in the city, and the
modern version has very little to do with
its original format. Gentrification (which
4 Nómada Market
This market was set up in 2005
with the aim of introducing new
designers to the scene by offering a place
for interaction and exchange, and a
reached its peak with an Ikea pop-up) has laboratory for ideas where participants
transformed it – neither for better nor can make contact with other artists,
worse, but completely. Wandering around specialist press and buyers looking for
it is a bit like browsing through streets of something outside the mainstream.
chic decor, bookshops, cafés and eateries, Usually held at the beginning of each
but there is the added joy of the typical season in the Mercado de la Cebada, it
old-school bargains and street stalls on combines many creative disciplines in
Sundays. one space.
M. Diseño
à www.elrastro.org à www.nomadamarket.com
2 Mercado de Motores
The inspiration for the Mercado
de Motores has nothing to do with
engines but comes from the vintage
markets in cities like New York, London
3 Mercado de Diseño
This is essentially a way to discover
up-and-coming designers in the city,
as well as try a wide range of food and hear
live music. Held sporadically at Matadero
5 Mercado de Productores
The largest exhibition, sale and
sampling space for organic and
home-grown produce in Madrid. If you
want fresh organic food this monthly
and Berlin. Not exactly a flea market, Madrid, the Design Market has become market is the best place to come, where
this is more a platform for traders where a must-go date on the Madrid calendar you can buy straight from the producers:
customers can find, try and buy original and offers a whole weekend of emerging vegetables, mountain-bred meat, cheese,
Spanish products, and enjoy live music, designers, culture and food in a relaxed olive oil, honey, sourdough bread, craft
food and drink. The market is on every atmosphere, which brings new creatives beers, wines, vermouth and tapas. There
second weekend of the month in the and crafters together with the public while are tables and bars right in the market
Railway Museum, and over 200 designers, also adding a fresh design buzz to the in case you can’t wait to try the delicious
chefs and creatives of all types show up. Spanish capital. produce you’ve just purchased.
à www.mercadodemotores.es à www.mercadodediseno.es à www.mercadoproductores.es
Shopping
My
style
1 2
3
SUNGLASSES A T-SHIRT
Sunday Somewhere Sportivo
The sunny days in Madrid T-shirts are a basic of Madrid
mean good sunglasses streetwear, like this pure cotton
are a must, like these ones grey one from Sportivo Conde A HAT
with rounded frames and Duque. It’s oversized and inspired Kling
organic grey glass. by the skater look. The Jo Tía hat from
à €213. www.opticacaribou.com à €70. www.sportivostore.com Kling is an urban
style basic, perfect if
you want an informal
look with a modern,
alternative edge.
à €12. www.kling.es
4
JEWELLERY
Biis
A clip to keep your money in
check, or is it a necklace, or
even a brooch for your shirt or
jacket pocket?
à €150. www.biis.es
SHOPPING STREETS
Fuencarral Gran Vía Preciados Milla de Oro
à M: Gran Vía, Tribunal. à M: Callao, Gran Vía. à M: Sol. àM: Serrano.
This pedestrianised Madrid’s main Preciados is The Golden Mile
street has been a shopping the other side is a collection of
fashion hotspot in thoroughfare is also of mainstream streets and shops
Madrid since the a touristy street shopping in in Salamanca
1990s, when its full of mainstream Madrid, hosting where you can find
now-closed market shops. You’ll find all the city’s main all Madrid’s luxury
was launched. all the affordable department stores, labels, such as
Today the street is a high-street shops, where you can buy Serrano, Ortega y
shoppers’ paradise, plus a few others almost anything Gasset, and Jorge
featuring all the that have survived imaginable, along Juan, as well as
coolest stores in the invasion of the with a few souvenir the people with the
one place. chains. shops. money to buy them.
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10 reasons to
study in Madrid
01.
The climate
Forget your umbrella, bring
your sleeveless T-shirt for
summer, and a good coat and
scarf in winter. That’s how
we could sum up the weather
in the city of Madrid, which
is located 655 metres above
sea level. In general, it's a dry
climate, with little rain during
the year, very warm summers
and cold winters. Spring
and autumn go by almost
unnoticed.
02. 03. 07. Life in

Madrid
09.
The culture The Madrid character Transport Prices
Madrid is one of the richest cities In the city there are few Madrid has a wide range of is not Life in Madrid is not excessively
in art and culture in Europe. authentic ‘gatos’; in other public transport, which is the expensive compared with other
As well as the most important words, locals whose parents best way of getting around excessively European capitals. Transport
art gallery in Spain (the Museo
del Prado) and one of the most
and grandparents were all born
in Madrid. Instead almost all
the city. Metro, bus and local
train are the means most used
expensive and accommodation are well-
priced in relation to cities like
visited contemporary art centres of them have family still living by locals for going from A to compared London, Berlin or Paris. In
in the world (the Museo Reina elsewhere, a place they can B. Those who choose to go addition, prices are lower in the
Sofía), it also has an endless escape to in the summer. That’s by car have to deal with the with other outlying neighbourhoods than
programme of quality theatre,
all kinds of concerts every night
why the locals have an open and
welcoming character; they're
traffic jams on the M-30, the
main road into the centre, and
European in the city centre, while in tourist
areas they are usually exorbitant.
of the year, and outstanding always ready to help you out. parking meters. In addition, capitals But if you know the city well you
commercial and independent This is a city where you'll feel the bike is an increasingly can go to the cinema or the best
film seasons. right at home. popular alternative. museums for free!
Spanish
cuisine
04. 05. Why not
learn to
06. 08. is one of
the best in
10.
The language Shopping Leisure Food Safety
Why not learn to speak a language From international fashion speak a If you want, in Madrid you can It's no secret that Spanish cuisine the world, Madrid is 'an extraordinarily
used by over 500 million people? labels to artisan workshops, find leisure options for every is one of the best in the world. safe city', according to our
Spanish, a Romance language the city has a wide range of language day of the week, adapted to And Madrid is the perfect place and so is authorities. The crime rate in
that comes from spoken Latin,
is not very complicated to learn,
shops where you can buy
anything you need. What's
used by your interests and budget.
From a night out for drinks to
to sample it. We have a range
of establishments from those Madrid’s the city has dropped in recent
years and police officers
especially if you're going to use it more, in contrast to other over 500 learning how to dance salsa boasting three Michelin stars watch over our safety. The best
in your day-to-day life. Although European cities, in Madrid or taking a guided bike tour (DiverXO) to the oldest restaurant thing you can do is use your
in Madrid you won’t have many you can go shopping in million through the city, the choice is in the world (Casa Botín), as well common sense to enjoy the city
problems communicating in
English, we recommend that
the supermarket or shops
until 9pm or even later. The
people? vast. And that's to say nothing
of popular festivals, fairs and
as many places to try the city's
typical dishes such as the cocido
problem-free, as you would
when visiting any new place.
you dare to express yourself in department stores open from markets held every weekend (stew), discover fusion cuisine, If you do find that you need
Spanish. You’re bound to pick it 10am to 9pm, including in the city, especially during and enjoy the tapas and snacks in assistance with an emergency,
up right away! Sundays. the warmer months. bars and pubs. then call 112.
The ideal Time Out for Madrid
Accommodation
occasion
to meet INTERVIEW
new
people 'There are lots
F R E E!c ti v it ie s Finding the perfect place to live while studying in of where-to-
A ll the a ng the
he ld ri are
d u
MS W D fr e e
Madrid is one of the most important tasks. We give
you a hand with the following recommendations and
stay options'
te ly
c omple provide a selection of flats, residences and more!
Madrid Where and

when
Adrian Lawlor, 21, moved from
Ireland to study at the ICADE
Faculty of the Universidad
Pontificia de Comillas, a centre
Student
he chose 'for its reputation'.
Adrian, who was studying
The Galería de Cristal at the Spanish in his country of
Palacio de Cibeles, which is origin, continued improving his
the headquarters of Madrid language skills thanks to his
Welcome
City Council in the heart of stay in Madrid.
What is it? the city, is the location for
this year's event, the third How did you find accommodation
such meeting for students in the city?
The Madrid Student who have just arrived in the The truth is that it was easier
Welcome Day (MSWD) is city. In 2017 it takes place on than I thought because the
Day!
the city's official welcome September 30. Citylife Madrid office in Gran
event for all those students Vía helped me a lot.
who have chosen the
city as the best place for Where did you live during your
their education. The aim stay? A shared flat, a hall of
is to inform students in a residence...?
single event about all the I lived in a flat share with other
advantages Madrid offers students and the truth is that
Five
them so that they can make it was great, I had no problem
the most of their stay here. FIRST, YOU MUST be sure about at all.
where in the city you want to You must
live. Every neighbourhood is be sure How would you rate the
GIF TeSev!ent all
tips
different and that's why you accommodation available in
need the right information. about the Madrid?
During thf gif ts are
kinds o uch as
You must also be sure about
the type of accommodation
type of In Madrid there are many
offers, the range is quite
raffled s ckets
ti
football ips you prefer for your time place you wide... so in this respect I
and tr in the city. Do you want to would rate it highly. Moreover,
Before deciding on share a flat or live in a hall of want to I am from Dublin and, in
accommodation, you should residence? You must also be
clear about how much you are
live in and comparison with prices there,
rents here are much lower.
take some very important prepared to pay depending who you'd
factors into account. on the facilities. You need to
know where to start looking
like to What would you recommend to a
student coming to live here?
– there's a wide range of share with I would tell them that it is best
websites and accommodation to live with other students,
agencies. And, finally, it's either from Spain or abroad, to
important to thoroughly learn about different cultures,
revise the rental contract other languages and different
before signing it. customs. ■
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UNIVERSITY Alcor Jaime del Amo Zurbarán located on the Campus

Attached to the Attached to the Female hall of Universitario Vicálvaro and
HALLS OF
Universidad Universidad Complutense residence, the belongs to the Universidad
RESIDENCE Complutense. de Madrid. Owned by the corporate work of the Rey Juan Carlos.
àGral. Ampudia, 7. Claretian Missionaries. Prelature of the Opus àAv. de Daroca, 321.
M: Metropolitano. àAv. de Gregorio del Amo, 5. Dei and attached M: Vicálvaro. T: 91 775 30 42.
Antonio de T: 91 533 92 08. M: Metropolitano. to the Universidad
Nebrija T: 91 554 08 04. Complutense. Vallehermoso
This is one of the Aquinas àVíctor de la Serna, 13. Since its refurbishment,
halls of residence Located in the Jorge Juan M: Colombia. this residence is one of
directly managed Ciudad Universitaria Created for the children T: 91 519 74 25. the most comfortable
by the Universidad and belongs to the of Navy officers. in the city. Located in
Complutense. Dominican Order. àAv. Séneca, 14. UNIVERSITY Chamberí it has an
àAv. Séneca, 8. M: Moncloa. àLeonardo Prieto Castro, 6. M: Ciudad Universitaria. outdoor pool, dining
RESIDENCES
T: 91 550 43 00. M: Metropolitano. T: 91 550 71 00. room and gym.
T: 91 543 88 00. àMelquíades Álvarez, 21.
Fernando de Juan XXIII M: Guzmán el Bueno.
los Ríos Argentino Nuestra Roncalli T: 91 788 22 00.
Located in Getafe, Señora de Luján Female hall of residence Erasmo
it's part of the Argentinean hall with 165 places and over The only residence San Ildefonso
Universidad Carlos III. of residence 56 nationalities attached on the Universidad Located in the Colegio
àAv. de las Ciudades, 1 with outstanding to the Complutense. Autónoma de Madrid de San Ildefonso, in the
M: Los Espartales. architecture. àRamiro de Maeztu, 3. Berrospe campus. Studios historic centre of Alcalá
T: 91 771 27 00.
Diego de
àMartín Fierro, 3.
M: Moncloa.
T: 91 181 20 50.
M: Metropolitano.
T: 91 533 94 09. Other services Female hall of
residence attached
to the Universidad
equipped with a
kitchen, and a dining
room/cafeteria in the
de Henares and close to
its university.
àPlaza San Diego s/n.
Covarrubias Loyola Through the 'Vivienda Pontificia. residence. There are T: Alcalá de Henares.
Also managed by Barberán University hall of Virtual' service of the àAv. Moncloa, 9. over 700 students. T: 91 878 81 46.
the Universidad Accommodates almost residence of the Society M: Metropolitano. àErasmo de Rotterdam, 5-7. T:
Complutense, and
located very close to Accommodation agencies 200 students from
outside Madrid.
of Jesus attached
to the Universidad
Comunidad de Madrid
(regional government)
T: 91 533 59 00. Cantoblanco-Universidad.
T: 91 131 21 00.
Cardenal
Cisneros
the faculties. àAv. Séneca, 16. M: Moncloa. Complutense. you can find shared San Agustín Mixed residence on the
àAv. Séneca, 10. When looking for a flat you can always T: 91 602 03 00. Paseo de Juan XXIII, 17. Attached to the Gómez Pardo Campus Universitario
M: Moncloa. T: 91 394 11 57. turn to estate agencies specialised in M: Metropolitano.
rooms, accommodation Universidad Complutense Central university Cardenal Cisneros,
renting. The advantage is that you Casa do Brasil T: 91 534 04 04. with families and and managed by the residence with over 40 with spacious green
Santa María Attached to the flats to rent. Augustinians. years of service located and sports areas,
de Europa will get a reliable service and you can Universidad Marqués de àwww.emes.es àTravesía Antonio Nebrija, 4. in Chamberí, well- 10 minutes from
This is another of the always contact them if you have a Complutense, its la Ensenada M: Moncloa. connected and with a the faculties of the
halls of residence problem during your stay. Among the mission is to promote Mixed hall of residence T: 91 550 50 00. great atmosphere. Universidad de Alcalá
directly managed the culture of other whose facilities were àCristóbal Bordiú, 30 bis. de Henares.
by the Universidad most recommended are HelpMadrid, countries. refurbished in 2009. San Pablo M: Ríos Rosas. àAv. de los Jesuitas, 34.
Complutense. Has Aluni, Mi Casa Inn, Oh my room!, Living àAv. de la Memoria, 3. àAv. Séneca, 18. M: Moncloa. Nuestra Señora Complutense. Founded by the T: 91 441 79 21. T: Alcalá de Henares.
good sports facilities. Atmosphere and PyR Solutions. You M: Moncloa. T: 91 549 71 00. de África àIsaac Peral, 60. Asociación Católica T: 91 882 98 26.
àCea Bermúdez, 17.
can also try websites such as Idealista, T: 91 455 15 60. Male and female hall M: Metropolitano. de Propagandistas Santa María del
M: Canal. T: 91 533 62 00. Mendel of residence with 160 T: 91 456 25 89. and attached to the Estudiante Giner de los Ríos
Fotocasa and Easypiso. Chaminade Male hall of residence single rooms. Universidad CEU San Designer Single and double
Fernando Abril Opened in 1966, attached to the àRamiro de Maeztu, 8. Pío XII Pablo. accommodation, with studios, all exterior, with
Martorell it belongs to the Universidad Complutense M: Metropolitano. Male hall of residence àIsaac Peral, 58. M: Islas swimming pool and kitchen, bathroom, air-
Part of the Fundación Universitaria and managed by the T: 91 554 01 04. with good sports Filipinas. T: 91 598 96 00. sports court, located con and free WiFi, on the
Universidad Carlos III Guillermo José Order of Saint Augustine. facilities. in a central area. All Campus Externo of the
in Leganés and well- Chaminade. àRector Royo-Villanova, 6. Nuestra Señora àPaseo de Juan XXIII, 3. Vedruna the rooms are external, Universidad de Alcalá.
connected. Gregorio Peces- area, away from the Ximénez de àPaseo de Juan XXIII, 9. M: Guzmán el Bueno. de Guadalupe M: Metropolitano. This hall of residence, furnished, with en suite àCarretera Madrid-Barcelona,
àPalmera, 12. M: San Barba centre, managed by the Cisneros OTHER HALLS OF M: Metropolitano. T: 91 534 07 00. With four floors, it's T: 91 514 17 00. bearing a woman's bathroom and free WiFi Km 33,600.
Nicasio. T: 91 771 10 00. Accommodates Universidad Autónoma. Attached to the RESIDENCE T: 91 554 54 00. linked to the Escuela name, Joaquina connection. T: 91 181 81 00.
students and professors àMarbella, 60. M: Paco de Universidad Complutense. Moncloa de Organización Santa María del Vedruna, and attached Paseo Juan XXIII, 13.
Juan Luis Vives from the Universidad Lucía. T: 91 735 50 31. àAv. Séneca, 8. M: Moncloa. Elías Ahúja Founded in 1943 and Industrial. Pino to the Universidad M: Metropolitano. Residencia de
Close to Paseo de la Carlos III. T: 91 394 10 04. Male hall of managed by the Opus àAv. Séneca, 4. M: Moncloa. Female hall of Complutense, aims for T: 91 213 42 00. Estudiantes
Castellana, it's part àAv. Federica de Montseny, 1. Teresa de Jesús Alcalá residence attached Dei, also attached T: 91 543 52 00. residence that hosts the complete education For researchers, post-
of the Universidad M: Los Espartales. Mixed hall of residence Somosierra It has 174 individual to the Universidad to the Universidad a variety of cultural of all young female José Pérez de grads, and creatives
Autónoma. T: 91 771 27 00. of the Universidad Attached to the rooms with full bathroom. Complutense. Complutense. Padre Poveda events. students living there. Vargas from different fields.
àFrancisco Suárez, 7. Complutense. Universidad Autónoma. àDon Ramón Menéndez Pidal, 2. àRector Royo-Villanova, 4. àAv. Moncloa, 3. Female hall of àPaseo de S. Fco. de Sales, 13. àGlorieta Pdte. García Moreno, Modern building, à Pinar, 21-23.
M: Plaza de Castilla. Santillana àAv. Séneca, 10. M: Moncloa. àPablo Vidal, 6. M: Arturo Soria. M: Metropolitano. M: Metropolitano. M: Metropolitano. residence attached M: Islas Filipinas. 2. M: Metropolitano. opened in the academic M: Nuevos Ministerios.
T: 91 497 99 00. Located in a quiet T: 91 394 10 07. T: 91 413 60 11. T: 91 553 30 04. T: 91 533 77 00. T: 91 533 85 00. to the Universidad T: 91 549 51 50. T: 91 534 45 00. year 2012/2013, it's T: 91 563 64 11.
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Education INTERVIEW
'Prices
The city offers a wide range of education, higher
education in both public and private universities, are quite PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES
It has the faculties
of Health Sciences
that compares favourably with other European
universities, and language centres
affordable' and Legal Sciences,
with centres on all
campuses.
àInfantas, 55. Aranjuez.
COMPLUTENSE T: Aranjuez.
Moncloa T: 91 488 44 21.
Campus
This campus of REY JUAN CARLOS
the Universidad Móstoles
Complutense de Campus
Madrid is in Ciudad This campus stands
Universitaria. It has out for its teaching
faculties such as in Computer
Pharmacy,Veterinary Engineering,
Medicine and Medicine, Experimental
among others. Sciences and
'What I liked most about àAvda. de Séneca, 2. Technology and also
living in Madrid for a time was M: Ciudad Universitaria. Legal Sciences.
the safety and tranquillity T: 91 452 04 00. àTulipán, s/n. M: Móstoles
I felt.' This young student, Central. T: 91 665 50 60.
who's 28, has no doubt what COMPLUTENSE
she would highlight about the Somosaguas ALCALÁ
city. Losvelys Phipps came to Campus Alcalá de
Madrid from the Dominican This campus of Henares Campus
Republic to study a master’s the Universidad The Universidad de
degree at the prestigious Complutense Alcalá is one of the
Next International Business has the faculties oldest in Europe and
School. of Psychology,
Economics, Political Grants offers 38 degrees.
àPlaza de San Diego, s/n.
Why did you decide on private Sciences, Sociology T: Alcalá de Henares.
education? and Social Work. If you are coming to study in Madrid, T: 91 885 40 00.
What pushed me to make the àCampus de Somosaguas, you can apply for grants given by
final decision was that I got a s/n. Autobuses: 561A, 563.
different Spanish institutions, such as CARLOS III
full grant for my studies here T: 91 394 29 99. Getafe Campus
in Madrid. the Spanish Agency for International On this campus,
AUTÓNOMA Development Cooperation, the the Universidad
What do you think about the Cantoblanco Fundación Carolina or some banks Carlos III de Madrid
range of education in Madrid The Universidad has the faculties
compared with other cities? Autónoma de Madrid including Santander. Take a look at the of Social Sciences
website of Universia so you don’t miss
Quality
I haven't studied in other is in Cantoblanco. and of Humanities,
A CITY AS cosmopolitan and European cities apart It's one of the best out on any opportunities. Communication and
open as Madrid could be no The range from here, so it's hard to centres for studying à www.becas.universia.net.
Documentation.
less so in its education. With of higher compare, but, in general, I Biology, Nursing, àMadrid, 126. M: Juan de la
education
six public universities, the city think Spanish education, Medicine and Physics. Cierva. T: 91 624 95 00.
offers quality higher education education and specifically in Madrid, is àCiudad Universitaria de
comparable with other
European cities. Throughout
in Madrid good. And in terms of prices
of degrees, courses and
Cantoblanco.
T: Cantoblanco-Universidad.
CARLOS III
Leganés
the year, these centres offer includes other qualifications, I think T: 91 497 50 00. Campus
their foreign students special they're quite affordable. This campus has the
Madrid has a wide courses for learning Spanish, six public POLITÉCNICA disciplines such Universidad Rey REY JUAN CARLOS This public campus Higher Polytechnic
and varied range of with interesting cultural
activities, although they're not
universities What advice would you give to
someone coming to study next
Ciudad
Universitaria
as Aeronautics,
Industrial Design and
Juan Carlos has
the faculties of
Alcorcón Campus
This campus has the
is dedicated to the
Information Sciences,
School of the
Universidad Carlos III
tuition that is ideal for the only option for learning and eight year in Madrid? Campus Architecture. Legal Sciences and faculties of Health Telecommunications and laboratories for
all students, whether
they're Spanish or come
the language. The university
studies available in Madrid
private I would tell them to try to
find a highly specialised
Although it has
several centres,
àRamiro de Maeztu, 7.
M: Metropolitano.
Communication,
and the schools of
Sciences and Legal
Sciences.
Engineering and Legal
Sciences.
experimental classes
(Bioengineering,
from abroad are complemented by eight university or study centre in the main campus T: 91 336 60 00. Experimental Sciences àAv. Atenas, s/n. M: Alcorcón àCamino del Molino, s/n. Mechanics, Robotics,
private universities (whose the area that interests them; of the Universidad and Computer Central. T: 91 488 93 93. M: Hospital de Fuenlabrada. Computing,
fees are higher than the public the education will always be Politécnica is in the REY JUAN CARLOS Engineering. T: 91 488 84 01. Aerospace, etc.).
centres), which offer enrolled more suited to what they are Ciudad Universitaria. Madrid àPaseo de los Artilleros, s/n. REY JUAN CARLOS àAv. Universidad, 30.
students all kinds of degrees looking for and they will get It's specialised Campus M: Vicálvaro. Fuenlabrada REY JUAN CARLOS M: Leganés Central.
and diplomas. more out of it. ■ in engineering This campus of the T: 91 488 78 00. Campus Aranjuez Campus Tfno.: 91 624 95 00.
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PRIVATE
UNIVERSITIES
Education, Health,
Law-Management
àMarqués del Valdeiglesias,
3. M: Banco de España.
Facilities
Libraries, sports centres and swimming
INTERVIEW
'The library was
open 24 hours
and Architecture-
Technology.
T: 91 521 22 31.
Academia
pools, the city's facilities are worthy of a big
metropolis like Madrid. And they're open to at exam time'
àCastillo de Alarcón, 49. locals and visitors alike
Villanueva de la Cañada. Madrid Plus
ALFONSO X EL SABIO T: 91 815 31 31. As well as classes, it
Villanueva offers extracurricular
de la Cañada CEU SAN PABLO activities.
Campus Moncloa Campus àArenal, 21, 6ºdcha.
It offers 45 degrees This centre has M: Ópera.
and double degrees, the faculties of T: 91 548 11 16.
in addition to 35 Humanities and
postgraduate degrees Information Sciences, Eureka School of
and diplomas. And Law and Economic Spanish
it has its own health Sciences. Centre accredited by
centres. àJulián Romea, 18. the Instituto Cervantes
àAv. Universidad, 1. M: Metropolitano. in the centre of
Autobuses: 581, 627. T: 91 514 04 04. Madrid. Javier Escudero Sahuquillo
T: 91 810 92 00. àArenal, 26. M: Ópera. moved from La Roda, in Albacete
CEU SAN PABLO T: 91 548 86 40. (Castilla-La Mancha) to study the
NEBRIJA Montepríncipe degree he wanted. This 29-year-
Madrid-Princesa Campus Enforex Academia old radio presenter chose the
Campus Located in Alcorcón,
This historic building it has Pharmacy, Instituto Language courses and
summer camps.
Contacto
Small groups, dynamic
Getafe campus of the Universidad
Carlos III de Madrid for his
houses the faculties of
Information Sciences,
Arts and Humanities,
Medicine and the
Polytechnic School.
àUrb. Montepríncipe.
Cervantes àBaltasar Gracián 4.
M: San Bernardo.
T: 91 547 48 52.
classes and qualified
native teachers.
àRaimundo Lulio, 7.
university course.
Did you use any libraries during

among others. Autobuses: 571, 573, 574. Created to promote and M: Iglesia. your time in Madrid?
àSanta Cruz de Marcenado, 27. T: 91 372 47 00.
teach Spanish, it awards International T: 91 364 24 54. Yes. As I was studying in Getafe I
M: Argüelles. House Madrid almost always used the university
T: 91 452 11 03. EUROPEA DE Diplomas in Spanish as Its systems have library but sometimes I went to
SPANISH
MADRID a Foreign Language. Its always been at the
LANGUAGE the Biblioteca Pedro Salinas in
NEBRIJA Villaviciosa accredited centres bear its forefront of education. Puerta de Toledo, because it
La Berzosa Campus àZurbano, 8. M: Alonso INSTITUTIONS was open 24 hours during exam
Campus With 14,000 m2, this is characteristic red logo. Martínez. T: 91 319 72 24. periods.
La Berzosa Campus one of the best private àwww.cervantes.es
is located in an universities. Don Quijote FEDELE What do you think of the range
exceptional setting, àTajo, s/n. Autobús: 518. Madrid The Federación of public libraries?
near Torrelodones. T: 902 23 23 50. This school has 38 Española de There are a lot to choose from
àHoyo de Manzanares. classrooms on three Asociaciones de and almost all have a metro
For
Autobús: 611. EUROPEA DE àCarretera de Pozuelo a floors of a historic Escuelas de Español station nearby. And although
MADRID
SPANISH building. para Extranjeros IN MADRID WE can't complain there are periods when they are
T: 91 452 11 01.
Alcobendas
Majadahonda, Km. 1.800. T:
91 351 03 03. LANGUAGE àDuque de Liria, 6. M: Plaza de promotes quality in about facilities. The Municipal The full, you can usually find both the
NEBRIJA Campus CENTRES España. T: 91 360 41 33. Spanish language Public Libraries Network Municipal book you are looking for and a
La Dehesa
everyone
In addition to its PONTIFICIA teaching. of Madrid City Council is a good place.
de la Villa two campuses, the COMILLAS Tándem Madrid àwww.fedele.org. public service formed by 32 Public
Campus Universidad Europea is Madrid Campus AIL Madrid International training neighbourhood libraries,
Libraries Did you use the city sports
It houses the Higher equipped with a dental Catholic university for This is the Academia school that also offers UNIVERSIDAD.ES in addition to specialised facilities?
Polytechnic School clinic and a university the study of Law and Internacional de classes for teachers. It promotes the libraries with highly valuable Network I joined the university gym
and the School of polyclinic. Economic Sciences Lenguas Madrid. educational work of collections, the Bibliometro and for a few months. And I also
Architecture. àAv. Fernando Alonso, 8. (ICADE àO’Donnell 27.
àMarqués de Cubas 8. M:
Sevilla. T 91 319 72 24. Spanish universities It doesn't matter what other institutions such as the comprises sometimes went with my friends
àPirineos, 55. Autobuses: 159, 827. àAlberto Aguilera, 23. M: Príncipe de Vergara.
Estudio Sampere
abroad. your budget is or where Biblioteca Nacional de España
(see image). Moreover, the
32 to the swimming pool in Puerta de
Hierro, which quite impressed me
M: Francos Rodríguez.
T: 91 452 11 00.
T: 902 23 23 50. M: San Bernardo.
T: 91 542 28 00.
T: 91 435 48 01.
Quality courses with an
àwww.internacionalizacion.
sepie.es
you live, the libraries, municipal sports centres offer centres because I had never seen such a
FRANCISCO DE Paraninfo average of six students sports centres and other excellent facilities: sports courts big swimming pool.
CAMILO JOSÉ CELA VITORIA Universidad a This is the first centre per class. Turespaña city facilities are suitable and pitches, gyms, classrooms,
Madrid- Pozuelo Campus Distancia de that was accredited àDon Ramón de la Cruz, 83. This is the public for everybody etc. There are very economical What did you think about the
Villafranca With a single campus Madrid by the Instituto M: Lista. T: 91 431 43 66. body responsible for monthly subscriptions and they prices?
Campus that has a hall of Distance learning in Cervantes marketing Spain as a are open until at least 8pm. And As it was part of the university
Its five faculties are residence, this fields such as Social àPrincesa, 70, 1ºizq. Inhispania tourist destination in as if this weren't enough, the city network I got good discounts
all on this campus: university is managed Sciences, Economics... M: Argüelles. Courses for all levels the world. is blessed with a number of large but generally they were not very
Communication, by the Legion of Christ. àwww.udima.es T: 91 543 31 39. throughout the year. àwww.tourspain.es. swimming pools. expensive. ■
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MUNICIPAL you can play many Ana María Gabriel García OUTDOOR
SPORTS sports: from athletics Matute Márquez POOLS
to figure skating. This centre, named This is heir to the
CENTRES You can also attend after the famous former Biblioteca de
Pilates, yoga or writer, replaced la Meseta de Orcasur,
aerobics classes, the old Biblioteca opened to the public
Francisco among many others. Pública Municipal de in 1983. The current Casa de Campo
Fernández àJosé del Hierro, 5. Carabanchel and was library opened in Also known as the
Ochoa M: Concepción. opened by Matute the same location Lago swimming pool
Located in T: 91 403 90 20. herself. in 1987 and was because of the nearby
Carabanchel, it has a àComuneros de Castilla, 30. renovated in 2014, metro station, it has
seven-a-side football Chamartín M: Marqués de Vadillo. when the name was an indoor and outdoor
pitch, basketball, It boasts a sports T: 91 588 08 30. changed to Gabriel pool, both Olympic
tennis and handball hall, indoor swimming García Márquez. size. Popular among
courts, and a spa area, pool, weights room Buenavista àPlaza Pueblo, 2. the LGBTI community.
among other facilities. and spa area. With Located in the arts M: San Fermín-Orcasur. àPaseo Puerta del Ángel, 7.
àCatorce Olivas, 1. M: La a wide range of centre of the same T: 91 318 86 91. M: Lago. T: 91 463 00 50.
Peseta. T: 91 125 00 51. classes. name, it occupies one
àPío XII, 2. M: Pío XII. of the sports halls María Zambrano Francos
Arganzuela T: 91 359 33 39. that once housed the It opened in October Rodríguez
In this sports swimming pool and 2010 within the Here, as well as
centre you can MUNICIPAL changing rooms of Centro Cultural swimming in the open
play badminton, what was a bathhouse one that still exists in Eduardo Úrculo. It air, you can also play
LIBRARIES
basketball, indoor
football, paddle,
during the Second
Spanish Republic. Escuelas Pías de the municipality of
Madrid, as well as an
was created from
the need to enlarge
beach volleyball.
àNumancia, 11.
tennis and volleyball.
àAlicante, 14. M: Legazpi.
T: 91 528 88 79. María Lejárraga
àAv. Toreros, 5. M: Diego de
León. T: 91 724 08 04. San Fernando extensive olive grove
at the edge of the
Parque Juan Carlos I.
the Biblioteca de
Tetuán, located in the
old building of the
M: Francos Rodríguez.
T: 91 459 98 71.
Recently opened Canillejas This is an oasis of peace in à Av. Logroño, 179. Municipal District Vicente del
Fernando Martín
This centre is close to Running in the Sanchinarro
neighbourhood, it
This is located in the
heart of the shopping
the middle of a restored
ruined church. It's worth
M: Alameda de Osuna.
T: 91 312 02 58.
Council of the same
name.
Bosque
With the Cuatro Torres
La Dehesa de la Villa has 30,000 titles centre of Canillejas àPlaza Donozo, 5. as a backdrop, these
and has a badminton If you like running, in Madrid there are and an impressive and shares a building getting to know this library José Saramago M: Ventilla. facilities have two
court, indoor football many areas available to you, such as audiobook with the Centro that's attached to the It opened in November T: 91 733 90 43. 50-metre swimming
pitch, tennis court and Madrid Río, El Retiro park, which fills collection. Cultural Buero Vallejo. 1990 with the name pools as well as a
weights room. àPrincesa de Éboli, 29. àBoltaña, 23. M: Canillejas.
Universidad Nacional de Biblioteca de La Miguel Delibes children's swimming
àAv. Santo Ángel de la with runners every afternoon, or the M: Blasco Ibáñez. T: 91 741 11 34. Educación a Distancia. Vaguada, replacing Its original location pool.
Guarda, 6. M: Francos Parque de Santander, which has a simple T: 91 513 33 83. àSombrerete, 15. M: Lavapiés. the former Biblioteca was inside the Parque àAv. Monforte de Lemos, 13.
Rodríguez. athletics track. If you are looking for Ciudad de Peñagrande whose Darwin, but with the M: Barrio del Pilar, Begoña.
T: 91 450 73 44.
something more challenging, try the
Histórica Lineal lack of space was development of the T: 91 314 79 43.
Municipal Located inside the solved and location area it was decided
Antiguo hills of Dehesa de la Villa or the Parque Created as a Centro Cultural during the time of King occupies the space of improved by moving to build a new library La Elipa
Canódromo del Oeste. Only for the brave! municipal library Príncipe de Asturias. It Fernando VII. a big old house that it near the Centro with four floors and a This large 50-metre
If you like football, in 1876 based on was built to serve the àPaseo Fernán Núñez, 24. belonged to one of the Comercial La Vaguada. total of 2,012 square open-air swimming
you can play it here an idea of Ramón area and replace the M: Ibiza. T: 91 480 48 38. most ancient lineages In 2011 it was given metres. In 2010 it was pool gets really busy
on an artificial grass de Mesonero previous library in a of Madrid, the Vargas its current name. given the name of the during the summer
pitch and train for Romanos, in 1990 block of flats. Francisco Ibáñez family, and Iván de àAv. Monforte de Lemos, 38. writer. months.
the match with it was designated àAv. Institución Libre de It's located in the Vargas was the master M: Barrio del Pilar. àArroyo Belincoso, 11. àAlcalde Garrido Juaristi, 17.
its weights room Historic. Its objective Enseñanza, 14. Centro Cultural of the city's patron T: 91 588 68 91. M: Vinateros. M: Estrella.
and physiotherapy is the protection and M: Ciudad Lineal. Mantuano and saint, Isidore the T: 91 328 73 00. T: 91 430 35 11.
service. promotion of the T: 91 588 75 66. comes from the Labourer. Manuel
àVia Carpetana, 57. classes. It also offers football pitch... this in Madrid, and also and basketball court bibliographic legacy. former Biblioteca de àSan Justo, 5. M: Sol, Latina. Vázquez Ángel González Vallecas
Autobuses: 17, 25, 119. children's rhythmic sports centre has the busiest. Located at or its indoor swimming àConde Duque, 9. Eugenio Trías. Chamartín, opened in T: 91 758 62 11. Montalbán Despite being next to With a swimming
T: 685 534 621. gymnastics. almost everything, the top of a building, pool, it's worth visiting M: San Bernardo. Casa de Fieras 1983. In 2015, after It opened to the the A5 road, the silence pool for adults of
àAntonio Machado, 12. including classes for all you can swim with for its architectural T: 91 588 57 37. de El Retiro renovation work, it Gloria Fuertes public in 2006. The is absolute thanks to just over 30 metres
Ciudad de los M: Antonio Machado. tastes. beautiful views in the beauty. Opened in 2013, changed its name. From the big building was designed architect Carlos de and a child's pool,
Poetas T: 91 373 27 39. àJoaquín Dicenta, 1. background. àPlaza Daoiz y Velarde, 5. Aluche the building that àMantuano, 54. M: Concha windows of the first by the architect Isabel Riaño. Concrete and these sports facilities
In this small sports M: Ventilla. T: 91 314 54 37. àFarmacia, 13. M: Chueca. M: Pacífico. It's located on the houses this library Espina. T 91 510 37 56. and second floors, Huete Chugunowa glass dominate in the keep the residents of
centre you can play Antonio Díaz T: 91 828 90 06. T: 91 433 87 70. first floor of the Centro was originally part of where the library is and also houses the design, and there are Vallecas cool every
basketball and Miguel Escuelas de San Cultural Fernando de the installations of Iván de Vargas located, you can see Music School. big outdoor areas. summer.
indoor football and Sports hall, swimming Antón Daoíz y Velarde I Concepción los Ríos. the Casa de Fieras This is located in the the remains of the àFrancos Rodríguez, 67. àGranja de Torrehermosa, 1. àArroyo del Olivar, 5.
attend aerobics, pool, basketball and This is the most central Along with enjoying its The facilities are so àCamarena, 10. M: Laguna. in the Parque de El heart of the Madrid rebuilt Castillo de M: Francos Rodríguez. M: Campamento. M: Portazgo.
fitness and Pilates handball courts, indoor indoor swimming pool indoor football pitch comprehensive that T. 91 719 89 96. Retiro, that were built de los Austrias and los Zapata, the only T: 91 398 07 23. T: 91 512 35 42. T: 91 303 06 08.
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Transport
Getting around Madrid is easy. The city has a
TICKETS
We explain the three most common
wide network of public transport that includes travel passes
metro, bus, regional trains and e-bikes, along
with a great taxi service
 Tarjeta Multi
You can buy this new card from metro ticket machines
and some tobacconists (estancos). It can be topped up
whenever you want, for between one and ten journeys.
It's valid for ten years, is contactless and has replaced
the 'metrobús' card and single tickets.
ONCE YOU KNOW how to on the time of day; it can be

get to the centre from the between 3 and 15 minutes.
airport, moving around the A single ticket costs between
city will be easy. The best €1.50 and €2 depending  Abono 30 días
connections with Adolfo on the zone. The 10-trip This multi-journey ticket is valid for 30 days from
Suárez Madrid-Barajas multi card costs €12.20 and the day of purchase (so not necessarily a calendar
Airport are: metro line the airport supplement is month). The price of the ticket depends on which
8 (Nuevos Ministerios- €3. There are also monthly zone it's for.
Aeropuerto T4); regional season tickets available by
train C-1 that will take area, and tourist cards. You capital, you can catch one of BY TRAIN and 2 costs €1.65, and €5.40
you to Atocha or Príncipe can download the mobile app the intercity buses. Night Cercanías de Renfe regional for zone 7. Tickets must be
Pío; and buses such as Bus for information about times, Night buses are known as trains link the centre of used within two hours of
Exprés, which has a 24-hour delays, maps, etc. búhos ('owls'); their routes buses are Madrid with the outskirts and purchase.
service. And now you
need to find out how to get
differ from regular buses
and they leave from Plaza de
known are also a good alternative for
BY BUS getting around the capital. BY TAXI
around the city. Madrid has a fleet of over Cibeles. Frequency varies as búhos Nuevos Ministerios, Atocha, While you're in Madrid,
BY METRO
2,000 buses that serve more
than 10,000 stops on 200
on weekdays, Sundays and
holidays. The EMT app is also
('owls') Chamartín, Sol, Méndez
Álvaro and Príncipe Pío
you can get a taxi 24 hours
a day both from the many
Metro de Madrid is the different routes, including the useful for checking times. are the main stations for taxi ranks around the city or
quickest way to get around regular, university and night Moreover, the Madrid City changing lines. The service, by hailing one in the street.
the city. Madrid has 12 services, and an express line Tour Bus, a double-decker which includes ten lines on The minimum fare has been
metro lines and 238 stations, to the airport. The first bus in tourist bus, covers the main the network, runs from 5am to simplified, so the base you
along with three light the morning leaves at around points of interest and major midnight, although it varies pay will be one of two: from  Abono turístico
railway routes that work as 6.30am (7am at the weekend) streets of the city. There are depending on each station, Monday to Friday during This tourist card can be used on all public transport
trams. It's open from 6am and the last one in the evening tickets for one or two days, as does the frequency, which the day (6am to 9pm) there's of the Comunidad de Madrid without limits
to 2am (although the last begins its journey at about and you can hop on and off is between 5 and 30 minutes. a minimum fare of €2.40; throughout the period of validity (1, 2, 3, 5 or 7 days),
metro leaves at 1.30am) and 11.45pm. A single ticket costs as often as you like along Fares depend on the zones at night, weekends and on and for two zones (A and T). It can be bought at the
frequency varies depending €1.50. To visit towns near the the route. covered: a ticket for zones 1 holidays it's €2.90. Moreover, airport and metro stations in the city.
Time Out for Madrid
Getting around by metro

This is one of the fastest, most comfortable and economical ways of getting
around the city. And it's essential to always have at hand a good, up-to-date
metro map like this one to navigate its many stops
Safety advice
Watch your Plan your route
belongings If you're not sure
Although Madrid is where you're going,
a very safe city, it's it's best to ask. There
sensible to watch your will always be a local
belongings, both on willing to suggest the
public transport and best route instead
when you're going of you spending half
out, especially at an hour studying the
night. Look after your metro map in a station
personal possessions or peering at Google
and keep an eye on Maps on your phone.
them in the metro, in a
bar or any terrace. But Always charge your
relax: there are more mobile phone
than 8,400 cameras Before leaving home,
in the metro for your make sure that your
safety plus security mobile has enough
guards in every power in case you need
station. it in an emergency.
You can also carry the
charger with you and
Don't carry too connect it in some of
much cash the metro carriages,
there's a single rate of €30 for BY UBER AND CABIFY Today, in Madrid mainly on line 6, and
journeys between the airport Everyone was waiting for you can pay by card certain EMT buses.
and the city centre (within the technology to also affect the in almost any bar,
M-30). The price per kilometre way we get around, and now restaurant or shop.
depends on the zone and the it has. Uber and Cabify are So only carry the cash Foreign Tourist
time, but it usually ranges two apps you can use to book you need for small Assistance Service
between €1.05 and €1.25. private cars driven by their transactions. If you need police
licensed owners. You can visit assistance, go to the
BY BIKE the respective websites and station located near
BiciMAD is the increasingly download the apps onto your Make copies of Plaza de España, at
popular, sustainable and smartphone to get started your personal Calle Leganitos, 19.
enjoyable public mode of booking routes and checking documents There you'll find a
transport. The e-bike rental prices. Because it's always specialised service for
service has over 2,000 bikes worth being prepared, helping foreigners.
at more than 150 stations BY E-CAR make sure you have M: Plaza de España
throughout Madrid. With In recent months two services a photocopy of your
an annual card, or a 1-, 3- or have appeared in Madrid, most important
5-day card, you can take a bike Car To Go and Emov, through personal documents, If you have any
from any station and leave it which you can rent e-cars such as your passport problem, call
in another station within two by the minute. As well as or ID card, and carry Emergencias
hours for 50-60 cents for 30 being environmentally the copies with Madrid
minutes. friendly, these vehicles have you instead of the In you find yourself
You can also rent your bike in the advantage that they can originals. In that way, having to deal with an
some of the agencies around park without having to pay if you are unlucky emergency, such as
Madrid, such as Mobeo, in the relevant parking fees. enough to be robbed, theft, accident or fire,
Matadero, or the bike rental Moreover, there is also an or just get absent- then you should call
point in Parque Juan Carlos e-motorbike service available, minded and lose the 112 for assistance
I. You can also cycle along the eCooltra. You can find all the paper, everything will from the appropriate
'Anillo Verde', a 64-kilometre information you need about be easier to sort out. service.
lane around the urban centre these transport options on
of Madrid. their respective apps.
Time Out for Madrid
Shopping
STUDENT
CARDS
Tourism Centre
àPlaza Mayor, 27.
M: Sol, Ópera.
Monday to Sunday 9.30am
to 9.30pm
SHOPS
International Callao A selection for all styles
Student Identity àPlaza de Callao.
Card (ISIC) M: Callao. Monday to Sunday
The most well-known 9.30am to 8.30pm
international student
card. With discounts Paseo del Prado
on accommodation, àPlaza de Neptuno, opposite as selling unique black as its over 3,000 square
leisure and transport, the Museo del Prado. CLOTHES designs, they also hallmark, it offers metres with a small
it's recognised by M: Banco de España, Atocha. hold art exhibitions a unisex concept cinema, exhibition
UNESCO and has no Monday to Sunday 9.30am and promote fair in which garments room and rooftop.
age limit. to 8.30pm Primark trade. make an impact à www.elparacaidista.es
àwww.isic.org It's the low-cost àwww.monkeygarden.com regardless of the
Atocha fashion chain that wearer's gender. Swinton & Grant
European àRonda de Atocha, s/n. has revolutionised Zara Very modern. At this bookshop,
Youth Card Next to the Museo Reina Gran Vía with an Undoubtedly the àwww.44store.es cafeteria and
Major discounts for Sofía. M: Atocha, Atocha enormous shop most important art gallery, they
culture, leisure and Renfe. Monday to Sunday selling all kinds clothing brand in ACCESSORIES specialise in urban
shopping. For people 9.30am to 8.30pm of clothes and Spain, it's chosen and avant-garde art.
aged under 30.
àwww.injuve.es Santiago
accessories at very
affordable prices. Its
the area of Nuevos
Ministerios to open Gafa Vintage AMEN Concept à www.swintonandgrant.com
International
Youth Travel Card
Bernabéu
Stadium
àPaseo de la Castellana,
bags, in partaicular
have invaded
Madrid.
its biggest shop in
the world. Designer-
style clothes at
If you love a pair
of glasses to
complement your
Store COSMETICS
Discounts on travel, 138. Next to the Santiago àwww.primark.com affordable prices. look, this is the The nearest there is to the Miin
shops, restaurants shop for you. It has In Miin they select
Bernabéu Stadium. àwww.zara.com/es
Parisian Colette in Madrid.
and cultural activities, M: Santiago Bernabéu. Monkey Garden chic brands and the best Korean
for anyone under 26, Monday to Sunday 9.30am Alternative clothes 44 Store glasses dating from Japanese sweets, fashion, cosmetics so you
not just students. shop in the heart of With a defined the '50s to the '90s. jewellery, bags, art... a million can enjoy their
Madrid Student
to 8.30pm
àwww.isic.org the neighbourhood aesthetic àwww.gafavintage.com exquisite gift ideas in this excellent quality
Recoletos-Colón of Malasaña. As well philosophy and and cute designs.
CITY COUNCIL
SERVICES
Welcome Pass àPaseo de Recoletos, 23.
M: Banco de España, Colón.
Numbers
Sneakers
Malasaña shop.
à www.amenmadrid.com
àwww.miin-cosmetics.com
This app is one of the most comprehensive Monday to Sunday 9.30am Sneakers for all Mac
to 8.30pm tastes in Malasaña. Professional
to have on your mobile. Its purpose is It sells reissues quality cosmetics
esMADRID to offer all foreign students who come CentroCentro from the '70s, '80s and a vast range of
This is the official and '90s, more colours and tones.
to Madrid for the first time useful àPalacio de Cibeles. Plaza
tourism website of de Cibeles, 1. specialist and Volver shops left in Madrid. They can also apply
Madrid City Council information, plans, activities, promotions, M: Banco de España, Colón. modern models, No need to go to They buy and sell your make-up on
and includes discounts... to make their stay more Monday to Sunday 9.30am and limited Ikea – you can find vintage vinyls , and the spot.
information of pleasant and entertaining. to 8.30pm editions. beautiful, affordable it's a place where àwww.maccosmetics.es
all kinds, from an àwww.numbersneakers.com Nordic design in the you can find musical
agenda of cultural Adolfo Suárez heart of Madrid. gems. Lush
events to maps, Madrid-Barajas DECORATION àwww.volverweb.com àwww.discoslametralleta.com Soaps, shampoos
guides and practical Airport and creams with no
information. the city. It's free and kind of administrative Emisora TOURIST àT4, hall 10, arrivals. T2, CULTURA Pantha Rei chemical products
àwww.esmadrid.com can be downloaded procedure, dial 010, Escuela INFORMATION halls 5 and 6, arrivals. Estudio Báltico Specialised and not tested on
from its website. the City Council's M21Radio M: Aeropuerto T1 T2 T3 T4. This is a space for bookshop selling animals.
esMADRID àwww.esmadrid.com citizen assistance Turn the dial to 88.6 OFFICES Monday to Sunday 9am creating, selling La Integral volumes on àwww.es.lush.com
magazine number. It operates FM to discover this to 8pm and sharing Books, objects, photography, urban
Along with its website, Teléfono 010 24 hours and is municipal radio design. Craft music and indie art, graphic design,
the City Council Línea Madrid also in English and station, which has Information Tourist Design Technology clothes are on sale fashion and more.
offers tourists and If you have an French at certain excellent information àT: 91 454 44 10. information stationery, Spanish in this shop loved by There's an art gallery
locals a monthly enquiry about the times (Monday to about culture, leisure E-mail: turismo@esmadrid.com. mobile unit ceramics from La fans of the weird. in the basement.
magazine with lots city, whether you're Saturday 8am to and public services in Web: www.esmadrid.com. Located in different Fuga and Romina àwww.laintegral25.com àwww.panta-rhei.es
of information about seeking practical 10pm; and Sunday the city. places throughout Gris, and leather
leisure and culture in information or any 10am to 9pm). àwww.m21radio.es. Plaza Mayor the city. pieces by Ana Clash. La Metralleta El Paracaidista
àwww.estudio-baltico.com One of the few record A concept store of
Football
in Madrid www.timeout.com/madrid
‘Passion’ Real
vs
Atlético
Wanda Metropolitano
Madrid de Madrid
In Madrid, football is a question of passion,
hope and effort. We discuss the king of sports
Real Madrid is the Spanish team with the largest Atlético de Madrid is the perfect example of a side
and all that goes with it fan base, not just in the capital but across the able to fight back. The red-and-white team lives
country, although being the team with the most
prizes probably helps. Their fans are known as the
Who from match to match, an approach that’s defined
them since the arrival of Diego ‘Cholo’ Simeone,
Nobody doubts the football from other teams like Rayo merengues, or ‘meringues’, because of the team’s are they who’s led one of its best phases. Fans are known as
prowess of Madrid. The city is Vallecano, Leganés, Getafe and white kit. colchoneros, or ‘mattress makers’.
Santiago Bernabéu
home to two of Europe’s greatest Alcorcón as well as their women’s
football clubs, Real Madrid and teams.
Atlético de Madrid. Two teams, A love of football is something Real’s stadium is the Santiago Bernabéu (Avda. de The 2017-2018 season sees Atlético inaugurate
Concha Espina, 1), a world-famous football shrine and a new stadium, the Wanda Metropolitano, the first
eternal rivals, that compete both
in and out of Spain, in La Liga
that Madrid locals learn as
children, passion and dreams a must-see for any football fan. Current renovation The in the world to have a whole lighting system using
and the Champions’ League - and
who in the city will ever forget the
that are passed from one
generation to the next, and that
plans include a retractable roof, commercial areas
and even a hotel. It was opened on December 14,
stadiums LED technology, as well as other cutting-edge
technology. It takes over from the old stadium, the
two times they’ve met in the final fill stadiums every weekend. 1947 and today can hold a capacity crowd of 81,044. Vicente Calderón, which the team has just left.
of the top European competition, Madrid also has plenty of
in Lisbon and Milan in 2014 and talent in, and enthusiasm for,
2106? other sports; there’s top-level Real’s sporting success is impressive. The team Atleti, as fans call Atlético de Madrid , may not
has won 12 Champions Leagues, two Club World have won as may prizes as Real Madrid, but it
But apart from these two great
sides, in Madrid you can enjoy
basketball, indoor football,
tennis, field hockey, rugby and Cups, three Intercontinental Cups, two European The has seen some important victories since it was
football of exceptional standards even ice skating. Estadio de Vallecas Supercups, two UEFA Cups, 33 Leagues, 19 King’s
Cups, and nine Spanish Supercups. Plus it’s been trophy founded in 1903. In its long history it’s won ten
Spanish Leagues, ten Copas del Rey –King’s
named the best 20th-century club by FIFA. An cupboard Cups–, two European Leagues and two Spanish
1 Stadium
2 Celebrating the
3 Other Madrid
4 Women’s
5 Football and invincible team indeed. Supercups.
tours victories teams teams beyond
The passion for For Real Madrid, As well as Real There are more and Madrid’s sporting fame
football is so great, Plaza de Cibeles and its Madrid and Atlético, more women’s football comes from much more than Since the club was formed in 1902, some of the Atlético de Madrid also has a history of welcoming
in particular for Real
Madrid, that the
fountain, with a goddess
in her lion-pulled chariot,
there are other great clubs
in the city, including
teams in Madrid, making
their mark in the sport
football. The Real Madrid
basketball team is one of
best footballers in history have played there, from
Di Stéfano to Beckham, Zidane and Cristiano Great legendary national and international players.
Adelardo, Luis Aragonés, Paulo Futre, Diego
Bernabéu tour around the is the favourite place to Rayo Vallecano, who are and the media with the best in Europe, and city Ronaldo, plus top national players including
Camacho, Butragueño, Casillas and Sergio
players Simeone, Fernando Torres, Diego Forlán, Diego
Costa, el Kün Aguero and Griezmann have all played
stadium and its facilities celebrate team victories. standard-bearers for top well-deserved success. native Javier Fernández
is one of the city’s Atlético prefers to mark local football from the city’s The women of Atlético is a five-time continental Ramos. for the side.
most popular tourist such occasions with districts; Leganés, who de Madrid have already figure skating champion;
attractions, with over Neptune at the plaza and have a devoted fan base that won the League and the top-grade indoor football
a million visitors every
year. Atlético de Madrid
fountain where Prado
meets Recoletos. And
fills the Butarque stadium;
Getafe, who have played
Queen’s Cup, cheered
on by a crowd of 15,000,
is represented in the city
by Movistar Inter, who
When Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid play
a match it’s known as the Madrid derby. Real The Fans get particularly excited when the two clubs
play a derby. Of the 279 such matches, Atlético
is moving its museum Rayo Vallecano and their European matches at their while other women’s have won the European Madrid has notched up more wins than Atlético
in their Spanish league meetings. And of course
derbies has won 70 times and 63 games have ended in
a draw. It could be claimed that Atleti is Real
and all its trophies as it fans storm the fountain at Coliseum Alfonso Pérez teams like Rayo are in championship four times;
transfers the club and the Asamblea de Madrid home; and Alcorcón, who hot pursuit, in football and the city goes mad in they’ve also met in numerous international Madrid’s most feared rival (with the permission of
part of its history to a new whenever they win a show off their skills in their and other sports such as summer for the Mutua games. FC Barcelona).
stadium. match. Santo Domingo stadium. basketball. Madrid Open tennis event.
Things to Do
THE CITY’S EVENING VIEWS

BEST PARKS
AND GARDENS
The best
7 Parque de
Berlín
Parque de 6 Parque del
Oeste
Next to the 5 Jardines de
Sabatini
These
sunsets
Berlín is a little
piece of Germany
in Spain’s capital,
university campus,
this pretty park
covers 100 hectares
neoclassical
gardens designed by
Francesco Sabatini
in Madrid
where you can find a and has one of the receive a lot of visitors
fountain with three most impressive who come from the
blocks from the rose gardens in the nearby Palacio Real to
infamous wall whole city. admire the views.
à Avda. Ramón y Cajal, 2. àPaseo Moret, 2. àBailén, 2 .
4 La Quinta de
los Molinos
La Quinta de los
Molinos is a historical
21.5-hectare park
3 Parque Juan
Carlos I
Madrid’s
second biggest park
is perfect for cycling
2 Casa de
Campo
This historical
park – it dates from
1553 – covers over
that has examples of or boating on its 1,722 hectares and is
all types of flora. Try waterways and lakes. Spain’s largest green
to visit in February to There is also a cold space. It has a lake,
see the almond trees in greenhouse housing zoo, amusement park
bloom. exotic specimens and lots of cycle lanes.
à Alcalá, 502. à Glorieta Juan de Borbón, 5. à Paseo Puerta del Ángel, 1.
NIGHTFALL IN
VALLECAS
Built in the
1980s on a former
tip, the imaginatively
DEHESA DE LA VILLA. This nicknamed Park
city meadow is home to up to 70 of the Seven Tits
species of birds. offers impressive
àDehesa de la Villa, 1. views across the
Sonrisas
city from its seven
CÍRCULO DE BELLAS ARTES. hills.
The roof terrace of this Fine à Cerro del Tío Pío.
de esperanza
Arts organisation has a bar and
1
Benjamín Palencia, 2.
restaurant.
àAlcalá, 42.
GOURMET EXPERIENCE CALLAO .

A foodie haven where you can enjoy the sunset
over Gran Vía. En las comunidades más pobres en las que no tienen
EL RETIRO àEl Corte Inglés. Plaza de Callao, 2. acceso a la atención médica estamos contribuyendo con
programas de salud y revisiones médicas. Con el proyecto
TEMPLO DE DEBOD. An Egyptian temple
Madrid’s most famous park hides some just off Plaza de España, from where you have Hope apoyamos a niños y niñas con cáncer y a sus familias.
real wonders in its 125 hectares, from the one of the city’s best panoramic.
Porque la salud es esperanza. Y la esperanza sonrisas.
boating lake to the Crystal Palace, as well àFerraz, 1.
as beautiful fountains such as the Fallen

Angel one.
APARTOSUITES JARDINES DE SABATINI. Ayúdanos a construir esperanza. No podemos
Spend a memorable evening on the roof
à Parque de El Retiro. Plaza de la Independencia, s/n. terrace of this hotel with the Palacio Real as hacerlo solos. Hazte socio colaborador.
your backdrop.
àSan Vicente, 16.
sonrisasdebombay.org
Things to do Things to do
TAKE NOTE THE

Student PERFECT Saturday
volunteering WEEKEND BURGERS
in Madrid Don Oso

Big, tasty, cheap
burgers. If you’re
up to it after Friday
Friday
VOLUNFAIR night, Saturday is
Organised by a group of the perfect day to
students, this event is WHAT IT’S ABOUT eat at this popular
dedicated to introducing Taking a little time burger joint in
students to over 50 NGOs,
with the aim of making
young people more aware
to help those in
need. Just a little
Moncloa.
à Donoso Cortés, 90. Madrid Río
can go a long way
of social problems and CLUBBING There’s no better place to
encouraging them to WHY YOU Ochoymedio make the most of Saturday
get involved with social SHOULD DO IT Saturday night
assistance organisations and Solidarity helps all is party night, than the banks of the
volunteering both nationally of us give back to and indie club Manzanares. With plenty of
and internationally. Its goal society help others, organisations COOPERACIÓN Ochoymedio in places for taking a walk or
is to get university students like Cáritas Universtaria can INTERNACIONAL Malasaña is one of
interested in solidarity MORE INFO give you ideas about how to Another option for making the most excellent, exploring by bike, this is, not
movements, and gives you the à www.volunfair.com go about it, with meet-ups, your contribution is with DJ sessions, surprisingly. one of the locals’
chance to do something for àwww.ciong.org debates, get-togethers for Cooperación Internacional, gigs and a great favourite places to hang out
others through a wide range volunteers and activities which manages over 120 atmosphere that
of non-profit associations.
àdpumadrid.com/
where you can lend a hand. projects in 30 countries. brings in partygoers on a relaxing weekend.
caritas-universitaria-
madrid It’s a great way to meet Every year they help 4,500 from all over the à Puente de Segovia, s/n.
CÁRITAS UNIVERSITARIA people and make new young people get involved city.
If you have some spare time friends, as well as giving in volunteer projects to help à Barceló, 11.
and would like to use it to something back. improve the society we live in.
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VIEWPOINTS
Close to Moncloa and
the main Madrid halls of
residence, this club is a
Sunday BRUNCH
favourite with students.
Divided into different areas, Mür Café
This welcoming
it’s great for dancing and café near Plaza de
enjoying a few drinks on a España has a serious
Friday night. brunch menu,
including a full
à Fernández de los Ríos, 67.
English and veggie
options.
Alfonso XII statue à Plaza Cristino Martos, 22.
The most famous group of TAPAS NEW LOOK
Faro de Moncloa
This 110-metre lighthouse was
monuments in the Retiro park
has recently opened a hidden
viewpoint inside the equestrian
El Respiro
This bar in Chueca
is just what you
Corta Cabeza
To look your best
for the start of the
El Rastro CINEMA
Dr Steam
A café with an
built in 1992 and has one of the statue of King Alfonso XII next to need for a few tapas weekend, this The most traditional way to spend intimate hidden
city’s best known panoramas, Mirador Madrid the pond. It stands 20 metres high before heading modern hair salon a Sunday morning in Madrid is at cinema at the back
with great views of the Sierra de If you climb to the top of the Palacio de and offers a panoramic view out to party. in Malasaña can this iconic street market, where where you can
Guadarrama and various iconic Cibeles in the plaza of the same name, you’ll àEl Retiro. Plaza de la Independencia, s/n. Always popular help out with a you can wander round the stalls enjoy their range
Madrid buildings. You get to the get an incredible 360º-view over the city for its good beer new hairstyle or before making your way to the of films as though
top via a glass lift. centre. Entry is free on the first Wednesday of and generous free make-up to wow you were in your
barrio of La Latina for tapas
àPrice: 3 €. Avenida Arco de la Victoria, 2. every month. tapas. your friends own lounge.
àPrice: 2 €. Plaza de Cibeles, 1. à Infantas, 34. àPez, 11. à Plaza de Cascorro and the area around it. à Olivar, 17.
Things to do Things to do
WHAT
designer and label San Silvestre
TO DO
decorates a space to SPORT Vallecana
demonstrate their Every December
personal style 31 since 1964,
àwww.casadecor.es Mutua Madrid Madrid has hosted
Open its most famous
The elite of the athletics event,
tennis world come the San Silvestre
together every Vallecana, when
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Fun urban activities for the evening and
feature DJs, food,
this Masters 1000
tournament at
come together in
a 10km-run where
gifts and surprises, the Caja Mágica, participants dress
for what is Madrid’s with major games up and run through
unmissable foodie dishes made with Mayo Arts Centre in trendiest night of the between the 64 top artificial snow.
GASTRO event in October seasonal produce. Móstoles becomes a year. players of the ATP The contest has
that brings together It’s a great way for hub for a programme àwww.vogue.es/ Madrid Gallery circuit and the 25 two parts, one for
some 20 of Madrid’s everybody to enjoy
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each year in the culinary creations TRADITIONS [of education, the week are the kick off the artistic their stuff. last 12 grapes of the Williams. Vallecano’s is fairly
Lavapiés district, with
a seemingly endless
selection of tapas
and enjoy a beer.
Haute cuisine tapas at
popular prices in the Chinese New Year
Gastrofestival participation and fun .
àwww.openhousemadrid.org
activities held at
the COAM centre,
which organises
season with joint
celebrations and a
varied programme of
àwww.citylifemadrid.com
Night of the
year as the 12 chimes
of midnight ring out
from the huge clock
à www.madrid-open.com
Carrera de
easy, given that
almost 8km of it are
downhill. To finish
plus music, theatre, Crystal Gallery of the Madrid’s Chinese An annual treat that brings the ART & FASHION a large number free activities. Museums on Madrid’s Puerta la Mujer the year on the right
dancing and circus Palacio de Cibeles. population is centred of architecture àwww.artemadrid.com What better way to del Sol. Half the city This road race is the foot!
acts held in streets and in Usera, where a
best national and international and urbanism discover Madrid’s shows up for the fun biggest all-women’s àwww.
squares throughout Madrid Exquisito food culture to the city. As well Open House events, including Mercedes-Benz many museums than and to get a good spot sporting event in sansilvestrevallecana.com
the area. Over a period of as good food, there is cinema, Open House is exhibitions, Fashion Week with a night-time you need to be there Europe, held in
àwww.tapapies.com almost ten days,
fashion, street activities, an international conferences and Twice a year, in visit? For one night several hours before, various Spanish EDP Rock ‘n’
some of Madrid’s best architecture festival round tables. February and every year the city’s ready to join in the cities. Known as Roll Madrid
Mercado de restaurants create a workshops and loads of other that allows people àwww.coam.org September, the main centres open groups of people in the ‘Pink Tide’, the Marathon &
Sabores special menu for just multidisciplinary events going to visit over 100 city of Madrid is their doors until costume prepared Madrid event attracts Half Marathon
The ‘Market of €25 so clients can on in the restaurants and unique buildings DecorAcción transformed into the early hours and to party in the New over 30,000 runners, This event is part
Flavours’ is an sample their delicious and places in the An annual design, art a great catwalk to offer dozens of free Year. If you prefer to with a course that of the Rock ‘n’ Roll
cultural venues. city over a special and interior design display the world’s activities. spend the night away covers the main
à www.gastrofestivalmadrid.com weekend each year, hub that makes most visionary from the crowds, streets of the city
giant party is held to completely free. up Spain’s biggest designers’ coveted Bowling Night there’s always the to raise money and
celebrate the start of àwww.openhousemadrid.org urban decoration creations. If you enjoy bowling ‘pre-grapes’ (preuvas) awareness for the
the New Year. event, held in the àwww.mbfashionweek.com and meeting new celebrations, all-important cause
and loads of activities àwww.fiestas-de-madrid Madrid Otra streets of the Letras people, don’t miss at midnight on of the fight against
San Cayetano for everybody. This Mirada district. The area is Salesas Village these fun evenings December 30 breast cancer.
The San Cayetano fiesta is where you’ll Another view of transformed into One of Madrid’s most where you can do just àwww.nocheviejamadrid. àwww.carreradelamujer.
fiesta is one of the see some of Madrid’s OUTDOOR Madrid during a a chic open-air up-and-coming that. And best of all, com com
city’s most traditional oldest customs. weekend with guided market and all the districts holds an it’s free. Just sign up
celebrations, held àwww.sanisidromadrid.com tours, conferences local antique shops occasional street online and show up at
mainly around the Meet & Picnic and exhibitions display their best market, where the Bowling Chamartín Marathon Series,
Plaza de Cascorro La Paloma Picnics are lovely that help to explore treasures for the pretty shops show off ready for action. the largest running
and the area of For one special day in summer, and the the city’s heritage occasion. There are their best products, àwww.citylifemadrid.com circuit in the world,
Embajadores. It takes in the middle of Retiro park is where from a different workshops to enjoy with food on offer and includes live
place during the first summer, around you can meet up with perspective. and the balconies and activities for Theatre Night music on over 20
week in August and August 15, Madrid people from all over àwww.madridotramirada.es in the area are kids. To promote artistic stages set up along
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From May 12 to is covered with fashionistas in some each year this Karaoke Night dramatic readings on and 10km, turning
15, Madrid holds decorations to Picnic Sessions of Madrid’s most iconic building Every Tuesday night street corners and in the city into a sports
celebrations in welcome the whole Every Thursday exclusive shops, becomes a space you can show the plazas all across the party for serious
honour of its patron city, and you can try from June until the centred in the golden dedicated to interior world your musical city. and fun runners
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Cine
Cinema
WHERE TO WATCH
FILMS
IN MADRID
VOSE new directors and

screenwriters.
www.timeout.com/madrid/cinema
Renoir It organises film
With cinemas in seasons and
Plaza de España, specialist festivals,
Princesa and Retiro, screens short films
the Renoir cinemas and documentaries,
are the classic place and is also a venue
to see films in their for exhibitions,
original version concerts and
in Madrid, both theatre.
blockbusters as well à www.salaberlanga.com
as independent
films subtitled in Filmoteca
Spanish. The cinema The favourite place
has a film blog of Madrid’s film
called ‘The Great lovers, it shows
Illusion’, and Club the classics and
Renoir members organises seasons
get discounts and that pay homage to
special offers. significant Spanish
à www.cinesrenoir.com directors such as
PedroAlmodóvar.
Verdi Located in the
This may be the beautiful Doré
latest cinema to join
the original version classics, short films, showing films
selection in the
Madrid Drive-In themed seasons, in their original
Film festivals
capital, but they’ve presentations, version. It’s been
already earned cultural events and a hub for film fans
themselves a place Grease has nothing on us. small staged shows. ever since.
at the top with their Madrid’s drive-in, Autocine It specialises in à www.pcineestudio.es
vibrant combination low-distribution
of films that cover Madrid, is 25,000m² and has cinema, Cineteca
Madrid hosts several of Spain’s most cutting-edge the artistic and space for 350 cars, making cinematographic Madrid’s Cineteca in
and interesting film festivals the experimental, it the biggest of its kind in cultural Matadero is the first cinema, this place
foreign and Spanish, management and and only cinema is a shrine to quality
and independent and Europe. professional audio- in Spain dedicated cinema in Madrid.
Filmadrid Lesgai Cinemad Nocturna commercial. They à www.autocinesmadrid.es visual services. exclusively to à www.mecd.gob.es/cultura-
The Madrid International Film Festival Lesgai is the biggest LGBTI film festival The Nocturna International Fantastic also organise various à www.artisticmetropol. non-fiction and mecd/areas-cultura/cine/mc/
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with over 100 independent films from the size of its audience and the number date for fantasy film fans in the city, with and events, and show Here you can see
directors all over the world, showcasing of films involved. There are a programme dedicated to classic children’s films for a potential late-night showings Pequeño Cine real cinema from Cine Estudio
new actors and genre exploration. With long and short films, fiction and revisiting classics and the films in their Verdi audience. Their and members Estudio all corners of the Bellas Artes
venues in different alternative cinemas documentary, as well as video During the genre’s latest releases, as well Kids programme. It’s efforts have get discounted The ‘Small Film world, with a focus This cinema opened
around the city, there are many parallel art, all inspired by lesbian, Carabanchel as round tables and other also one of the few encouraged and tickets. Closed for Studio’ opened in on independent in 1999 as part of
experimental film screenings and gay, bisexual, transgender, activities. The next edition cinemas that put on nurtured a whole renovations until 1977 as a venue for and alternative the Círculo de Bellas
seminars. intersexual and queer Spanish starts on October 25. matinees. new generation of autumn 2017. art and experiment film screenings and Artes and screens
themes. film fans outside as well as the city’s seasons. films in original
à www.filmadrid.com
à www.lesgaicinemad.com
Film week, à www.nocturnamadrid.com à www.cines-verdi.com/
madrid mainstream cinema.
à www.yelmocines.es/
cartelera/madrid/yelmo- first minicinema, à www.cinetecamadrid.com version.
DocumentaMadrid the best Madrid Surf à www.golem.es cines-ideal à www.circulobellasartes.com/
The Madrid documentary film festival Festival de Cine de Madrid Film Golem Sala Berlanga ciclos-cine
specialises in Spanish film-makers, The oldest film competition Spanish Yes, this really is an entire Probably Madrid’s Ideal Artistic Metropol Named after the
and takes the opportunity to introduce in the city was set up in 1991 films are film festival given over best original Another of Madrid’s Madrid’s first multi- famous director and
newcomers in the presentation and as a showcase to gather and to surfing and its artistic version cinema, iconic cinemas purpose cinemas, screenwriter Luis MORE AT
discussion of their work. It’s an promote emerging productions. shown for representation! It’s four days it’s at the forefront in the heart of the with new releases, García Berlanga, this
ideal chance for the public to discover It features a diverse selection of films and documentaries, of independent city, it shows the independent films, cinema is part of the TIMEOUT.COM/
new creators of contemporary of the best non-commercial free plus concerts, DJ sets and cinema and always best commercial documentaries, SGAE foundation, MADRID
nonfiction. national films. other activities the first to spot the films in original auteur cinema, which supports
à www.documentamadrid.com àwww.festivalcinepnr.com à www.madridsurffilmfestival.com less commercial version. They have re-releases, and promotes
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Theatre &
Dance
www.timeout.com/madrid/arts-theatre
WE TALK TO...
Teatro
Kamikaze
The Kamikaze Theatre group
have revolutionised Madrid’s
theatre scene with their intrepid,
eclectic productions
MAKING HEADLINES IN Madrid’s

theatre scene is the Pavón ‘It’s a
Teatro Kamikaze, created by
the inspirational combination
pleasure
of artistic directors Miguel del to work in
VANESSA RABADE
Arco and Israel Elejalde, and
managers Jordi Buxó and Aitor a theatre
Tejada. We speak to Tejada about
the past, present and future of
with so
their booming project. much
How did the theatre come about?
history, classic texts from authors
such as Pirandello, Molière
of production without forgetting
the tours that are vital to the
From the merging of Kamikaze and that and Shakespeare, and we also company.
Producciones and Buxman want to put the spotlight on
Producciones, two production also has contemporary dramatists like How do you see theatre for the
teams who we already worked
with. We needed somewhere to
spaces like Alfredo Sanzol, Pablo Remón,
Jose Padilla, and Pablo Messiez.
young?
Now, thanks to the work of
show our own work so when the El Ambigú young people’s theatre La Joven
Pavón became free we went to
see it.
and El What have you brought to Madrid’s
theatrical scene?
Compañía, things seem to be
changing. It’s a company that
Gallinero’ We’ve tried to set up an is opening theatre up to young
What productions are you aiming artistically and technically stable audiences, and their success
to show? company, where different teams shows there’s a gap in the market
We want to carry on the theme can take part in different projects. here in Madrid. They are creating
we started with Kamikaze We want to maintain the Pavón the audiences of the future.
Producciones, in updating Teatro Kamikaze as our centre ■ David Farrán de Mora
MUST-SEE
TOP 5 THEATRES
IN MADRID
Teatro de la
The
productions produced
Comedia by the successful
Opened in 1875, group Smedia.
© ROY BEUSKER AND ANNEMIEKE VAN DER TOGT

this theatre (see à Gran Vía, 66. M: Plaza de
best
image) hosted the España.
most significant
shows of Spain’s
Golden Age and OFF-GRAN VÍA
musicals
is the home of the
National Classical
La Llamada The Bodyguard Theatre Company. Microteatro por
à Príncipe, 14. M: Sol. Dinero
15-minute plays for
Teatro Real 15 people in rooms
Madrid’s opera smaller than 15m².
Madrid’s Gran Vía is house is seen as one à Loreto Prado y Enrique
the city’s Broadway. But of Europe’s most Chicote, 9. M: Gran Vía.
important. It’s in
as well as the big stage Plaza de Oriente, Cuarta Pared
productions you can opposite the Palacio This centre is also
also find small stages Real. dedicated to theatre
production, training
that are well worth a à Plaza de Isabel II, s/n.
M: Ópera. and research.
visit à Ercilla, 17. M: Embajadores.
Teatro Pradillo
A small hub focused on
modern living arts.
à Pradillo, 12. M: Alfonso XIII.
History of Rock Billy Elliot
Teatro Nuevo the theatre is inside an Teatros del Canal Palace, and following Nave 73
Apolo old church. Modern theatre its remodelling is now A multidisciplinary
1 The Lion King

The Lion King is one of the most
universal shows around and more
than 80 million people have already seen it
worldwide. Its impressive miseen-scene,
4 La Llamada
If you want you can receive ‘The
Call from God’ every weekend at
Madrid’s Teatro Lara. The story told in
this musical is so simple that its first run
Teatro La Latina
The famous theatre
of comic actor Lina
Morgan continues at
The old Teatro
Progreso is one
of Madrid’s most
attractive places to
see musicals and
à Fernández de los Ríos, 42.
M: Quevedo.
El Pavón Teatro
Kamikaze
and contemporary
dance are the basis
for its eclectic
programme.
à Cea Bermúdez, 1. M: Canal.
the Nuevo Alcalá,
where you can see
musicals and concerts.
à Jorge Juan, 62. M: Principe
de Vergara.
cultural venue
featuring theatre for
young people and
children.
à Palos de la Frontera, 5.
the animated figures and its evocative was in the theatre’s hall – it describes how full pelt with loads of concerts. High-quality theatre M: Palos de la Frontera.
music have made it one of Madrid’s most God suddenly reveals himself one night quality commercial à Plaza Tirso de Molina,1. for all in Madrid’s Fernán Gómez.
popular shows, transporting its audience to a rebellious teenager in a camp run by theatre. M: Tirso de Molina. iconic Pavón Centro Cultural Teatro del Barrio
to the African savannah. World famous nuns. The innovative and fresh approach à Plaza de la Cebada, 2. building. de la Villa A cultural cooperative
musicians such as Elton John, Tim Rice, of this modest musical gradually earned M: La Latina. Teatro Español à Embajadores, 9. M: La Latina. A cultural centre and that makes its political
Lebo M and Hans Zimmer and actors like fame by word of mouth, and now it’s an Right in Plaza de theatre with over 40 voice heard through
Julie Taymor have come together in this unmissable show on the Madrid scene, Teatro Circo Santa, this theatre Teatro Coliseum years of history and a theatre.
show, to fuse sophisticated disciplines from The Lion King
with three years under its belt and Price shows some of A classic three-tier varied programme. à Zurita, 20. M: Lavapiés.
the African, Asian and Western scenic arts. audience numbers of over 150,000; it’s One of Europe’s only the city’s best hall specialising in à Plaza de Colón, 4. M: Colón.
It’s a must for all lovers of musicals. won numerous awards and the love of permanent circuses, productions. musical productions. Sala Mirador
à Teatro Lope de Vega. Gran Vía, 57. M: Callao.
2 Billy Elliot
Following eleven years of success
3 History of Rock
A thunderous show that revives
some of the greatest rock songs ever
with a band comprising top musicians
critics and the public alike.
à Teatro Lara. Corredera Baja de San Pablo, 15.
M: Callao.
the theatre also
shows concerts and
magic shows.
à Príncipe, 25. M: Sevilla.
Teatro Rialto
Inspired by the New
à Gran Vía, 78. M: Plaza de
España.
Naves Matadero.
Teatro Lara
A multidisciplinary
venue in Malsaña with
Teatro Valle-Inclán
The old Olympic
Hall in Lavapiés is
now home to avant-
Social theatre is the
focus, set right on the
street and fixed in
reality.
5
à Ronda de Atocha, 35. M:
in London’s West End and six on and world-famous singers. The two-hour The Bodyguard Lavapiés. York music halls of Centro shows on every day of garde contemporary à Dr. Fourquet, 31.
Broadway, Billy Elliot has arrived in show uses a range of technical and scenic A romantic thriller about the life the 1930s, it puts on Internacional de the week. theatre.. M: Lavapiés.
Madrid. With audiences of over ten tools to present much-loved rockers of pop diva Rachel Marron, who’s Teatro Calderón plays, musicals and Artes Vivas à Corredera Baja de San à Valencia, 1. M: Lavapiés.
million to date, the story describes the from history, starting in the 1950s and forced to employ a bodyguard after Opened in 1918, concerts. A space that unites Pablo, 15. M: Callao.
struggle of an 11-year-old boy to become a ending in the present day. Hear songs by threatening behaviour from a fan. The it’s been totally à Gran Vía, 54. M: Callao. scenic arts, music Teatro de la Luz MORE AT
professional dancer. The soundtrack was Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, music from the original film became the reformed to hold and cinema in Nuevo Teatro Philips Gran Vía
composed by Elton John and the original The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, AC/DC, highest-selling movie soundtrack –do audiences of over Teatro de la its avantgarde Alcalá Formerly known as TIMEOUT.COM/
choreography is by Peter Darling. Awe- Metallica, Queen and Bruce Springsteen. you remember I Will Always Love You?– 1,000. Abadía programme. This theatre started as Compac Gran Vía, MADRID
inspiring. Tutti frutti! and now you can hear it here in Gran Vía. à Atocha, 18. A centre for theatrical à Paseo de la Chopera, 14. the Coliseo Pardiñas, this theatre became
à Nuevo Teatro Alcalá. Jorge Juan, 62. M: Príncipe de Vergara. à Teatro Calderón. Atocha, 18. M: Sol. à Teatro Coliseum. Gran Vía, 78. M: Callao. M: Tirso de Molina. studies and creativity, M: Legazpi. then was the Alcalá the stage for large
Music
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© JAVIER ROSA
Music
festivals for
everyone
Madrid has one of the highest numbers of
festivals in Spain, of all types and prices.
Mad Cool is Madrid’s
Mad Cool, Mulafest, Brunch in the Park macro-festival with
and Dcode are just some of the unmissable audiences of over
festies on the scene 100,000
DCODE MULAFEST appeared in June 2016. Over BRUNCH IN THE PARK OTHER FESTIVALS event is held at the end of to an eclectic range of that
Dcode is still going strong Over the last three days of 100,000 people came the Every year Brunch in the As well as these June, with the best DJs and has included artists like Patti
as one of Madrid’s best
festivals organised by and for
June, the city is invaded
by concerts, tattoos, urban
The city’s first year to see bands like
The Who, Neil Young, Foo
Park features a combination
of music, food-truck market
fantastic festies, artists like deadmau5 and
Paul Kalkbrenner playing
Smith, Giorgio Moroder and
Benjamin Clemetine.
Madrid has many
students. It started in 2011 sports, street food and much main Fighters and The Prodigy. and children’s activities, other significant in its unique venue, the www.nochesdelbotanico.com
and since then numerous
indie, rock, electronica and
more. Mulafest has become
an unmissable date in the
open-air www.madcoolfestival.es offering a crossover between
culture and fun for adults
musical events,
including the
Arganda del Rey City of
Rock. With a food-truck FESTIMAD
other bands have played festival calendar for anybody festivals TOMAVISTAS and kids. It’s the perfect Black is Back area, great atmosphere and For acts like Radiohead, Rage
every September at the who enjoys any sort of street- This festival showcases the place on Sundays in June to fantastic music. Against de Machine and
venue on the Complutense related artistic display. The are held newest and most creative dance to the best electronic
Weekend,
Madrid es Negro, www.asummerstory.com The Smashing Pumpkins,
University Information
Sciences campus; its timing
venue is Madrid’s exhibition
and fair site, Ifema, which
from May musical scenes, styles
and innovations on the
music, and DJs from across
Spain and beyond play to
Sound Isidro,
NOCHES DEL BOTANICO
Festimad was their first
festival in Spain. Madrid’s
and heavy metal
means some see it as the last even has its own island beach to October international and national audiences in the Enrique fave, Download Madrid’s botanic gardens alternative music event par
big party of the summer. Acts with sand. scene. The festival is held Tierno Galván park. under a summer night sky excellence takes place with
in recent years have included www.mulafest.com in May and is not aimed at madrid.brunch-in.com à www.timeout.com/ must be one of the best a huge line-up of acts that
The Killers, Suede, Foals, mainstream audiences; fans madrid/music-nightlife settings for a music festival. perform in various venues
Crystal Fighters and Jake MAD COOL of bands like Goldfrapp, The A SUMMER STORY From the end of June around the city over several
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surf and lo-fi. Its members Grimbergen, Vistalegre At the city-centre on the banks of the performances every
are all between 20 and 25, Ana Perrote and Following the venue these days Manzanares. night and tickets
and they released their first Carlota Cosials are conversion of the you can catch àwww.salariviera.com are very reasonably
album in 2016. They’ve Hinds, who used to Vistalegre bull concerts from priced.
played at festivals across be called Deers. ring, this space has alternative pop and Sala But àwww.salagalileogalilei.com
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magazines such as Rolling venue for large the week, and known for its Gruta 77
Stone and the New Musical WHY WE LIKE concerts and events club nights at the night sessions like A hardcore venue for
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first Spanish band to play on Their fresh alternative bands and any VETUSTA MORLA many international àwww.salaelsol.com its concerts from and extreme music
the US Late Show. Success is indie pop, their modern music lover will agree. The masters of Madrid indie artists have played up-and-coming in Carabanchel.
WiZink Center
theirs for the taking. Spanglish In early March 2017 they music, they hail from the here down the La Riviera national and Promotion by
accents and their launched their new album nearby town of Tres Cantos. years. With capacity for international bands. fanzines, magazines
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With influences from Spanish won us over, and it big on the indie scene. successful albums, and now Riviera is one of With seating for up to labels has made it
’80s music like Kaka de Luxe their album Leave Interesting fact: Punsetes sell out wherever they play. El Sol the most important Moby Dick one of the scene’s
Me Alone is great. 15,000 people, this is
and ’90s indie-pop bands like lead singer Ariadna makes a Their name comes from This is one of and influential Next to Paseo de most famous venues
Los Planetas, plus a modern à www.hindsband.com new dress for every gig the the giant tortoise in The Madrid’s legendary venues in the city, la Castellana, Madrid’s largest concert in Madrid.
image and some bizarre lyrics, band plays. NeverEnding Story, and they’re concert halls, famous for both this venue has a venue with the biggest àwww.gruta77.com
this is one of Madrid’s best Indie indeed. regulars at local festivals. ■ and the scene for its concerts and its programme that programme. Its name
some of the best own sessions. The focuses on indie
changes with the sponsor
Siroco
performances in venue has been rock, although A legendary club
open for over 50 many other genres but to locals it will always for pop and rock
such as metal, pop, be the Palacio de Deportes. concerts and DJ
TOP 3 folk, soul and jazz
feature too.
à www.wizinkcenter.es
sessions of pop,
indie, techno
Concerts
àwww.mobydickclub.com and electro. They
also organise
Clamores film seasons and
This club exhibitions related
specialises in rap, hip hop, heavy Sala Arena to music.
jazz and soul, rock, heavy metal Right by Plaza àwww.siroco.es
holding eclectic and trap all on de España, Sala
concerts and the bill. Arena offers live Café Central
sessions at night àwww.salacaracol.com electronic music Madrid’s official
in its intimate and club nights jazz club has a
atmosphere of Wurlitzer with different carefully selected
Bonobo marble tables and Ballroom genres, with a stage programme of
This group led by British producer, mirrored walls. This central venue and a dancefloor all concerts every
composer and musician Simon àwww.salaclamores.es programmes gigs in one. night of the week.
Jamiroquai Green returns to Madrid after by small alternative àwww.salarena.com àwww.cafecentralmadrid.com
Jay Kay and his band have among their latest sell-out tour, with new Sala Caracol Spanish groups,
the world’s most influential album Migration. This garage- making it perfect Galileo Galilei
musicians since the ’90s, and Metallica àWiZink Center. November 13, 2017. like venue in for discovering the This is the perfect
they’re in Madrid to launch their The world’s most famous heavy metal band Tickets from €30. Embajadores has latest new music venue to sit with
new album Automaton. are here to show they’re still on top form after a great range of gigs as well as what’s friends at a table
à WiZink Center. November 25, 2017. 30 years on the stage. The California group from independent happening on and listen to a
Tickets from €50.50. come with their new album Hardwired... to and alternative the international monologue or
Self-Destruct. musicians, with underground enjoy a concert or
àWiZink Center. February 3 and 5, 2018. new generation scene. even a magic show
Tickets from €73. punk, indie pop, àwww.wurlitzerballroom.com while you have a
Music
THE BEST
HOUSE
SESSIONS
house and rave. A
Kapital classic club a short
Clubbing over distance from the
Clubs
several floors with city centre.
different styles of à Avenida de la Industria, 82.
music, from Latin Humanes de Madrid.
to house to techno.
The club is famous INDIE ROCK
throughout Madrid Independance
for its fantastic VIP A favourite club
parties. night with Madrid’s
à Atocha, 125. students, thanks
M: Atocha. to excellent
mainstream indie
COMMERCIAL rock and cheap
Mitty tickets. The venue
A student-friendly is also used for
club with a range of concerts.
commercial music à Sala 0. Plaza del Callao, 4.
and concerts, that’s M: Callao.
perfect for dancing
the night away, UNDERGROUND
and drinks at good Ya’sta Club
prices. An alternative and
à Julián Romea, 4. underground club
M: Guzmán el Bueno. that plays rock,
dark electronica,
INDIE POP techno and gothic
Ochoymedio with sessions
An indie pop including Kream
favourite among and Elecktra.
Madrid’s young
people, it’s famous
for its national and
JOY ESLAVA à Valverde, 10.
M: Gran Vía.
international pop At this famous Madrid club, its ELECTRO

concerts, as well as common to see international Stardust
its DJ sessions and An electro and
Jägermeister shot celebrities partying, while Thursdays techno session for
parties. bring the Epic student night. Madrid modern fans of
à Sala But. Barceló, 11. nightlife wouldn’t be the same without electropop from the
noughties, plus the
M: Tribunal.
clubs like this one, which are vital to latest techno, with
TECHNO city’s the club culture. hard electronic
Cassete àArenal, 11. M: Sol. sounds for the
Cassete is Madrid’s millennial urban
Sunday techno tribe.
club, perfect if à Sala Cool. Isabel La
you don’t work on Católica, 6.
Monday or just can’t M: Santo Domingo.
bear the weekend
to end. Nina are on the of ex-Zombie Kid, food and amazing since 1999 has FUNKY
à Sala Boite. Tetuán, 27. decks. And their Cumhr Jay. There’s views of the city, seen some of the Shoko
M: Sol, Gran Vía. Instagram rocks. also a fantastic matched only greatest names in La Latina’s best-
à Cedaceros, 7. M: Sevilla. resident DJ line-up. by the fantastic electronica play. known club, where
TRAP àBallesta, 12. M: Gran Vía. fashion sense of the à Sala Coco. Alcalá, 20. the dance floor
Cha Chá The Club MINIMAL TECHNO guests. M: Sevilla. vibrates to different
This trendy Ballesta Club ELECTRONICA àME Madrid Reina Victoria. music from the
club has private Opened recently Radio Dada Plaza Santa Ana, 14. VINTAGE TECHNO most commercial to
nights every week in the heart of Hear the best of M: Sol. Fabrik funk and reggaeton.
with trap, rap, Malasaña, this electronica on the Experience the rush They also specialise
electronica and modern club has hotel’s roof terrace, HOUSE of techno and its in fun theme parties
reggaeton, where quickly become a with screenings Mondo Disko pumping beats with and organise
stars like Young centre of minimal onto the hotel Madrid’s main old-school sessions concerts.
Beef and Miss techno at the hands tower, cocktails, techno club and even acid àToledo, 86. M: La Latina.
LGBTI
THE BEST
PARTIES
FOR A GREAT TIME
DRLO Live trendiest gays go

DLRO Live is a for alternative
performance electronic music,
hall where you at a monthly
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can see shows, club session
live acts, cabaret, that transforms
monologues and Lavapiés into the
photographic latest gay zone
and painting with fresh ideas
exhibitions, with for a great night
a fabulously queer out and an inviting
vibe. The best drag atmosphere waiting
Look
queens of Madrid to be discovered.
are regulars and the This club is
venue is a popular modern and a little
haunt for twinks wild, and offers a
(young boyish promising future.
beyond
gays). A great time à Club 33. Cabeza, 33.
is had by all. M: Lavapiés.
à Pelayo, 59. M: Chueca.
Baila Cariño
Churros con The Marta Cariño!
Chueca
chocolate Friday session
One Sunday a has moved to
month, one of the old Luchana
the best theme
parties on the gay
calendar takes there are great club Club 33
The gay scene in Madrid has
place, with gifts,
lunch, churros, We Party sessions, concerts
and even sporting
This place used to
be called Medea,
moved beyond its original Chueca tournaments. and although it’s
home. La Latina, Malasaña and We Party is a guarantee àRegueros, 9. M: Chueca. changed its name
of a good time on the gay it’s remained
Lavapiés all have great places for Odarko faithful to its style.
the LGBTI community scene, with stage shows, The fetish scene With a relaxed,
international house DJs and in Madrid is flirty atmosphere, cinema, which
beautiful boys with plenty of represented here you can give it was converted
at the Odarko your all at this a few years ago
tricks up their sleeve for the night. There’s a lesbian club every into a space with
Madrid nightlife. strict dress code of weekend. several theatres,
pop music, shows àLa Riviera. www.wepartyontour.com/es/ leather, rubber and à Cabeza, 33. M: Lavapiés. a club, restaurant
and two rooms lycra, and a very and terrace. It’s a
1 La 80
Step into this spot in Lavapiés and
you’re transported back to the ’80s,
not just by the music from its national
and international pop and house DJs,
people enjoying a drink and listening to
queer pop. The terrace is the hotspot for
alternative new generation gays, who
have left Chueca for the authenticity and
multiculturalism of Lavapiés. A great
to dance, and there are proper rowdy
parties every Thursday and Sunday
afternoon with some of Madrid’s best
DJs. This is Chueca’s bar of the moment,
in the middle of the city’s classic gay
bursting with
joy. Each month
there is a different
theme, and guests
are invited to
out of a Keith
Haring, Jeff
Koons or Michael
Alig exhibition,
club sessions, with
the most famous
international DJs
on the gay circuit
masculine attitude.
DJ Carranco is on
the decks, playing
progressive techno-
house reminiscent
My Pleasure
Described as
a monthly gay
electro erotica
party, and a place
big favourite on
the more classy
gay scene, with
commercial music
and an exclusive
but by the decor, with mirror balls and atmosphere, lovely people, and a hint of quarter. participate in any all created by and a dance floor of Berlin’s hardcore very much in feel. The Bangerz
brightly painted walls in pink and blue. cheekiness. àSan Marcos, 16. M: Chueca. way they like. Pink the fantastic packed with topless scene. favour of the fetish night is also held
This disco-bar is a really fun place and a fun guaranteed transvestite artist muscular men. image, the DJs play there with retro
4
à Embajadores, 62. M: Lavapiés. à Sala Strong. Trujillos 7.
favourite on the lesbian scene, popular El Atril with free entry until La Prohibida, one of mostly deep house pop, disco and
3
àSala Changó. Covarrubias, 42. M: Callao.
with the 30-something crowd. There Thick Bar On Sunday evenings La Latina turns 11pm. the most significant M: Alonso Martínez. and electro music, electro music.
is also a small projector. It’s open from This bar is a fun, fresh alternative into a mini version of Chueca, with àSala Cool.Isabel La Católica,6. electropop singers and there are often àSanta Engracia, 17.
Wednesday to Sunday until after 3am and to the typical gay labels. Open to its own circuit of gay bars and pubs. One M: Santo Domingo. on the national Fulanita de Tal special sessions. M: Alonso Martínez.
is always busy. everyone, it’s a place where having a of the key places (between others such scene. After almost a àSala Pirandello. Martín
àSombrerería, 8. M: Chueca. good time is the priority and affectation as La Sixta and El Perla) is El Atril, where Ultrapop àSala Boite. Tetuán, 27. decade this Chueca de los Heros ,14. M: Plaza de MORE AT
is ignored. Indeed, this bar is reminiscent you can find the gay party spirit of the Ultrapop is a venue has become
2
M: Sol. España.
El Rincón Guay of the fun in the good old days at the traditional Fiestas de La Paloma, with an session shiny a landmark of TIMEOUT.COM/
This street bar is an important gay- historic bars of Chueca such as Refugio emphasis on fun, freedom, letting go and of gold and Kluster Madrid’s nightlife. Mordisko MADRID/
friendly Lavapiés meeting point and Pasapoga. The music is uninhibited having a good time. fluorescent light, One of Saturday With a mostly This is the place
that is always packed in the evenings with and commercial, even the staff have à La Paloma, 9. M: La Latina. like something night’s essential lesbian clientele, where Madrid’s
Art
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more than a few metres around
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These are the unmissable pieces museum in Spain, and discount and you THE THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA MUSEUM THE REINA SOFÍA NATIONAL
includes the Casón del Buen can buy it in any of This features the collection of MUSEUM ARTS CENTRE
on display in the museums of Retiro and an extension that the late Baron Hans-Heinrich This is Madrid’s museum of
the museums.
a city that makes Stendhal’s was built in 2007. Its walls Thyssen-Bornemisza, which is avant-garde and modern art,
Syndrome its own display some of history’s PASEO DEL ARTE made up of invaluable works from which was extended in 2005
most significant painters APP the English, German, Dutch and by Jean Nouvel and houses
such as Titian, Rubens, Goya, This app gives you primitive Italian schools, as well one of the pinnacles of Spanish
Velázquez, Botticelli, Bosch practical info as well as different examples of European painting, ‘Guernica’ by Picasso,
and Caravaggio. as details about the avant-garde art. plus works by Dalí and Miró.
1 Las Meninas
A work of art if ever there was
at the viewer as though making
a deal with them. This is the
pinnacle work of a great master.
that create a repetitive rhythm of
waves in its depiction of a town
north of Paris.
8 Woman in Bath
A masterpiece by pop artist Roy
à Paseo del Prado, s/n. M: Atocha.
www.museodelprado.es
top 24 artworks. à Paseo del Prado, 8. M: Banco de España.
www.museothyssen.org
à Santa Isabel, 52. M: Atocha.
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one, this Velázquez painting Museo del Prado Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Lichtenstein, painted using a
was way before its time and rudimentary range of tones in
represents the birth of modern
painting, with an everyday
scene that has been the basis for
4 The Three Graces
One of the most representative
7 The Third of May 1808
This painting by Goya shows
primary colours, red, blue and
yellow, in his characteristic
Ben-Day dots. The result is like
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multiple interpretations of its pieces of the baroque style, painted the violent repression by the art made from a comic strip.
political meaning and its artistic by Rubens, one of its maximum French army after the rising of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
and historical character. exponents. The voluptuous figures Madrid’s citizens on May 2, 1808.
Museo del Prado of the three women demonstrate
the beauty ideal of the time.
It is another highlight at the
Prado and one of the Saragossan 9 The Great Masturbator
2 The Garden of Earthly Delights Museo del Prado painter’s most famous works in his
‘Disasters of War’ series.
A symbol of his sexual obsessions,
Salvador Dalí painted this canvas
This triptych is one of Bosch’s
most significant pieces, and 5 Guernica Museo del Prado at the end of the summer of 1929
after several days with Gala,
© MUSEUM THYSSEN
considered to be one of the Picasso painted his hard-hitting A CITY FULL and it is considered an oneiric
most fascinating and attractive symbolist representation of the OF ART autobiographical work.
paintings in art history in its suffering of the people of Bizkaia As well as these Museo Reina Sofía Zuloaga: A European
representation of Paradise, the after being bombed in the Civil key works of art, Adventure
Creation and Hell.
Museo del Prado
War for the 1937 International
Exhibition in Paris to raise
awareness for the Republican
Madrid’s museums
and galleries 10 Hotel Room
The loneliness of modern cities
Picasso/Lautrec
This exhibition offers an analysis
This exhibition shows how the
artistic production of the painter
combines a profound sense of
exhibit important
3 The Nobleman with his Hand
on his Chest
cause. The painting is a symbol of
the horrors of war.
Museo Reina Sofía
collections that
are constantly
is one of the central themes of
Edward Hopper’s work, and
in this painting the engrossed
of the impact on Picasso’s early
work by that of French artist
Toulouse-Lautrec after the
Mariano Fortuny
An anthological display of the 19th-century
tradition with a truly modern vision
linked in his Parisian years to
symbolism.
changing and
One of the most famous portraits attract thousands of female figure on the bed Spanish artist moved to Paris, artist with examples of his paintings, à28/09/2017-15/01/2018.
by Doménikos Theotokópoulos,
El Greco, shows a 16th-century
nobleman (it could be the third
6 Les Vessenots in Auvers
A beautiful piece by Van Gogh,
tourists every year. contrasts with the coldness of
the room, in which clear lines
and brilliant plain colours
with paintings of nocturnal scenes
and the city’s underworld.
à17/10/2017-21/01/2018. Museo Thyssen.
watercolours, sketches and etchings. There
are also examples of the exquisite collection of
antiques and other objects that he collected in
Fundación Mapfre.
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marquis of Montemayor) with with luminous greens and yellows, madrid/arts-theatre
predominate. his studio.
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IN MADRID
Books
Museo Cerralbo antiquity to recent
A museum-house times. Highlights
with painting, worth seeing include
sculptures, Visigoth pieces
ceramics, glass and like the Guarrazar
tapestries, giving treasure. OTHERS FAIRS
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of art that also hosts
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activities.
àwww.museocerralbo.mcu.es corners these two spring
dates: La Feria
del Libro Antiguo,
Museo del Traje in Paseo de
Take a trip through the Recoletos, and the
history of clothing, CUESTA DE MOYANO Poets festival in
from archaeological On the edge of El Retiro, Matadero Madrid,
pieces to modern this is one of the city’s nerve where poets
haute couture, CULTURAL centres for lovers of second- meet the public
with a fascinating hand and new books. The in an open and
programme SPACES famous Moyano hill is part of inspirational event.
of temporary Madrid’s art route, which has
exhibitions. CaixaForum just released an innovative
àwww.mecd.gob.es/mtraje This cultural centre cultural events programme for
occupies what used each weekend; it’s organised MADRID BOOK FAIR attend book signings, and LIBROS MUTANTES
Museo de Ciencias to be a coal-powered by Territorio Moyano, a Madrid’s most important date meet authors in person. Cultural centre Casa Encendida
Naturales electricity plant. Now project to galvanise and with literature takes place each The extensive fair has over holds the Mutant Books
One of Madrid’s the futuristic venue encourage reading in the area. year in the park of El Retiro, 300 stalls covering different Independent Publishers’ Fair
oldest museums boasts a vertical garden The stalls have been there for usually at the end of May themes as well as children’s every April, with fanzines,
with permanent more than 20 metres years and make up the city’s or beginning of June. It’s a activities, workshops and design, free workshops, children’s
exhibitions including designed by Sorolla the history of the high and with over 250 only permanent book market. unique opportunity to discover plenty more. activities and music.
Biodiversity, himself, is a city oasis. continent guided by species of plant. àwww.territoriomoyano.org the latest publications, àwww.ferialibromadrid.com àwww.librosmutantes.com
Minerals, Fossils, and àwww.museosorolla.mcu.es a varied collection àwww.agenda.obrasocial.
Human Evolution.
It’s a great place for
entertaining the kids
GALLERIES Museo Lázaro
Galdiano
of more than 25,000
exhibits.
lacaixa.es
Fundación Juan
as they enjoy the José Lázaro Galdiano
àwww.mecd.gob.es/
museodeamerica March TOP 3
museum’s activities From the district of Salamanca founded this museum Exhibitions, concert
and the models of so its collections Museo del seasons and free
Original bookshops
to Las Letras, Madrid has a
the huge dinosaur wide selection of internationally could educate future Romanticismo seminars of all types
skeletons. renowned galleries that generations. It includes This museum are held in this family La Central
àwww.mncn.csic.es hold some of the city’s best pieces in ivory, ceramic, recreates the lifestyle, institution that has àwww.lacentral.com
exhibitions, most of which silver and enamel, and art and customs of been open since 1955. La Central de Callao is a singular
enjoy free entry. Some that are is highly valued for its the 19th century, àwww.march.es Tipos Infames place in a reconditioned building
particularly worth seeing are diversity, rarity and with objects of great àwww.tiposinfames.com next to Callao, combining several
the Marlborough (Orfila, 5), singularity. literary figures like Fundación This bookshop specialises floors of books with a café and a
with centres in other cities like àwww.flg.es Mariano José de Mapfre in independent authors and secret basement where events are
Barcelona and New York; and Larra. There’s also a There are two venues, publishers, and also has a held. There are also fanzines and
Juana de Aizpuru (Barquillo, Museo del pleasant garden. in Recoletos and corner set aside for coffee and alternative publications – it’s a must
44). The Ivorypress gallery Ferrocarril àwww.museoromanticismo. Bárbara de Braganza, wine. The shop is a dynamic for anybody who loves to read.
(Comandante Zorita, 46-48), with Madrid’s railway mcu.es/ dedicated wholly to space, and as well as promoting
artists’ books, is also worth a museum has a photography, with a independent literature, it also
Museo Sorolla visit, as are the Mondo Galería comprehensive Museo special area for Miró. offers other quality products
Home to the most (San Lucas, 9) for photography collection of historic Arqueológico àwww.fundacionmapfre.org.es such as wine and craft beer, Pasajes
extensive collection exhibitions, and La Fábrica materials related to the This is the perfect plus a wide range of activities àwww.pasajeslibros.com
of paintings by the (Alameda, 9), a multifunctional railways in the different place to learn all MORE AT including book presentations, This bookshop has a wide catalogue of literary books and
Valencian artist in space with a gallery, café, parts of Spain. about the history of tastings, exhibitions, essays in a range of languages. Specialising in international
Madrid, this is one of bookshop and shop. àwww.museodelferrocarril.org the diverse peoples TIMEOUT.COM/ workshops and courses. This literature and thought, it also has a good selection of poetry.
the best preserved and cultures of MADRID is a highly recommended Books are spread out over two floors and you will find
artists’ houses in Museo de América Spain and the alternative space in the heart of English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese literature
Europe, and its garden, A journey through Mediterranean, from Malasaña. in this paradise for foreign readers.
Food and
Drink
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FOODIE TRADITION
Famous The perfect

squid
baguette
Madrid You can find the classic Madrid
bocata de calamares at:
dishes
EL BRILLANTE
This beer bar opposite Atocha
station has been serving its
famous squid baguettes
since 1961.
à Pza. Emperador Carlos V, 8.
Madrid is known for its good eating and there SAGÁS MATADERO
Chef Oriol Rovira makes his
are many typical dishes that define the city’s own variation with alioli (garlic
delicious culinary culture. These are our mayo) and squid in its ink.
favourites and the best places to try them à Plaza de Legazpi, 8.
PERRO BAR
This bar fries its squid in olive
oil, then serve it in Galician
bread with an olive sauce.
à El Corte Inglés. Plaza del Callao, 2.
EL COCIDO MADRILEÑO at this traditional La Latina BACALAO REBOZADO today’s world of healthy organic food, CHOCOLATE CON CHURROS
The most typical dish in Madrid is this restaurant – you’ll be licking CALLOS For this dish you have to go the dish has lost popularity but this is You won’t get your Madrid licence if you BAR POSTAS
pan-cooked stew, made with chickpeas, your fingers long afterwards. La Tasquita de to Casa Labra, where cod pure tradition and one of the city’s most haven’t tried chocolate and churros (deep- At this bar near Plaza Mayor,
meat and juices, although there are many à Casa Lucio. Cava Baja, 35. M: La Latina. Enfrente is famous (bacalao) is their speciality, typical tastes. Try it, if you dare, in one fried pastry fingers) at the Chocolatería San the squid baguettes are
variations on the basic recipe. The most for its signature particularly cod croquettes and of the few bars in Embajadores where Ginés. This traditional city-centre café has famous, as are their marinated
famous is undoubtedly the one served in PATATAS BRAVAS version of this tajadas, which are pieces of they still serve it, alongside Spanish- tables downstairs, but you’ll be lucky to get fish and baby squid tapas.
La Bola in the old city centre, where the The patatas bravas served at traditional stew, the fish coated and fried. You style sweetbreads and other classic offal. one. Their churros are the perfect size and à Postas, 13.
secret is in the individual clay cooking pots the bar Docamar are famous where Chef Juanjo can either eat it there or take à Freiduría Embajadores. Embajadores, 34. M: Embajadores. thickness, crunchy and hot.
that sit in a bed of charred oak. across Madrid. The potatoes are López uses special it away. The restaurant and à Chocolatería San Ginés. Pasadizo de San Ginés, 5. M: Sol.
à Taberna La Bola. Bola, 5. M: Ópera. freshly cooked to just the right black or salted terrace are usually full, and the CARACOLES
point, and served with a touch varieties of tripe, wait can be a while, so home is Some people love snails, others can’t TORRIJAS
HUEVOS ESTRELLADOS of spicy sauce – the bar keeps and washes the often the best bet. stand them. If you fall into the former At La Casa de las Torrijas they’ve been
The best version of this egg dish is the its recipe a closely guarded stomach in cold à Casa Labra. Tetuán, 12. M: Sol. camp, you must go to Casa Amadeo (Los cooking this traditional Holy Week dessert
world-famous one at Casa Lucio. The eggs secret, but once you’ve tried water before Caracoles) in Plaza de Cascorro, a classic for years; they make them so soft and juicy,
are roasted (not fried) slowly in a pan these bravas you’ll be back for cooking the stew GALLINEJAS Y ENTRESIJOS Madrid restaurant in El Rastro where they dissolve in your mouth. There are
with a little oil, so the yolk and white are more. And if you can’t wait, for six hours. This dish is made of the they prepare then the traditional way, different varieties, made with milk or wine,
cooked on both sides, and then served on you can also buy their delicious à La Tasquita de Enfrente. intestines from a suckling with spicy sauce and chorizo juice to and they’re served year-round. This is the
a bed of fried potatoes. The presentation brava sauce to take home. Ballesta, 6. M: Callao. pig fried in their own fat soak up with your bread. fetish dessert of traditionalist chefs.
is simple and the tastes are classical à Docamar. Alcalá, 337. M: Quintana. and served in a baguette. In à Los Caracoles. Plaza de Cascorro, 18. M: La Latina. à La Casa de las Torrijas. Paz, 4. M: Sol.
Food and Drink Food and Drink
Tortilla de
patatas
The potato omelette is a key dish
The best tapas bars
of Spanish cuisine and one of the
country’s most famous bar foods.
The question is, with onion or
in Madrid
without? Enjoying a glass of beer and a few culinary bites
is what’s known as tapear in Spanish. These are
some of the best places to indulge in the custom
TAPAS & PINCHOS choice, enjoy it at a table or the bar.

Taberna Arzábal à Dr. Castelo, 30. M: Ibiza.
Arzábal (see image) offers
traditional tapas bar cooking. With ANDALUSIAN FRIED TREATS
waiting staff rushing backwards AND TOAST WITH TOPPINGS
AS AN ESSENTIAL part of the LA ARDOSA and forwards, and shelves full of Bocaíto
national culinary holy trinity, A classic bar for an aperitif TABERNA PEDRAZA bottles of wine, this is first-hand This 50-year-old bar specialises in
there are as many preferences as evening falls. With its This tavern in El Retiro puts a great twist on stuff made using the best quality toasted bread with toppings, tapas
and ways of preparing a traditional feel and dusty the traditional tortilla (no onion), by using ingredients, with a minimum of and traditional dishes from the
tortilla as there are people. bottles filling the shelves, their fresh free-range eggs that weight 56g to 60g fuss. You absolutely must try the Castilian and Andalusian regions –
But there are only three really glass of beer is extra large but each and come from chickens fed on corn croquettes. try the delicious Andalusian fried
essential ingredients: eggs, always goes down well with to make the yolk more yellow; the potatoes à Menéndez Pelayo, 13. M: Ibiza. fish and fresh catches from the
potatoes and olive oil. But something from their appealing are a hydroponically grown cross between Cantabrian sea.
even so, four friends together menu. And when you try the the Kennebec and Agria varieties. And that’s CEVICHES & TIRADITOS à Libertad, 6. M: Chueca.
will never make a tortilla that tortilla you’ll know why they’re why their soft, yellow tortillas (the recipe Barra Eme
comes out or tastes the same. famous. Downstairs there’s also comes from the renowned O’Pote restaurant An urban bar where you can HAUTE CUISINE SPANISH
With or without onion (and a small lounge. in Betanzos in Galicia) are unmatched in explore the world’s street food TAPAS
should it be caramelised?) à Colón, 13. M: Tribunal. Madrid. and culture, particularly that La Raquetista
finely chopped or chunky à Ibiza, 38. M: Ibiza. FREE TAPAS! of Peru, with great dishes and La Raquetista is in the Retiro
potatoes, cooked dry or SYLKAR ÍNDALO TAPAS cocktails. Chef Omar Malpartida foodie area, and specialises in
slightly raw in the middle, No list of tortilla places in Cold beer, friendly service and above has created a menu with Asian, signature tapas such as razor shells
served on a cocktail stick or Madrid is complete without all, you can choose a free tapa with European and Latin American in ceviche, chickpeas with black
in slices…? Here are some this family bar, At first glance whole ones to take away, other Galician treats, so make your drink, just like in Almería. influences. sausage and foie gras, and their
bars and restaurants where it might seem like a normal on bread or a slice to eat at sure you’re hungry. à Pérez Galdós, 7. à Libertad, 5. M: Chueca. amazing Russian potato salad. It’s
they’ve found their answer. café bar, but it hides not only the bar – however you eat à Infanta Mercedes, 98. one of the best bars of the area.
a wonderful kitchen where them, their omelettes, with M: Valdeacederas. LA BLANCA PALOMA FRESH MARKET FOOD à Dr. Castelo, 19. M: Ibiza.
everything is homemade using crispy potatoes and generous Chilled beer in tall glasses with the Mercado de la Reina
traditional recipes, but also amounts of egg, are examples JUANA LA LOCA PINTXOS added appeal of free tapas and cheap They serve tapas and dishes all IN A WINE GLASS
a well-stocked bodega. Their of the best kind of tortillas you BAR spirits. day from morning until late at Taberna del Chato
traditional Holy Week torrijas can eat in Madrid bars. This trendy tapas bar isn’t à Espíritu Santo, 21. night, with interesting seasonal Tapas here are served in a typical
dessert are also to die for. à Ayala, 28. M: Serrano. cheap, but it offers some of the variations adding a touch of the low wine glass and include dishes
à Espronceda, 17. M: Ríos Rosas. most creative Basque pinchos, EL TIGRE unexpected. This is one of the best ranging from salmorejo (chilled
OCAFÚ such as ostrich, plum and Always packed, bars on Gran Vía. soup similar to gazpacho) to
CASA DANI Formerly known as La Penela, crunchy bacon, and foie gras beers come with à Gran Vía, 12. M: Gran Vía. chicken curry, pickled partridge
In a small spot in the centre this Galician restaurant makes with caramelised apple. Their generous free salad, tuna tartar with seaweed or
of the Mercado de la Paz tortillas the way they make tortilla is cooked through but tapas that change PINCHOS FROM THE NORTH steak teriyaki. These small bites
you’ll find this bar that serves them in the Galician town still sticky and their signature with each round. Taberna Laredo of pleasure mean that the bar is
breakfasts from 7 in the of Betanzos, and they are is the slowly caramelised à Infantas, 30. Traditional simple Spanish food always packed at the weekend, so
morning, and lunch from considered one of the best in onion. Delicious! prepared using fresh market get there early!
10. With and without onion, Madrid. There are also plenty of à Puerta de Moros, 4. M: La Latina. produce. When you’ve made your à Cruz, 35. M: Sol.
TOP 5 Drink MAD BREWING

You can see the factory where
the beer’s made, sample the top
brews, and enjoy the New York-
style bar where all the beers
Cafés
on tap are local and the food is
delicious.
à Julián Camarillo, 19. M: Ciudad Lineal.
with
EL PEDAL
The craft This small bar in Lavapiés

offers a good selection of craft
beer beers from Madrid
charm
FABRICA and abroad.
Federal Café Lolina Vintage route MARAVILLAS

Not just one of
àArgumosa, 33. M: Lavapiés.
LA CASA DE LA
Madrid’s best
breweries, the CERVEZA
LA TAPE Factory of Wonders This bar has over 30
This gourmet space is also one of years’ experience,
These corners of the city combines its range of hold a special event they already a beer geek, Malasaña’s first which is clear from
are perfect for starting the craft beers (both bottled can organise private tasting this may be the microbreweries, their collection of
and from the barrel) with sessions or parties. place to discover 30 beers on tap and
day with a tasty breakfast. dishes for all tastes that àSan Bernardo, 88. M: San Bernardo. its growing universe
with a variety
over 150 bottled
of high-quality
Good coffee, homemade are designed to go with the with a guided beers served in varieties. There’s
pastries and appealing beers, such as hummus, IRREALE tasting session their comfortable everything from
surrounds. Russian potato salad, Home to an extensive beer accompanied by brewpub. Madrid craft beer
cheese and cured meat menu, with loads of bottled food prepared to to Belgian and
Buen provecho! boards, and croquettes. beers as well as a wide range complement the
à Valverde, 29. M: Gran Vía.
German brews, and
There’s a good selection of of beer from the barrel, drinks. the bar screens the
national and international this place will appeal to all à Manuela Malasaña, 20. best sports games.
beers, and if you want to hops lovers. Or, if you’re not M: San Bernardo. àLuchana, 5. M: Bilbao.
Pum Pum Café La Carmencita
TOP 3
1 Federal Café
Breakfasts here are substantial
and mean you start your morning
energised. The menu has choices ranging
from Greek yogurt with cereal to toast
4 Lolina Vintage
Lolina is a vintage café decorated
with original furniture and painted
wallpaper from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s; its
doll’s house kitsch makes you feel strangely Irish pubs in Madrid
with everything, fresh croissants, and at home. This Malasaña space is perfect for
scrambled eggs. They use fresh organic enjoying a personalised breakfast (you can
produce including the flour and eggs, choose sweet or savoury extras) while you
and offer gluten-free options. Their connect to the internet. Or try some of their
range of delicious cakes are made in their amazing cakes and giant American cookies.
own bakery, and their coffee is also up to You can go for your normal coffee or you can
standard for a luxury breakfast. They also try one of the 15 teas and infusions brought
do a great brunch, and it’s a place where Motteau
direct from sunny California. Give your
you can feel right at home. morning a boost.
3
à Plaza de las Comendadoras, 9. M: Plaza de España. à Espíritu Santo, 9. M: Tribunal.
Motteau
2 Pum Pum Café

This old butcher’s from 1800 has
been converted into a vegetarian
haven, where you can eat delicious treats
while breathing in the smell of their
You can have some Parisian glamour
with your coffee in Madrid thanks to
Motteau, an independent pastry shop where
you can watch the chef preparing delicacies
like lemon tart, chocolate tart with black
5 Taberna La Carmencita
Why not try breakfast in one of Madrid’s
oldest taverns (it dates from 1854),
where they serve organic bread made with
stone-ground flour from Zamora, fresh
The Irish Rover
One of Madrid’s most famous Irish
Finnegans
Finnegans pub in Plaza de las Salesas
The James Joyce Irish Pub
Right in the centre, in Plaza de Cibeles, this
organic, freshly toasted and ground beer or sponge cake with hazelnut cream. butter from farms on the Sierra de Madrid, pubs, this place is known not only for has its own rugby team, the Madrid Irish bar has Guinness and Murphy’s on
coffee, which is sourced from a small They are known for their croissants, cheese from San Pedro del Romeral, honey its range of beers and its location next Lions, and shows all the sport’s key tap, pub grub, cheeky Irish (and Spanish)
Madrid producer. The breakfast menu also cheesecake and tarte Tatin, which are partly from Patones, jam from Liébana, homemade to the Castellana, but also its frequent games on big screens, along with other waiting staff, and rugby or Premier League
features up to 12 different baked items to blame for the intoxicating smell of French yogurt, juice made from Valencia oranges, gigs and musical acts. What’s more it important fixtures. At the weekends the matches on their enormous screens.
including carrot, raspberry and lemon butter that permeates the shop. Whatever organic milk from free-range cows in the screens key sporting events, so you can place is always packed and it holds DJ Interestingly, the James Joyce used to be
cake, brownies, cookies, Argentinian you choose, enjoy it with a cup of coffee and Madrid mountains, and freshly toasted fair sit back with your friends and enjoy the sets (mostly rock). Head there for a pint the Café Lion, a favourite haunt for writers
sandwich biscuits, and lemon pie. the lively atmosphere. trade coffee. Simply marvellous! typical Irish atmosphere. and make sure you try the burgers. after the Civil War.
à Tribulete, 6. M: La Latina. à San Pedro, 9. M: Antón Martín. à Libertad, 16. M: Chueca. àwww.theirishrover.com àwww.finnegans.es àwww.jamesjoycemadrid.com
FOOD
BY THE GLASS COCKTAIL BARS
Beyond beer: from Three G&Ts AND DRINK

wine to vermouth
Essential restaurants for Madrid foodies
space that’s popular wheat bread, bread something special,

BAGUETTES with young people, with seeds, potato, with Peruvian
has high and honey and onion ingredients from
ordinary tables, bread, rye bread, the country’s three
Bao Bar friendly service and fresh fillings regions, prepared
Boa buns are all and craft beer plus galore, so you can by the excellent
the rage and at intriguing yet tasty create your own Peruvian chef Omar
this place they’re baguettes such gourmet sandwich. Malpartida. What’s
delicious, with as Thai chicken, àConde Duque, 8. more, it’s fantastic
fillings such as
shredded duck,
cucumber,
the Cubano mi
Hermano, and the
Adoro el Pomodoro.
M: Noviciado.
La Casa Tomada value for money.
àConde Duque, 134.
M: San Bernardo.
TABERNA AVERÍAS spring onion and àLuchana, 1. M: Bilbao. ASIAN These may be the most
On Madrid’s coolest MUSEO CHICOTE
The walls are covered hoisin sauce, or
lavish baguettes in Madrid. Zara
gastro street, this bar falafel, tahini and Crumb With over half
in photos of its famous
has dozens of wines
visitors salad. They all go Madrid’s favourite Kitchen 154 Real food porn. And they a century of
from key Spanish
and other vineyards.
wonderfully with for designer If you like spicy have other dishes such as experience, this is
the beer, and are homemade food, stop right one of the city’s best
Museo Chicote reasonable priced. sandwiches made here. If you’re after
chilli cheese fries, which Cuban restaurants
As well as beer, in Madrid’s bars WHY YOU àGran Vía, 12. M: Gran Vía. àCorredera Alta de San Pablo, 2. using its own bread Asian street food, tops chips with chilli con – the white rice with
you’ll find a great selection of SHOULD GO This bar is at the heart of Gran Vía, and since Spain’s best- M: Callao. baked every day this is your stop too. carne, melted cheddar, black beans is highly
wine and vermouth, a drink that For the variety of known cocktail waiter, Pedro Chicote, opened it in 1931, it’s from organic flour And if you like to recommended.
wines served by the jalapeño peppers, red onion,
is becoming more and more become famous for its delicious cocktails, fun atmosphere La Sanducherie and sourdough eat at lively bars, àBarbieri, 8. M: Chueca.
popular. We chose three places glass at reasonable and international glamour, as well as its exclusive and raucous A well-organised starter. There’s you’ll love it even a fried egg, coriander and
for different drinks: prices, and for the parties. Almost 90 years on and Chicote is still a unique part of more (although bacon. Pure greed! Punto MX
young, buzzing Madrid’s nightlife, attracting all types of people in search of a you can also book a Mexican cuisine that
à San Lorenzo, 9. M: Chueca.
LA CHULA DE CHAMBERÍ is one of atmosphere. great gin and tonic and a speicla vibe. There’s also a snack menu table). With music, mixes tradition and
the best of a new style of bar, with à Ponzano, 16. M: Alonso to go with the nearly 50 cocktails on offer such as the Mai-Tai, the flaming woks, and avant-garde under
wines that are bound to tempt Cano. Hemingway and the Alaska. high-speed kitchen can enjoy Asian SOUTH a Michelin star;
you and well-selected produce coordination, cocktails. reinterpreting classic
prepared with skill and simplicity. this venue in àBarquillo, 26. M: Chueca.
AMERICAN Mexican recipes
There are meats, stews and toasted bread with the Mercado de with a modern touch
toppings, served at a few high tables and one big Vallehermoso is all Lamian La Candelita without losing even a
table for eight. you could ask for. Lamian by Soy The pioneer of South pinch of flavour.
àFernando el Santo, 11. M: Alonso Martínez. àVallehermoso, 36. Kitchen takes American food in àGral. Pardiñas, 40. M: Lista.
M: Quevedo. you on a journey Madrid, with a free
LA VIOLETA is a renovated taverna (now featuring through the style that incorporates María Bonita Taco
marble and painted shelves) located in the Tuk Tuk most traditional all the best of this Bar
neighbourhood of Chamberí. It has over 30 Specialising specialities from cuisine, with a special Comfortable, good
vermouths, which go perfectly with their in Asian street China, Taiwan, influence from and cheap, this bar
smoked or pickled anchovies, cheeses, small food, try treats Korea and Japan, Venezuela, they serve is at the top of the
dishes and great atmosphere. like Indonesian all fused together arepas (maize bread league for homemade
àVallehermoso, 62. M: Canal. Salmón Gurú Macera rendang, Malaysian by the imagination sandwiches), ceviche tacos. Simple and
àEchegaray, 21. M: Gran Vía. àSan Mateo, 21. M: Alonso Martínez. satay kebabs, the and skill of chef and Venezuelan unpretentious, you
BODEGAS LA ARDOSA (not to be confused with This chic modern bar is An industrial-style cocktail bar sexy siao bao from Yong Ping Zhang hallacas at Christmas. can enjoy yourselves
La Ardosa de Malasaña) is a minuscule bar with beautifully decorated and and café where barman Narciso the Philippines, (aka Julio) to create And all of it delicious. in peace while your
a beautiful exterior decorated in old tiles, and an matches its decor with the best Bermejo serves some amazing Vietnamese pho authentic Asian àBarquillo, 30. M: Chueca. food arrives – for
interior lined with bottles of wine. The patatas sellers from Diego Cabrera’s original G&Ts. The cocktail soup, and several street food. The example, the soup, the
bravas and fried pork belly are very good, the cocktail selection, with 25 menu is made up of ten classic legendary curries ramen is amazing, Tiradito & Piso prickly-pear salad and
beer comes in big glasses, and the vermouth on classic drinks like G&T, as well created from spirits distilled like gaeng phet as is the decor. Bar a side of tacos.
tap is delicious. as numerous new creations by the place itself. This is a bar from Thailand. àPlaza de los Mostenses, 4. The ceviche and raw àDuque de Liria, 9.
àSanta Engracia, 70. M: Iglesia. that give the bar its fame. with a difference. And afterwards you M: Callao. fish at this bar are M: Ventura Rodríguez.
Food and Drink
Getaways
sausage, rice balls popular, with its Alberto Chicote, this
JAPANESE stuffed with ragu, quality meat and low reinterpretation of
peas and mozzarella, process, it has left a classic Nippon bar
and of course their chains such as Five has all the cooking on
Yokaloka spectacular pizzas. Guys and New York display.
One of the first àSanta Engracia, 90. M: Canal Burger far behind. àReina, 41: M: Banco de
Japanese food stalls àBilbao, 3. M: Bilbao. España.
in the Mercado de Don Lisander
Antón Martín, this has This traditional Magasand
become a hotspot for trattoria with its Fast food that’s still
all things Japanese delicious thin pizzas healthy, this sandwich
in the city centre, and homemade bar and restaurant on
with freshly prepared pasta, is the nirvana of the edge of El Retiro
sushi, ramen and transalpine cooking in offers salads, bagels,
other specialities. Madrid and more.
àSanta Isabel, 5. àInfanta Mercedes, 92. M: àColumela, 4. M: Retiro.
A region
M: Antón Martín. Valdeacederas.
FUSION GASTRO
TRADITIONAL is gluten-free, and La Cabra
there’s a good raw This could be one
Kena MARKETS
worth
food and vegan of Madrid’s most
Botín choice. There’s also a beautiful and best Taste the evolution
The world’s oldest menu of the day and restaurants. Young of Nikkei cuisine Mercado de San
restaurant is still brunch is served at the chef Javier Aranda (Japanese-Peruvian Miguel
seeing
standing after almost weekend. is in charge of the fusion), with a menu Emblematic market
300 years. Famous for à Encomienda, 19. M: Tirso kitchen at this showcasing the best of near Plaza Mayor.
its suckling pig and de Molina. Michelin-starred spot. chef Luis Arévalo, such àPlaza de San Miguel, 3. M: Sol.
lamb. Hemingway ate àFrancisco de Rojas, 2. as soup, nigiri and raw
Musashi here too. Vega M: Bilbao. fish tiraditos. San Antón
This was one of àCuchilleros, 17. M: La Latina. This place is bustling àDiego de León, 11. Modern market
the first Japanese and loud but comfy FAST FOOD M: Diego de León. in Chueca with
restaurants that Lhardy and pleasant. sophisticated The towns and sights of the
didn’t break the bank, A famous restaurant Ingredients are locally StreetXO gastronomy. Madrid community include
back in the ’90s when that opened in 1839 produced, organic, Paperboy David Muñoz, holder àAugusto Figueroa, 24B.
amazing architecture, nature
Japanese food was and brought French or fair trade, and the An informal and urban of three Michelin M: Chueca.
saved for special haute cuisine to service is good. venue with different stars, presents his and history
occasions, and today Madrid. The prices àLuna, 9. M: Santo Domingo cuisines, starting with take on street food. Antón Martín
it’s still one of the best aren’t cheap but the a menu of 14 original You’ll be hard pressed Tradition and street
for quality and price in stew, meat and callos HAUTE CUISINE hot dogs, with a new to experience such a food in Lavapiés.
the city centre. are all excellent and kind every month. vibrant atmosphere àSanta Isabel, 5.
àConchas, 4. M: Callao. worth paying for. Draft beer on tap. or such unusual tastes M: Antón Martín.
àCarrera de San Jerónimo, 8. Bibo àLuchana, 1. M:Bilbao. anywhere else. ARANJUEZ
Kappo M: Sol. Taste and seasonal àSerrano, 52. M: Rubén Darío. San Ildefonso The southernmost town
Run solo by one produce are the Goiko Grill A street market in the in the Community of
of Spain’s leading VEGETARIAN staples in the kitchen Constantly growing, Yakitoro heart of Malasaña. Madrid is Aranjuez, a
sushi chefs, Mario of chef Dani García, this burger bar Under the name àFuencarral, 57. M: Tribunal. charming place that you
Payan, who respects who has two Michelin has become one and management of can travel to on the local CHINCHÓN
traditions and sharp Copenhagen stars and a menu of of Madrid’s most cookery series star Mosteneses train. Its Palacio Real is The 15th-century
flavours. Try his With skilfully tempting dishes. Market featuring worth a visit, as are the medieval Plaza
incredible nigiri. prepared creations The venue is also Chinese, Ecuadorian beautiful gardens, which Mayor in Chinchón EL ESCORIAL BUITRAGO DE LOZOYA
àBretón de los Herreros, 54. and an image that’s impressive, covering and Peruvian products. were declared a World is this small Felipe II’s capricious This town in the Sierra de
M: Gregorio Marañón. as colourful as its 800m2. àPlaza de los Mostenses. M: Heritage site by UNESCO. town’s most monastery was built Guadarrama has one of the best
food, this restaurant àPaseo de la Castellana, 52. Plaza de España. àwww.aranjuez.es visited attraction, between 1563 and 1584, preserved walls in the area,
surrounded by and is now a World Heritage which is considered a national
ITALIAN has a great tapas M: Rubén Darío.
three-storey
menu. Lacto-ovo- San Fernando PATONES DE ARRIBA site. That and the Montia monument.
vegetarians, vegans Dstage Specialising in local, During the black buildings with restaurant are the main àwww.buitragodelozoya.es
Forneria Ballaró and celiacs are all Metal pipes and organic, artisanal and architecture period in the angular galleries reasons people come to visit
Sicilian cookery in welcome. a view of the affordable products. 16th century, when slate and over 230 the town. ALCALÁ DE HENARES
a wood oven, with àJosé Ortega y Gasset, 73. kitchen give this àEmbajadores, 41. M: Lavapiés. was used for building, wooden balconies, àwww.elescorial.es It’s no surprise that this city
amazing dishes such M: Lista. two-Michelin-star Patones de Arriba made all painted green. was declared a World Heritage
as the porchetta restaurant a touch Maravillas the most of each side of the www.chinchon.es NAVACERRADA site by UNESCO in 1998. The
kebab, with Segovia La Encomienda of originality; it’s a The biggest market in mountain and constructed Every year this town town lies to the north of Madrid
suckling pig, rocket A large bar in Lavapiés place for chef Diego Madrid, and one of the a unique farming village becomes the perfect skiing and is famous for its university,
and mayonnaise, with a bar and Guerrero to practise biggest in Europe. that today has a beauty all get-away, just an hour from and for being the birthplace of
potato croquettes eating area, where his ‘free cooking’. àBravo Murillo, 122. M: Cuatro its own. the centre of Madrid. Miguel de Cervantes.
and Sardinian almost everything àRegueros, 8. M: Chueca. Caminos, Alvarado. àwww.patones.net àwww.puertonavacerrada.com à www.ayto-alcaladehenares.es
Getaways
Just a
stone’s
throw away
Madrid is the
perfect point from
which to travel to
fascinating nearby
towns full of
tourist attractions
and history
1
CM
Toledo
Seventy-two kilometres from Madrid, MY
just 25 minutes on the AVE, is Toledo, CY
the capital of Castilla-La Mancha and the old

capital of the Kingdom of Spain. The city sits on CMY
the River Tagus and is famous for its palace, the K
Santa María cathedral, the old Jewish quarter,

the San Juan de los Reyes monastery, the San
Martín bridge and the Puerta Nueva de Bisagra.
The city has been a World Heritage site since
1986 and is really worth a visit.
àwww.toledo.es
2 Segovia
If you go to Segovia, just an hour from
Madrid, you can’t miss the aqueduct,
Spain’s most important Roman example of
civil engineering. You must also try its famous
4 Ávila
Ávila, also a World Heritage site, is
Spain’s highest provincial capital at
1,131m above sea level. It’s renowned for
6 Burgos
Inspired by the great French gothic
cathedrals in Reims and Paris, Burgos
built its own over 800 years ago, and today
suckling pig dish at Casa Cándido, if you can, its Romanesque wall, which was built at the it’s its main tourist attraction. The area
to see how they serve it. The aqueduct and the end of the 11th century around the city’s old also has the fascinating architectural site
city’s old quarter were declared UNESCO World quarter. Visitors also go to see the remains of Atapuerca, just 15 minutes from the city.
Heritage sites in 1985, and the city is brimming Santa Teresa de Jesús, a 16th-century nun In terms of the local cuisine, the speciality
with charm. who was born in the town. is the blood sausage, which you should
àwww.segovia.es àwww.avila.es definitely try.
3 5
àwww.burgos.es
Cuenca Salamanca
Another World Heritage site, Cuenca is
famous for its Hanging Houses (Casas
Colgadas), of which only three are still open:
the two Casas del Rey, home to the Museum
of Spanish Abstract Art, and the Casa de
Salamanca is about two hours’
drive from Madrid, and is a famous
university town. Its limestone architecture
is unique, and there are many impressive
buildings to see, such as the university,
7 Córdoba
Just two hours by train from Madrid,
Córdoba is one of Spain’s richest
historical cities. The Mosque-Cathedral is
a crucible of Arab and Christian cultures,
la Sirena, which is a restaurant. Another with its hidden frog on the front door, as and the city is a wonderful place to escape
unmissable stop just outside Cuenca is the well as memorable features like the Plaza to. The entire old quarter as well as the city’s
Enchanted City, with its spectacular natural Mayor. Its historic quarter is a UNESCO famous colourful patios were made a World
stone sculptures. World Heritage site. Heritage site in 1994 by UNESCO.
àwww.cuenca.es àwww.salamanca.es àwww.cordoba.es
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