There is no Madrileño who doesn't know what you're talking about if someone mentions or that of Linares, but many other palaces in Madrid are somewhat hidden from the general public due to their location or, perhaps, g...
Being a bibliophile is an expensive and recurrent vice. No matter how many times you promise yourself that you won't fall for it again, that you'll pass by the bookstore under your house, that you'll never be able to fi...
In reality, to know the Madrid of the Austrias is to know the original Madrid. If you don't know any of the historic buildings that complete this neighborhood or haven't walked through these squares it's almost as if yo...
The struggle to differentiate and be remembered among the maelstrom of openings and new gastronomic proposals is unleashed in Madrid (and in almost any large city). A good letter is no longer enough, nor is a good whet...
The Mercado de San Miguel is Madrid's best known and most centrally located gastronomic market. The halls have maintained their original structure, so decorative and typical of the early twentieth century, which has bee...
To choose just ten works from among the 650 on display in the Royal Collections Gallery is to dare to choose between Raphael, Titian, Velázquez or Rubens. Few new spaces -- are able to bring together the great artists o...
The Finnish birch, poplar and fir forest of Rascafría is the perfect place to escape to when the walks through the Casa de Campo or El Retiro start to fall short. Accustomed to the landscape of the most typical dehesas...
Madrid's bakeries are recovering traditions that have almost disappeared while innovating at the same time. The smell of fermenting flour, the crunch of the crust or the soft touch of your hands through the floury remai...
Crêpes are made from a thin batter of egg, flour, butter and sugar that takes minutes to prepare and cook in seconds, it's as close to fast food as you can get has contributed. There are sweet ones, the best known one...
Going for a drink sometimes needs an extra stimulus, in addition to good company. The fact of sharing experiences together, that does not require great organization, that spontaneity that a bar with board games solves. ...