Hiking, trekking, skiing and any plan that comes up outside the city. The few times we don’t talk about Madrid, we do it here.
Aranjuez is preparing to celebrate the 2026 Fiestas del Motín de Aranjuez, which have been declared a Festival of International Tourist Interest. For an event of this magnitude, the program has been desig...
The countdown has begun for the astronomical event of the century: the first total solar eclipse visible on the Iberian Peninsula in over 100 years. This historic event will take place next Wednesday, Aug...
It has been held since 1999—a long history that earns it the title of the oldest medieval market in the region—and the dates for 2026 have already been set: the Guadarrama Medieval Market, just a 45-minut...
The Iberian Peninsula will once again be plunged into darkness in broad daylight for the first time in over a century. On August 12, 2026, at sunset, a total solar eclipse will be visible from the norther...
An hour and a half’s drive from Madrid, atop a crag overlooking the walled town of Pedraza (Segovia), stands a 13th-century medieval castlethat today has owners as recognizable as they are unexpected:...
The historic total solar eclipse that will be visible on August 12, 2026, doesn’t really need any extra ingredients to be the astronomical event of the century, but in the Madrid municipality of Pezue...
Just over 50 minutes by car from Madrid, right on the border with Guadalajara but still within the Community of Madrid, there is a village with fewer than 1,000 residents that turns purple in the summ...
On August 12, 2026, the Iberian Peninsula will experience something that hasn’t happened in over a century: a total solar eclipse visible from Spain. In the province of Valladolid, in the heart of the Rib...
There are places worth visiting to remember what once existed there. Not far from Madrid (it’s less than a two-hour drive away), you’ll find one of these places steeped in history and set in a beautiful n...
Madrid is beginning to prepare for the astronomical event of the summer. The City Council will distribute free, certified viewing glasses from July 17 through August 12 so that Madrid residents can safely...