In our city, there’s always something to discover: here you’ll find history, secrets, curiosities, and places that make up the Madrid that isn’t immediately visible.
November 1, All Saints’ Day, is a national holiday and a Friday, that is, a perfect long weekend to make plans in Madrid. And at this intersection between October and November, pure autumn, when Halloween is over...
Any of these stationery stores in Madrid could be the set of a romantic movie. Agendas, notebooks, pens, wrapping paper or colorful adhesive tape forscrapbooking: all objects with a utility to which you can also add a l...
El Rastro is a fundamental event to know the capital (and every Sunday you have an opportunity to go), but there are many other temporary flea markets in Madrid that deserve a place in the monthly agenda. There are them...
Sometimes a haircut can be the symptom of a new life stage or part of what triggers it. Finding a good hairdresser in Madrid is definitive so that the desired change of look does not end up being one more regret. Balaya...
Now in the Rastro there are mainly two types of stalls: clothing and accessories or decoration, furniture and antiques. But the great flea market of Madrid was divided during the twentieth century by what its stalls sol...
This text is the third in a series of columns written by the author of the Too Match newsletter exclusively for Madrid Secreto. Too Match is a diary of failed dates. A dyke version of Sex and the City, but in Madrid and...
There are episodes in the history of Madrid that are as difficult to believe as they are interesting to tell. Moments that could seem to be taken from a random generator of historical events and that, however, are based...
Alonso Martínez is the meeting point not only of several Metro lines (5, 10 and 4), but also of several neighborhoods in Madrid -Malasaña, Chueca, Chamberí and Salesas-. This reality makes it often a perfect meeting poi...
Autumn is intense in Madrid, everything is renewed, plans multiply and the temperature accompanies. While parks and gardens are dyed golden, museums premiere exhibitions and concerts occupy the great halls day after day...
Finding an apartment in Madrid can be a chaotic, desperate, deceptive challenge: monumental. Demand is high, supply is often limited, and the process can be overwhelming for both those looking for their first home and t...
