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.
Ponzano becomes a spontaneous verbena every Saturday. This street of Chamberí is the last bastion of the old-fashioned and central to practice this local hobby: bar-hopping, although in this street it has its own name,...
To sum up everything to do in Lavapiés is to try to cover one of the most lively neighborhoods of the city, where palaces like the Fernán Núñez and museums of international relevance such as the Reina Sofia Museum coexi...
It is difficult to come to Madrid and not notice it. Atocha station is our gateway to and from the city, a hive of comings and goings of locals and travelers. We are all equally amazed at its majestic air and the n...
The city’s bourgeois expansion is the Salamanca district, with its grand boulevards and orderly streets, where palatial embassies alternate, as that of Italy with the most luxurious stores and restaurants. Althoug...
We all know what a monument is until you have to narrow down what does and doesn’t fit the definition. Among the most important monuments of Madrid we could include the Almudena Cathedral or even a public square s...
Madrid is a beautiful city lthe 365 days of the year (366 this 2024), but in Primavera, even more. While in summer people flee, in winter they shelter from the cold and in autumn they live in a constant post-...
The full name is Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial although in the end it is usually shortened to just “El Escorial”, the name of the neighboring town, which often leads to confusion. Philip II h...
¿The Prado Museum? the Royal Palace? Yes, you have to see them, but there is so much more to do in the center of Madrid to discover the true essence of the…...
Sacred art has been one of the dominant art forms in Europe for centuries, and as a result there are many beautiful churches in Madrid. Although the capital is not known for its great icons in this field, it has many ar...
The Hapsburg Madrid is one of the capital’s most prized treasures. Its streets bear witness to what the city once was: the scene of the comings and goings of the crown, of royal tensions and the anxieties of...