Madrid does not rest even on Sundays, which is Rastro day. Concerts, exhibitions, festivals and any plan you can (not) think of.
To the northeast of Madrid we find a fairy-tale whereabouts: a reservoir surrounded by a lush pine forest where the Lozoya River flows into the Riato. We are talking about the El Atazar dam, the famous landscape that bo...
Summer and are two words that go hand in hand like Madrid and Madrid and . During the first two weeks of August, Madrid celebrates consecutively its three major summer festivals (San Cayetano, San Lorenzo and La Paloma...
Although the best known -because they are traditional and, probably, also because they are in the center of town- are the in reality, the reality is that during this month and part of the festivities extend throughout...
August and Madrid is a conjunction of elements that always appeals to a group of non-people: those of us who stay in the city. And for this small group of sufferers, Madrid prepares every year a compensation for survivi...
To talk about carnival in the middle of July would be anachronistic in almost any place... except in Colmenar Viejo. The town of Madrid celebrates its own Summer Carnival this Saturday, July 13: a summer party in which,...
Grandiloquence or a saying ("caballo grande, ande o no ande") as a flag. There is no shortage of examples to support the marketing practice of making things bigger. In Madrid is the largest in the world, the world's l...
Vallecas is about to start the Fiestas de Vallecas -the popular, combative and self-managed version of the Fiestas del Carmen- and, among the programmed activities, there is a somewhat atypical performance in these lat...
Leaving everything to the last minute was never good and you know it, that's why you already have your . This will be your first Candlelight concert and, because you like to do things ahead of time, you want to plan ahe...
This year, the Fourth of July has not been a holiday for Americans alone. Also the Madrilenians of have celebrated. On that day, the first events in Honor of the Patron Saint ofSan Fermínbegan in the neighborhood of Sa...
Gone are the playgrounds that consisted of a chipped slide, a swing for two and lots of sand. Now they are great constructions, which besides being imaginative, are inclusive and designed to make you fall and not get th...