Posts with category Barrios
Tapas on Crusty Bread – Selection of Spanish tapas served on a sliced baguette
The tapas of Spain are a hallmark of the whole country, although those of us who live here know that it is more prone in the south. However, the cover when you ask for a cane or a wine is a claim every time in more bars and today we bring you a few places in Madrid where the lid costs nothing and is insured. Read full article
Lavapiés is a central district of Madrid and an icon of Madrid’s casticismo. It is possibly the most multicultural neighborhood in the capital, it is enough to walk through its streets to observe that it is inhabited by an abundant diversity of immigrants. Lavapiés is from its origin a humble neighborhood inhabited until the 80s by an elderly population and for a few years by young people who escape the high rents of other neighborhoods. Read full article
Madrid is full of statues and many times walking through its streets we run into them without really knowing what they are and what they do there. Most of the time we are left with curiosity and in this post we tell you the meaning and the history of some of them. Read full article
The city of Madrid has a wide and interesting art route. Spaces that house works by Spanish and foreign artists. New faces and some more familiar ones are mixed in the city. There are more traditional galleries, and others more risky, some bet for emerging artists, others for more international faces and some more established artists. Read full article
Madrid de los Austrias is unique. It is filled with both history and unique places. An authentic neighborhood where, as it were, you can learn from each of its tiles a new chapter of the history of our country and of course, our city. You must visit, walk, know and, above all, Read full article
So the approval by the City Council arrived and so did the good news: Madrid wants to improve everyday but in order to make it through, we need changes and modifications. nobody said that in order to evolve we can avoid being muddy and working hard for a while. Public works are hard to bear, Read full article
Summer means high temperatures, sun, ice cream, heat and, most of all, popular celebrations. Nice weather brings us the local festivities. People goes out to the street with the aim of dancing, drinking, eating delicious food, enjoy with family and friends… this is, people go out in order to have fun. It’s summer! Read full article
Again, this month, we visit another of the emblematic areas of our city. Madrid would not be the same Madrid, also, it would not be so well known, without one of its flagship neighbours. Barrio de Salamanca is known worldwide, we are not exaggerating: thanks to its Milla de Oro area (Golden Mile, Read full article
This month again we continue travelling through the neighborhoods from our city. Getting to know them, where they are, what can we find and what they can offer us is synonym of knowing Madrid more. Last month we started a series of posts that couldn’t start otherwise… By Chamartín! Now we are heading up to Malasaña, Read full article
The most famous song of Spanish songwriter Joaquín Sabina is called “Pongamos que hablo de Madrid” [Let’s Say I’m Talking About Madrid] and he is perfectly right: Madrid has lots of things to talk about. Right here, in our Blog recently started, we are sharing many different aspects of the city that you can’t miss, Read full article
