Guidebook for Madrid

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Guidebook for Madrid

Drinks & Nightlife

Best Jazz place in Madrid
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Bogui Jazz
29 C. del Barquillo
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Best Jazz place in Madrid
A show to see the locals singing, from oo:30 to 6:00 am
28 locals raden deze aan
Toni 2 Piano Bar
9 Calle del Almte.
28 locals raden deze aan
A show to see the locals singing, from oo:30 to 6:00 am
One of the best music place for many, many decades
15 locals raden deze aan
Honky Tonk Bar Room
24 Calle de Covarrubias
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One of the best music place for many, many decades
Great live concerts, Jazz and pop
28 locals raden deze aan
Clamores
14 C. de Alburquerque
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Great live concerts, Jazz and pop
Week-ends just 50's - 60's -70's and 80's music. Great DJ's
6 locals raden deze aan
ThunderCat Club
11 C. de Campoamor
6 locals raden deze aan
Week-ends just 50's - 60's -70's and 80's music. Great DJ's
The epicentre of the neighbourhood, nice tapas and atmosphere.
29 locals raden deze aan
Chueca-plein
33 Pl. de Chueca
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The epicentre of the neighbourhood, nice tapas and atmosphere.
The place to have a glass of champagne viewing its Art Nouveau cristal ceiling
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The Westin Palace
7 Pl. de las Cortes
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The place to have a glass of champagne viewing its Art Nouveau cristal ceiling
The most famous cocktail bar in Madrid, Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn, Bull fighters, Hollywood stars
55 locals raden deze aan
Museo Chicote
12 Calle Gran Vía
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The most famous cocktail bar in Madrid, Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn, Bull fighters, Hollywood stars
Real Flamenco not a tourist place
152 locals raden deze aan
Casa Patas
10 Calle de los Cañizares
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Real Flamenco not a tourist place
The most fashionable terrace in Madrid right now. The Hotel was built by Eiffel -the Tower guy- and Merimée wrote in it CARMEN -it used to be the Spanish born Empress Eugenia -married to Napoleon III of France palace in Madrid. Bullfighters from generations and generations get/got dressed here before going to the Arena Plaza de las Ventas.
43 locals raden deze aan
ME Madrid Reina Victoria
14 Plaza de Sta. Ana
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The most fashionable terrace in Madrid right now. The Hotel was built by Eiffel -the Tower guy- and Merimée wrote in it CARMEN -it used to be the Spanish born Empress Eugenia -married to Napoleon III of France palace in Madrid. Bullfighters from generations and generations get/got dressed here before going to the Arena Plaza de las Ventas.

Sightseeing

The little garden on the left of the entrance is a secret place to have coffee or tea.
173 locals raden deze aan
Museum van het Romanticisme
13 C. de San Mateo
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The little garden on the left of the entrance is a secret place to have coffee or tea.
Their terrace on top has one of the best views of Madrid. A meeting place for artists and intellectuals.
323 locals raden deze aan
Círculo de Bellas Artes
42 C. de Alcalá
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Their terrace on top has one of the best views of Madrid. A meeting place for artists and intellectuals.
A meeting place for real intellectuals and art lovers
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Ateneo de Madrid
21 C. del Prado
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A meeting place for real intellectuals and art lovers
The place where to have Chocolate and Churros -typical Madrid breakfast- before going to bed after a long, long night.
321 locals raden deze aan
San Ginés Chocolatería warme chocolademelk en churros
5 Pasadizo de San Ginés
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The place where to have Chocolate and Churros -typical Madrid breakfast- before going to bed after a long, long night.
The place to meet French people and play Pétanque -Budgie Balls- and have a drink with afterwards. Every Friday at 6:00 pm from May to October. Apéro at 8:00 at Época Bar in Front of the square at General Castaños Street. A way to discover the perhaps one day to become new sport at the Olympic Games in Paris.
Plaza Villa de París
Plaza de la Villa de París
The place to meet French people and play Pétanque -Budgie Balls- and have a drink with afterwards. Every Friday at 6:00 pm from May to October. Apéro at 8:00 at Época Bar in Front of the square at General Castaños Street. A way to discover the perhaps one day to become new sport at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Arts & Culture

One of the best private art collections of the world, I even saw Boris Becker there. The temporary exhibitions are as good as the permanent collection free to visit on mondays
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Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
8 P.º del Prado
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One of the best private art collections of the world, I even saw Boris Becker there. The temporary exhibitions are as good as the permanent collection free to visit on mondays
You can imagine Sorolla painting here and then plan to visit the Sorolla Room at NY's Hispanic Society of America
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Museo Sorolla station
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You can imagine Sorolla painting here and then plan to visit the Sorolla Room at NY's Hispanic Society of America
The place to visit Picasso's Guernica and one of the best Modern Art Collections.
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
52 C. de Sta. Isabel
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The place to visit Picasso's Guernica and one of the best Modern Art Collections.
Spanish com museum with great temporary exhibitions, see the staircase before shopping at the Gran Via, real worthy
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Telefónica-gebouw
3 C/ Gran Vía
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Spanish com museum with great temporary exhibitions, see the staircase before shopping at the Gran Via, real worthy
Very nice temporary exhibitions
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Mapfre Stichting
23 P.º de Recoletos
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Very nice temporary exhibitions
Very nice temporary exhibitions
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Sala Bárbara de Braganza - Fundación MAPFRE
13 C/ de Bárbara de Braganza
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Very nice temporary exhibitions
One of the best international libraries -The other is Desperate Literature- in Madrid. They always have a great selection to discover novelties and TOUCH them
Pasajes
3 Calle de Génova
One of the best international libraries -The other is Desperate Literature- in Madrid. They always have a great selection to discover novelties and TOUCH them
The coolest bookshop in Madrid, check in Facebook their monthly poetry events you can attend readings from the best poetry authors in the English language from Oxford to Stanford, through Melbourne.... If you like Shakespeare and Co in Paris you will love it, Terry, the owner used to be there and is always looking for great books for you when he is not in Madrid
Librería Desperate Literature (Bookstore)
13 C. de Campomanes
The coolest bookshop in Madrid, check in Facebook their monthly poetry events you can attend readings from the best poetry authors in the English language from Oxford to Stanford, through Melbourne.... If you like Shakespeare and Co in Paris you will love it, Terry, the owner used to be there and is always looking for great books for you when he is not in Madrid
The Spanish National Library. Great Exhibitions. The other side of the building -Serrano street- is the Archeological Museum, so worthy to visit to
89 locals raden deze aan
Biblioteca Nacional de España
20-22 P.º de Recoletos
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The Spanish National Library. Great Exhibitions. The other side of the building -Serrano street- is the Archeological Museum, so worthy to visit to
A great bookshop
Antonio Machado Bookshop
11 C. de Fernando VI
A great bookshop
Great exhibitions
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La Casa Encendida
2 Rda. de Valencia
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Great exhibitions
The most ancient theatre in Madrid in one of the most beautiful squares in Madrid. Santa Ana
77 locals raden deze aan
Spaans theater
25 C. del Príncipe
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The most ancient theatre in Madrid in one of the most beautiful squares in Madrid. Santa Ana

Parks & Nature

It used to be a private Royal Family hunting place. The Art Nouveau Cristal Palace is one of the most beautiful places in Madrid. You can also rent a boat and row in the lake -no need of Hugh Grant reciting Keats- the tapas in front are to be avoided but a good place to have a refreshment
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Parque del Retiro
7 Plaza de la Independencia
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It used to be a private Royal Family hunting place. The Art Nouveau Cristal Palace is one of the most beautiful places in Madrid. You can also rent a boat and row in the lake -no need of Hugh Grant reciting Keats- the tapas in front are to be avoided but a good place to have a refreshment

Everything Else

A very nice Gluten Free place in a beautiful hotel
10 locals raden deze aan
Celicioso Barquillo
19 C. del Barquillo
10 locals raden deze aan
A very nice Gluten Free place in a beautiful hotel