“Visiting Chamberi will give you a glimpse at the everyday life in Madrid. This district was the place of residence of many aristocrats in the past two centuries. The best place to enjoy this way of living is the beautiful Plaza de Olavide, a meeting point for the senior residence of this neighborhood, meeting up on the park benches, playing with they grand children at the playground (…) “
The neighborhood of Salamanca is considered Madrid’s poshest and more expensive areas. The so-called “Golden Mile” is an alley of glittery flagship stores and high-end local designers. Madrid’s five star luxury hotels such as Villa Magna, Hotel Wellington and Hotel Adler and Michelin-star restaurant cater to the so called pijos – the upper class (…)
This Madrid neighborhood has been known as the gay neighborhood for the past two decades, similar to San Francisco’s Castro. With nearly 2,000,000 participants it also host one of the world’s largest Gay Pride Parades. Chueca has become a playground for the city’s youth, packed with fabulous restaurants, boutiques, funky bars and clubs (…)
Malasaña is immensely popular and widely known as the hippest and most trendy part of town. These streets are lined with the city’s coolest bars and cafes and fill up especially on the weekend with students from all over the city. The nightlife in Malasaña is slightly grungy as most of the bars and music venues are divey and play rock, reggae and anything other than contemporary pop music (…)
Sol is the city-center when it comes to transport, shopping and tourist destination and is possibly Madrid’s most touristy area. As the center-point of the city it also marks Kilometer Zero, meaning that it’s literally the middle-point of the entire country. Sol is also home to Madrid’s most popular meeting-point: “El Oso y el Madroño”
– the bear statue (…)