Madrid City Guide
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Created on April 5, 2022
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MADRID CITY
GUIDE
Rubrics
Time for Shopping !
Sport, leisure activities and nature
Pratical Informations
Getting around
Sightseing, places of interest and main attraction to see
Dinner's Ready !
Events agenda
Enjoy a drink
Hospital
Security
Air/Fer routes
Météo
- 4 Clinics
- 12 Hospitals
- SAMUR : 112
- Red Cross emergencies : 91 335 45 44
- Home Emergencies : 061 or 91 409 55 30
- Sping : <12°C April --> <21°C June
- Summer : warm and dry air : <25°C
- Automn : >15°C October --> >7°C December
- Winter : col and dry air : >6°C
- Security Index : 69.86 %
- Crime Index : 30.03 %
- Comisaría de Chamberi Rafael Calvo, 33 28010 Madrid, España. Tel. : +34 91 322 3268
Underground : Ruben Dario (green line, L5) more than 2' walk
- One airport
- 2 Main Train stations
- 2 Secondary Train stations
Pratical informations
Meteo in Madrid
Getting Around
- More than 200 lines
- Airport direct line
- Between 6:00 a.m to 11:30 p.m
- Night buses, 26 lines, 11:55p.m to 5:00 a.m
- 1.50 euros : sigle ticket
- 12.20 euros : 10 travels
- 13 lines
- Between 6:00 a.m to 11:30 p.m
- Tarjeta Multi, transport card, 2.50 euros
valid for 10 years
- 30 days subscription
- 11 lines
- 7 zones + 1 eco zone
- Between 5:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m
- +Renfe & Tú :
- Nominative (2 euros)
or not (0.50 euros)- Evry days
Price per kilometre :
-Week days from 6:00 a.m
to 9:00 p.m : 1.10 euros
- Weekend and holidays : 1.35 euros
Places to go
Things to buy
Original Souvenirs & handicraft
- Maps of Madrid's neighborhoods illustrated by Relajaelcoco or Ricardo Cavolo (Walk With Me)
- Arbouse Liquor (Mariano Madrueño wine cellar in the Lavapiés district)
- Beautifull sapnish porcelain (San Miguel Artesanía in the Plaza de San Miguel street)
- Fean without canvas, lace, smooth, with hand-painted flowers (Casa de Diego in the Puerta del sol district)
Tree districts for shopping :
- Salamanca
- Chueca
- La puerta del sol district
- Monday to Friday from 10am to 2pm and from 5pm to 8pm
- Saturday morning.
Sunday shopping :
- Rastro district market
- Biggest market of Spain
- Open on morning
Time For Shopping !
Sightseing, places of interest and main attraction to see
Top 10 Main Touristic cits
- The Plaza Mayor
- The Puerta del Sol Square
- The Prado Museum
- The Templo de Debod
- The Mercado de San Miguel
- El palacio Real
- The Retiro Park
- The Royal Botanical Garden
- The Temple of Amon (Debod)
- The Arena of Las Ventas
The Retiro Park
Top 5 main visiting places
- Prado Museum
- Reina Sofia Museum
- Spanish national library
- The Cine Doré
- The Royal Theater
Top 5 main attraction to see
- The Parque de Atracciones of Madrid
- The Abismo
- The VR Virtual Recall Park & Academy
- The Zoo aquiarium of Madrid
- Faunia
The Royal Theater
The Parque de Atracciones
Specialities
Foods:
- Tapas (UNESCO World Heritage)
Typical Spanish appetizer accompanied by a drink, which is very popular thanks to its infinity of variety. Traditionally the person must go from bar to bar to eat the best tapas of this one.
- The Paeilla
The typical Spanish dish whose name comes from the pan where it is prepared, originally from Valance, this dish based on round rice, the recipe varies depending on the region.
Drinks:
- The Sangrilla
Typical Spanish drink composed of red wine and distilled alcohol, orange, lemon, apples, sugar peaches and cinnamon preferably rested 24h.
- Horchata de Chufa.
Valencia specialty sweet drink made from tiger nut tubers (chufa) It is sometimes served with crushed ice (granizado). It is traditionally eaten with rolls called fartons.
Dinner's Ready!
Best Restaurants
According to the Michelin Guide
- The Zalacain
-Calle Álvarez de Baena, 4, 28006
- Avarage price : 110-120 Eu
- Classic spanish cuisine
- Classic spanish cuisine
- Monday to Saturday (Except on public hollidays), 1:00p.m to 3:45p.m and 9:00 to 11:45 p.m
- Master Card, Visa and American Express credit card OK
- The Desencaja
- Paseo de la Habana, 84, 28016
- Avarage price : 40-80 Eu
- Traditional Spanish cuisine
- Tuesday to Saturday (Except on public hollidays), 2:00p.m to 3:00p.m and 9:00p.m to 11:00p.m
-Master Card, Visa and American Express credit card OK
(9.7/10)
(9.3/10)
The Zalacain Restaurant
A plate of tapas from the Kaza café
January - March
Events agenda
Carnaval (A whole week of January) :
Every year, on the Friday before Shrove Tuesday, Madrid celebrates Carnival, the most popular spanish festival in the world, which fills the streets with music, colour and laughter
in the city.
Madrid en Danza Festival (April - June):
Each year, Madrid en Danza mixes the new with so-called “safe” values, thanks to a program that brings together great figures from the world of dance and promising young talents. Although the main objective of the festival is to present the new aesthetic and thematic tendencies of the national dance, there is also an international section devoted to several fields during each edition.
April - June
Jully - September
El Rel Leon (September) :
The Lion King is one of the most universal musicals that has already won over 100 million viewers worldwide. Its breathtaking staging, the animated sculptures that are small masterpieces and the evocative music widely known to all have made this show one of the main attractions of the city of Madrid. The Lion King celebrates its eighth uninterrupted season in theaters and thus becomes the first musical to break this record in Spain.
October - December
- Emociones: Flamenco Show (novembre- dicember) :
This show, in which all the nuances of this art, listed as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO, is performed by a group of high-level artists who reveal their talent as dancers, guitarists, percussionists and singers. Thus, styles such as dance with a dress with a train, flamenco in couple, singing and guitar solos, are brought together in a varied program.
The dancer Ursula Moreno during the flamenco show of 2021
The dancer Ursula Moreno during the flamenco show of 2020
El Rey Leon during the representation of 2020
A Madrid carnival parade
Enjoy A Drink
- 2 Bar you can't Miss in Madrid
- The 1862 Dry Bar (Calle del Pez, 27, 28004)
- La Santoria (Calle de Lope de Vega, 30, 28014)
- 2 Drinks You must To try in Madrid
- The Kalimotxo
- The Cava
Sport, leisure activities and nature
- Main Sports Activities in Madid
- Soccer
- The King of sport all around the world but in Spain, watching soccer in a bar has become a tradition
- walking and running
- Madrid's parks and green spaces offer endless opportunity to run around the city. There are many free running clubs for experienced and casual athletes. The two most popular racing competitions are the Rock'n'Roll Marathon and San Silvestre Vallecana
- Bullfighting
- Bullfighting became popular in Spain at the end of the 18th century and it still is today. Madrid is home to one of the most important bullrings in the country, Las Ventas, and the bullfighting season runs from March to October. Although it is inextricably linked to Spanish history and culture, it is controversial both by foreigners and locals.
- Famousest Sport Club in Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol :
The legendary soccer club which received the honorary title of the greatest club of the 20th century from FIFA. This club won 13 times the Champions League, 4 times the UEFA supercup as well as 3 times the intercontinetal Cup.
Real Madrid Baloncesto :
A Spanish basketball club belonging to the Liga ACB, the highest level of the Spanish championship. Based in Madrid, it is a section of Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. We call them Los Blancos or Los Merengues. This clus won 5 times the intercontinetal Cup, 10 the Euroligue, 4 times the Saporta Cup as well as 1 time the EuroCup.
The logo of the football club as well as that of basketball