Comments on: Notes from Madrid – Your Turn!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:18:38 +0000

You have to spend at least one day not doing much of anything. Sitting outside the Prado…strolling in Retiro…etc. Soak it in!

My favorite was to sit near the Puerta del Sol in the middle of the day and just watch all the tons of people walk by.

By: Aglie

Aglie — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:57:03 +0000

Parque de El Capricho (http://www.arturosoria.com/arturosoria/art/capricho.asp)

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:38:24 +0000

I would recommend both Tupperware (M: Tribunal) and the Irish Rover/Moby Dick’s (M: Santiago Bernabeu) for a night out. Both have really great music and vibe! I am moving back to Madrid in September and I can’t wait to return to both. Also, in terms of eating, I would definitely recommend Casa Mingo (M: Principe Pio) to anyone wanting to try Asturian cider and pollo asado. Amazingly good and reasonably priced!

By: Charisma

Charisma — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:37:22 +0000

I’ve taken a lot of folks to ZOE (M: Anton Martin). Lots of fresh ingredients turned into creative cuisine. The menús are not bad. Great stop-off after the Reina Sofía or CaixaForum. VEGAVIANA (M: Chueca) has really good seitan San J. And I really like the ice creams at both LOS ALPES (M: Arguelles) and Bajo Cero (M: Quevedo). DELIC (M: La Latina) is in all the guidebooks (it seems), but I’m glad to find a coffeeshop (non-Starbucks, not Gijon, Commercial or any of those other traditional palces) open before 2pm. For movies in V.O., I prefer the RENOIR chain (there’s a few around M: Pza de España) over YELMO.

That’s it…for now…

By: ben

ben — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:42 +0000

Thanks for all the suggestions so far, keep them coming!

By: Liesbeth

Liesbeth — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:12:20 +0000

i can recommend the menu del dia at the cafe Central (Plaza del Angel). Really great food for 10-12 euro.
And at a rainy day: go to a movie. There are a lot of cinemas with movies in the original language (spanish subtitles)- good for your spanish

By: bill

bill — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:37:11 +0000

A summer evening curry on a terraza in Lavapies – and becoming part of as vibrant a mix of cultrures as anywhere you’ll find in London

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:25:50 +0000

I had the octopus @ Maceiras – it was previously on my lisy of ‘dont eat this’ foods – it was wonderful. I enjoyed the qeimada immensely – the ‘ceremony’ and the resulting drink.

Plaza Santa Anna – nuf said

Taberna Almendro 13 or Taberna del Tirso de Molina for lunch

Also – go into la Venencia with a massive flashgun, take a photo and enjoy the torrent of abuse that results – nice dog though!!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:13:45 +0000

Oh also, I can’t recommend it personally, but I’ve been told by my Spanish collegues that I’m not allowed to leave Spain (the will physically restrain me) without eating the fish at Las Maceiras, Calle de las Huertas, 66.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:10:54 +0000

- Spend a day walking/hiking around Cercedilla/Navacerrada/Cuenca Alta del Manzanares
- Malaspina, Calle Cadiz, 9. Nice atmosphere, cosy, good raciones, good value for money, smack bang in Sol.
- A night out in Huertas, has to be done
- Eat a menu del dia…anywhere. I havent had a bad one yet!
- Enjoy a cosy cocktail with your boyfriend/girlfriend in Areia, Calle Hortaleza, 92
- Fight for a drink and tapas at El Tigre – also has to be done for the experience
- Go indoor skiing at Xanadu

That’s all I can think of at the moment!