"Madrid... an emerging city!" Madrid by tzuki

Madrid Travel Guide: 5,306 reviews and 10,727 photos

Paseo de Recoletos, 1946. Photo by Manuel Urech

Capital of Spain

Madrid, capital of SPain.

Madriz, the place where is the join of the steps that become a Chotis, Old Spanish popular dance.

Madrid, meeting centre point of business and people.

As London, Madrid is a city that likes or dislikes.

However...great buildings, nice old centre city, gorgeous 'mesones' where taste some of the most typical 'tapas', narrow streets and wide ones as El Paseo de la Castellana.

Many people know Madrid as a place for Party/Fiesta !!!! (late night), although Madrid offers more than a Fiesta continuos party, and there are hidden places that bring you the Glory of being alive.

Go to Spain and pop in Madrid, you will deserve! You will enjoy it!

Welcome to my Madrid´s page!

*Photo info:
There was a great Photo exhibition going on in Madrid in April 2007 in which there were some beautiful photos exhibits of one of the newspapers of Madrid, years 1926-1971.
This was important plus emotive to me because my grandfather had a big amount of work presented on this exhibition. He was one of the greatest photo-journalist of this newspaper :-)
if you want to know more info, clic this page (sorry in Spanish):
http://www.apeuropeos.org/madridalpaso.html

Very old places

Spanish Tasca Fachade. Photo by Gloria Urech

There are some very singular places in Madrid as the one shown in the picture...
an old TASCA which is decorated in a great Spanish hand-made tiles.

Some of the streets of this city have these beautiful handmade decorated tiles on the fachades and as steets names´tiles. Some of them, are really nice to see and photo.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Light, warm people and delicious tastes!!!
Cons:Too many cars................and people smoking!
In a nutshell:Madrid has something special that I cannot explain with words...

Last visit to Madrid: Dec 2006
Intro Updated Sep 2, 2007
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nada1712 Sep 7, 2010 at 6:22 AM

I love your pages on Madrid. They are so good!
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mindcrime Jul 22, 2010 at 3:33 PM

next time we will follow your restaurant tips :) nice updates by the way ;)
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jumpingnorman Jul 22, 2010 at 2:28 PM

Haha - Foot-Wash Barrio - very interesting new tips on Lavapiés - and that jardin botanico is lovely....and Great 4 towers ....thanks for sharing, Norman :)
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hunterV Jul 22, 2010 at 12:41 PM

Thanks for your splendid pictures and interesting stories....
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mvtouring Jul 17, 2010 at 2:18 PM

great restaurant tips ;-)
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Durfun May 9, 2010 at 4:23 AM

Some solid tips here. Muchas gracias ;-)
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unaS Jun 23, 2009 at 5:11 AM

Great additional tip. Thanks.
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deecat Apr 8, 2009 at 4:14 PM

My husband and I really enjoyed Madrid when we visited. I certainly was delighted by your tips, especially the restaurant tips.
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Jerelis Dec 18, 2008 at 4:05 AM

As a huge fan of Real Midrid I must visit this beautiful city some day! Your restaurant tips are mouth watering! Thanx for sharing.
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Basaic Oct 25, 2008 at 1:17 PM

My time in Madrid was far too short. Thanks for the memories.