Lonely Planet Pocket Madrid

Anthony Ham

Description

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Pocket Madrid is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. View the marvellous frescoes at Plaza Mayor, see Picasso's Guernica at the Reina Sofia and have a picnic in Parque del Buen Retiro - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Madrid and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Madrid: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Free, convenient pull-out map (included in print version), plus over 18 colour neighbourhood maps User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Covers Salamanca, Plaza Mayor, Royal Madrid, El Retiro, La Latina, Lavapies, Malasana, Chueca, Sol, Santa Ana, Huertas, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Pocket Madrid is our colourful, easy to use, handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, providing on-the-go assistance for those seeking the best sights and experiences on a short visit or weekend break. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Spain guide for an in-depth look at all the country has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) *Source: Nielsen BookScan: Australia, UK, USA, 5/2016-4/2017eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Sujets

• Spain
• Spain (groupe)

Informations

• Publié par: Lonely Planet
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781788681711
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 30 Mo

Extrait

Contents

Plan Your Trip

Welcome to Madrid
Top Sights
Restaurants
Tapas
Cafes
Shopping
Art
Green Spaces
For Kids
Bars
Live Music & Flamenco
Clubs
For Free
Four Perfect Days
Need to Know
Madrid Neighbourhoods

Explore Madrid

Plaza Mayor & Royal Madrid
La Latina & Lavapiés
Sol, Santa Ana & Huertas
El Retiro & the Art Museums
Salamanca
Malasaña & Chueca

Worth a Trip

Plaza de Toros & Museo Taurino
Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida
San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Survival Guide

Survival Guide
Before You Go
Arriving in Madrid
Getting Around
Essential Information
Language
Behind the Scenes
Our Writer
Welcome to Madrid

No city on earth is more alive than Madrid, a beguiling place whose sheer energy carries a simple message: this is one city that knows how to live. Madrid’s calling cards are many: astonishing art galleries, stunning architecture, relentless nightlife, fine restaurants and tapas bars. Other cities have some of these things. Madrid has them all in bucketloads.

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Madrid Top Sights

Museo del Prado
Among the world’s finest galleries.

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Madrid Top Sights
Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Picasso, Dalí and Miró.

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Madrid Top Sights
Parque del Buen Retiro
Magnificent monumental parklands.

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Madrid Top Sights
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Fabulous collection of European art.

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Madrid Top Sights
Palacio Real
Palatial royal architectural showpiece.

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Madrid Top Sights
Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida
The splendour of Goya’s frescoes.

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Madrid Top Sights
Museo Lázaro Galdiano
Salamanca’s noblest art-filled mansion.

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Madrid Top Sights
Plaza Mayor
Madrid’s grandest public square.

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Madrid Top Sights
Plaza de Toros
An architecturally splendid bullring.

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Madrid Top Sights
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Unesco-listed royal extravagance.

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Restaurants

It’s not that the Madrid’s culinary traditions are anything special. Rather, everything that is exciting about Spanish cooking finds expression in the capital, from Basque tapas bars to avant garde Catalan chefs, from the best in Galician seafood to Andalucía’s Mediterranean catch. Travel from one Spanish village to the next and you’ll learn that each has its own speciality. Travel to Madrid and you’ll find them all.

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Madrid Specialties
The city’s traditional local cuisine is dominated by hearty stews, particularly in winter, and there are none more hearty than cocido a la madrileña , a hotpot or stew that starts with a noodle broth and is followed by, or combined with, carrots, chickpeas, chicken, morcilla (blood sausage), beef, lard and possibly other sausage meats, too. Other popular staples include cordero asado (roast lamb), croquetas (croquettes), patatas con huevos fritos (baked potatoes with eggs, also known as huevos rotos ), tortilla de patatas (a thick potato omelette) and endless variations on bacalao (cod).

Regional Specialties
Madrid’s local cuisine is only half the story. The city has also wholeheartedly embraced dishes – and the innovations that accompany them – from across the country. Most notably, every day tonnes of fish and seafood are trucked in from Mediterranean and Atlantic ports to satisfy the madrileño (a resident of Madrid) taste for the sea to the extent that, remarkably for a city so far inland, Madrid is home to the world’s second-largest fish market (after Tokyo).

Best for Local Cooking
Taberna La Bola One of the best places in town to try cocido a la madrileña and other local favourites such as callos (tripe).
Malacatín A tiled bar where the cocido can be tried as a tapas or the more authentic all-you-can-eat version.
Restaurante Sobrino de Botín The world’s oldest restaurant and a hugely atmospheric place to sample roasted meats.
Lhardy The great and the good of Madrid, from royalty to A-list celebrities, have all eaten in this bastion of traditional cooking. (Pictured)
Posada de la Villa Another historical converted inn where the roasted meats have acquired legendary status across the city.
Casa Lucio One of Madrid’s most celebrated restaurants, where royalty and ordinary madrileños order cocido and the city’s best huevos rotos .
Best for Regional Spanish
Maceiras Earthy decor and good down-home cooking from the coasts of Galicia – pulpo (octopus) is the prize dish.
La Cocina de María Luisa The inland cuisine of Castilla y León takes centre stage at this well-regarded Salamanca eatery.
Biotza The best in Basque cooking from bite-sized pintxos (Basque tapas) to sit-down meals out back.

A Culinary Experience
DiverXo ( % 91 570 07 66; www.diverxo.com ; Calle de Padre Damián 23; set menus €195-250; h 2-3.30pm & 9-10.30pm Tue-Sat, closed three weeks in Aug; m Cuzco) in northern Madrid is the city’s only three-Michelin-starred restaurant. Chef David Muñoz favours what he calls a ‘brutal’ approach to cooking – his team of chefs appear mid-bite to add surprising new ingredients.

Tapas

The art of ir de tapear (going out for tapas) is one of Madrid’s most enduring and best-loved gastronomic and social traditions rolled into one. Many of the city’s best tapas bars clamour for space in La Latina, but such is the local love of tapas that every Madrid barrio (district) has some fabulous options.

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Best for Tapas
Estado Puro Madrid’s most innovative tapas from the kitchen lab of masterchef Paco Roncero.
Taberna Matritum Slightly removed from the main La Latina tapas zone, but worth the slight detour.
Juana La Loca Wins our vote for Madrid’s best tortilla de patatas (Spanish omelette).
Txirimiri Fantastic tortilla de patatas and so much more, with a Basque theme for much of what’s on offer.
Casa Alberto Tapas like jamón and croquetas as they used to be in a traditional setting.
Pez Tortilla Tortilla de patatas , croquetas and craft beer.
Casa Revuelta A Madrid institution for the city’s best cod bites, as well as tripe and bacon bits.
Bocaito Classic Andalucian tapas, and bar staff who keep things loud and ticking over.
Mercado de San Miguel Fresh produce market meets delicatessen with some of Madrid’s most desirable tapas. (Pictured)

Cafes

Madrid’s thriving cafe culture dates back to the early to mid-20th century, when old-style coffeehouses formed the centrepiece of the country’s intellectual life. Many have been lost to time, but some outstanding examples remain and their clientele long ago broadened to encompass an entire cross-section of modern Madrid society. Most of the cafes covered here are primarily places to take a coffee at any hour of the day and we recommend them as such.

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Best Old Literary Cafes
Café-Restaurante El Espejo Another of the grand old dames of Madrid high society, this storied cafe retains its original decor.
Café Comercial One of the city’s oldest cafes located on Glorieta de Bilbao.
Gran Café de Gijón The third in a triumvirate of cafes that rank among Europe’s best.
Cafe de Oriente Fabulous palace views and a stately Central European feel.
Best Meeting Places
Café Manuela Old-world decoration and the lively hum of modern Madrid – a perfect mix.
Café del Real Cool and intimate urban space in the heart of the city.
Lolina Vintage Café One of Malasaña’s coolest retro cafes, with coffee, cocktails and a mixed crowd.

Shopping

Madrid is a great place to shop, and shopping in the Spanish capital often involves debunking a few stereotypes. Fashionistas will discover a whole new world of designers. The buzz surrounding Spanish food and drink is not restricted to the city’s restaurants and tapas bars, as there are some fine purveyors of gourmet foods where you can shop for goodies to carry back home. And then there are the antiques and quality souvenirs.

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Spanish Fashions
Just as Spanish celebrity chefs have taken the world by storm, the world’s most prestigious catwalks are clamouring for Spanish designers. The bold colours and eye-catching designs may be relative newcomers on the international stage, but they’ve been around in Madrid for far longer, with most designers making their names during the creative outpouring of la movida madrileña (the Madrid scene) in the 1980s.

Gourmet Foods
Madrid’s markets have undergone something of a revolution in recent years, transforming themselves into vibrant spaces where you can eat as well as shop. Added to these are the small specialist stores where the packaging is often as exquisite as the tastes on offer.

Antiques & Souvenirs
You could buy your friends back home a bullfighting poster with their names on it. Or you could go for a touch more class and take home a lovely papier mâché figurine, a carefully crafted ceramic bowl or a hand-painted Spanish fan.

Best for Spanish Fashions
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada The icon of a generation, Agatha’s outrageous colours make her the Pedro Almodóvar of Spanish fashion. (Pictured)
Camper Only Spanish designers could make a world fashion superstar out of bowling-shoe chic.
Manolo Blahnik The world-famous maker of designer shoes for celebrities from all corners of the globe.
Best for Gourmet Foods
Mercado de San Miguel Cured meats all vacuum-sealed and ready to take home is just one of the things this remodelled market does so well.
Bombonerías Santa Old-style and near-perfect chocolates gift-wrapped like works of art.
Oriol Balaguer One of Spain’s