Lonely Planet Pocket Madrid

Anthony Ham

Description

Lonely Planet's Pocket Madrid is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Start your day with chocolate con churros, feast on art at Museo del Prado, and fuel your evening fun with the best tapas; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Madrid and make the most of your trip! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Madrid: Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreakFull-colour maps and travel photography throughoutHighlights and itineraries help you tailor a trip to your personal needs and interestsInsider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spotsEssential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, pricesHonest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks missUser-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your timeCovers 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, an easy-to-use guide filled with top experiences - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - that literally fits in your pocket. Make the most of a quick trip to Madrid with trusted travel advice to get you straight to the heart of the city. Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and off-the-beaten-path experiences, and extensively covers all of Madrid's neighbourhoods? Check out Lonely Planet's Madrid guide. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Spain guide for a comprehensive look at all that the country has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, 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, videos, 14 languages, 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)

Sujets

• Spain
• Spain (groupe)

Informations

• Publié par: Lonely Planet
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781838692742
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 18 Mo

Extrait

Contents

Plan Your Trip

Madrid’s Top Experiences
Dining Out
Tapas
Cafes
Treasure Hunt
Art
Bar Open
Live Music & Flamenco
Clubs
LGBTIQ+
For Kids
Under the Radar
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

Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida
Plaza de Toros & Museo Taurino
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

COVID-19
We have re-checked every business in this book before publication to ensure that it is still open after the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 will continue to be felt long after the outbreak has been contained, and many businesses, services and events referenced in this guide may experience ongoing restrictions. Some businesses may be temporarily closed, have changed their opening hours and services, or require bookings; some unfortunately could have closed permanently. We suggest you check with venues before visiting for the latest information.
Madrid’s Top Experiences

1 Picture Perfection at Museo del Prado

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Madrid’s Top Experiences
1 Ponder Picasso at Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

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Madrid’s Top Experiences
1 Delight in the Art at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

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Madrid’s Top Experiences
1 Chill Out at Parque del Buen Retiro

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1 People Watch at Plaza Mayor

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Madrid’s Top Experiences
1 Gorge on Goya at Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida

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Madrid’s Top Experiences
1 Lord it Up at San Lorenzo de El Escorial

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Madrid’s Top Experiences
1 Muse on Art at Museo Lázaro Galdiano

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Madrid’s Top Experiences
1 Marvel at the Palacio Real

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Madrid’s Top Experiences
1 Step Back in Time at Plaza de Toros & Museo Taurino

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Dining Out

Madrid is the best place to eat in Spain. Here you’ll find all that’s exciting about Spanish cooking, from Basque tapas bars and avant-garde Catalan chefs to Galician seafood and Andalucía’s Mediterranean catch. Travel from one Spanish village to the next and each will have its own speciality. Travel to Madrid and you’ll find them all.

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Madrid Specialities
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 (potato omelette) and endless variations on bacalao (cod).

Regional Specialties
Madrid has 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 (Madrid resident) 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 tapa 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.
Taberna La Daniela Many locals believe there’s no better cocido in 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.
Sidrería Vasca Zeraín The best in Basque cooking in a formal Barrio de las Letras setting.
La Barraca Valencian home-town cooking in the capital, including Madrid’s best paella.

Worth a Trip: Fierce Fine Dining
DiverXo ( % 91 570 07 66; www.diverxo.com ; Calle del Padre Damián 23; set menu €250; h 2-3.30pm & 9-10.30pm Tue-Fri, closed 3 weeks in Aug; m Cuzco) in northern Madrid is the city’s only three-Michelin-starred restaurant. Chef David Muñoz, something of the enfant terrible of Spain’s cooking scene, 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
Mercado de San Miguel Fresh produce market meets delicatessen with some of Madrid’s most desirable tapas. (pictured)
Juana La Loca Wins our vote for Madrid’s best tortilla de patatas (Spanish omelette).
Casa Dani Wildly popular for its tortilla de patatas over in Salamanca.
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.
Estado Puro Madrid’s most innovative tapas from the kitchen lab of master chef Paco Roncero.

Worth a Trip: Street’s Ahead
There’s no more happening street in Madrid than Chamberí’s Calle de Ponzano, in Madrid’s inner north. Choices for tapas can seem endless. Bodega de la Ardosa has been around since before the street’s current fame. Otherwise, Sala de Despiece ( % 91 752 61 06; www.saladedespiece.com ; Calle de Ponzano 11; mains €7.50-25; h 1-5pm & 7.30pm-midnight Sun-Thu, 1-5.30pm & 7.30pm-1am Fri & Sat; m Alonso Cano) and Le Qualité Tasca ( % 683 510538; www.lequalitetasca.com ; Calle de Ponzano 48; raciones €15-25; h 8.30-11.30pm Tue & Wed, 1pm-midnight Thu, 1pm-1.30am Fri & Sat, 1-11pm Sun; m Ríos Rosas) are among the street’s best.

Cafes

Madrid’s thriving cafe culture dates back to the early to mid-20th century, when old-style coffee houses 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.

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Best Old Literary Cafes
Café-Restaurante El Espejo A the grand old dame 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. (pictured)
Cafe de Oriente Fabulous palace views and a stately Central European feel.

Best Meeting Places
Lolina Vintage Café One of Malasaña’s coolest retro cafes, with coffee, cocktails and a mixed crowd.
Delic Pretty La Latina watering hole that’s an ideal place to linger with friends.
Plaza de Olavide The bars and cafes around the perimeter of this neighbourhood plaza are a favourite Madrid meeting point.

Treasure Hunt

Madrid is a great place to shop. Fashionistas will discover a whole new world of designers, while there are also 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 that compensate for the tacky flamenco dresses and bull T-shirts that assail visitors at every turn.

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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, 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 just as exquisite as the tastes that are on offer there.

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 what can only be described as the Pedro Almodóvar of Spanish fashion.
Camper Only the trendiest of Spanish designers could manage to make a world fashion superstar out of bowling-shoe chic.

Best for Gourmet Foods
Mercado de San Miguel Cured meats all vacuum-sealed and ready to take home is