Location: Centro
Top Things to do in Centro
Things to do in Madrid, Community of Madrid: The Best Shopping
So many of Madrid’s buildings look like castles, you’ll think you’ve stumbled into a fairytale. Even City Hall is astounding, with its white pinnacles and neo-Gothic features. A self-guided architecture tour can begin by the great bear statue in the central Puerta del Sol. Wander by the fanciful Royal Palace before absorbing the natural beauty of Retiro Park, then visit one of the city’s many museums. You could happily cap off each day by nibbling on forkfuls of paella while sipping Spanish rioja.
Restaurants in Madrid
1. Simply Rickshaw
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
Design | Fragments of the World After almost a decade exploring urban landscapes and remote territories, an idea is born: creating a project that appeals to both the taste for all the alive and new and to the solemn beauty of day-to-day antique objects. The result is Simply Rickshaw, a beautiful store plenty of secrets from all over the world.
2. Exposicion Pintores Plaza Conde Barajas
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5.0 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By Luisaal - Community of Madrid, Spain
A walk with lots of art and without entering a museum. We enjoy seeing the exhibition and getting to know the artists, it is very nice and you can ask and order the painting you want.
3. La ley de Snell
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
The gallery is a dynamic space and cultural meeting located in the central Madrid neighborhood of Malasaña, where temporary exhibitions, film projections, painting workshops and other activities related to culture and art are held.
4. Galeria Modus Operandi
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Modus Operandi was born in 2012 at number 5 of Reina Mercedes street in Madrid, although we are currently located in the heart of the Barrio de las Letras (C / Lope de Vega 31). The Modus Operandi gallery combines almost all the creative activity (art gallery, publishing house, audiovisual and theatrical production company ...), betting on cultural transversality.
5. Galerias Piquer
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
6. Mercado San Miguel
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4.5 based on 15,056 reviews
High quality culinary adventures abound in this wholesale food market, now one of the most important in Europe. Besides eating on-site, you can buy wrapped and canned food, as well as bottles of wine.
Reviewed By TheMatlockTraveller - Matlock, United Kingdom
One of my favourite places in Madrid (also, one of my favourite European cities!) Just off from Plaza Mayor, this building has been upgraded from the old market hall and is now a modern and buzzing meeting place for locals and tourists alike! Full of small "stalls" that sell all kinds of food, drink and gifts/treats. Tables where you can stand and enjoy your purchases and enjoy this magnificent place. Go and spend a couple of hours there and soak up the incredible atmosphere and its such a great place for people watching. Cannot be beaten for a taste of real Spain!
7. Malasana Market
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4.5 based on 8 reviews
8. Cava Baja Gallery
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4.5 based on 1,441 reviews
Cava Baja Gallery, Art Gallery in Madrid City. Contemporary Spanish artists. Underground La Latina. Cava Baja Gallery is near the Plaza Mayor, Almudena's Cathedral, The Royal Palace in a fun street with restaurants and oldest hotels in Madrid. Cava Baja Gallery, galeria de arte en la ciudad de Madrid, en La latina, barrio de Palacio, Madrid de los Austrias, en una de las calles mas antiguas de Madrid, de tabernas y posadas centenarias, Cerca de Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, Palacio Real y la Catedral de La Almudena. Trabajamos con artistas contemporáneos consagrados en exposición individual o colectiva. Entre fondas y tabernas, Cava Baja Gallery. Cava Baja, 27 - Horario: Martes - Sabado: De 11 a 21.30 h. Domingos: De 11 a 18 h. Lunes, cerrado por descanso. cavabajagallery.com
Reviewed By Mairwen1
This street was one of the highlights of our trip to Madrid. It might only be a relatively short street but it’s one of the best. It’s a warren of tapas bars, with around 50 or so in the one small area. We started at one end and made our way along them, picking and choosing in a random sort of way. The street follows the curves of the original 12th-century city wall and in some of the bars like Posada del Dragon, you can still see remains of some of the wall. Our top three places were: 1. La Concha 2. Pousada del Dragon 3. Casa Luca La Concha was our absolute favourite. A tiny place full of character that served an amazing vermouth cocktail and complimentary tapas. They make their own vermouth which they sell at €12 a bottle. We left with our backpack clinking because we'd bought two. GETTING THERE: 5 min walk from Plaza Mayor
9. Mercado de Anton Martin
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4.5 based on 303 reviews
Reviewed By TrueTexasTraveler - Amarillo, United States
This is not a tourist market, rather a true market for folks living in the area. There is an amazing selection of olives, meats, fruit, vegetables, fish, olive oil and even offal like pig ears and snouts. It's a wonderful experience if you're vising Madrid and want to shop like a local, or just want to go pick out some foods you wouldn't think to get unless you stumbled upon them.
