SpainChevron MadridChevron Manolo YlleraSave this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products and listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links Which part of Madrid is the best to stay in Every hotel review on this list has been written by a Condé Nast Traveler journalist who knows the destination and has visited that property our editors consider properties across price points that offer an authentic and insider experience of a destination and sustainability credentials top of mind Read our complete Madrid travel guide here from the Middle East (croissant-fluffy challah; za’atar-drenched suckling lamb shoulder) to the Iberian peninsula with Spanish produce (red tuna have jatoba-wood joinery and are warmed by pinks and oranges The La Capsule spa is decked with white and floaty curtains (very Delano Miami à la 1990s) and has a 65-foot pool clad in cream marble; a suite of biohacking gadgetry that includes a hyperbaric chamber; and a menu ranging from facial electrostimulation to Chinese massage Chi Nei Tsang serves classic Madrid tapas alongside a variety of fish and meats while a cozy cinema named Miró pays tribute to the private projection rooms of the golden age of Hollywood the one inaugurated with pomp by King Alfonso XIII in 1910; the one that welcomed Grace Kelly and Rainier of Monaco during their honeymoon; and the one where Mata Hari After its remodeling and reopening in 2021 The Ritz is now even more Ritz-like than ever Storied Madrid architecture firm Rafael de La-Hoz and French interior designers Gilles & Boissier (whose touch graced the Baccarat Hotel New York) had the challenging task of reinventing the hotel while holding onto a certain spirit The most striking detail was the recovery of the great glass vault of the Palm Court and the opening of the enormous doors that connect physically—and emotionally—to the Museo del Prado (the great art gallery is so close you can almost touch it) My favorites include The Beauty Concept spa and fitness trainers; the timeless counter of the Pictura cocktail bar where I’ve spent endless hours watched over by gilt-framed oils; Deessa which has gained two Michelin stars in two years; and the rare oasis that is the hotel garden has become a defining Madrid experience at what remains a quintessential hotel the Spanish capital has never been replete with top-notch hotels; but in the last five years the situation has improved beyond recognition But even in the face of tough competition from big-name luxury brands the new Edition is plainly the cherry on the cake—or the prawn on the paella The drama of the building—cunningly repurposed from a boxy modern former bank HQ on the old-town Plaza de Celenque—begins with the ornate 18th-century granite doorway by Pedro de Rivera (one of the few historic elements remaining from the original site) and continues into a vast spiral staircase in pearly-white stone curving spectacularly upwards like a giant seashell The public spaces have a low-lit calm but go all-out for contrast: An antique tapestry hangs behind an all-white pool table lined with electric-blue baize and you might find a minimalist bench artfully draped with a traditional Spanish shawl chef Enrique Olvera disembarks from Mexico City with a restaurant (Jerónimo) that eschews fancy fine dining for a streamlined modern interpretation of traditional Mexican cuisine; if budgetary restrictions apply an evening in the Edition's rooftop wonderland would be a great way of catching the hotel’s hedonistic vibe Built between 1898 and 1902 as the private palacio of the Dukes of Santo Mauro occupies an affluent corner of the Almagro neighborhood where the ebullience of Chamberí gives way to embassies and private clinics High-ceilinged public rooms compete in fin de siècle grandeur but design doyen Lorenzo Castillo’s major interior refresh has removed some of the old hauteur bringing a certain lightness and chic in spite of the many engravings and antiques The walls have been upholstered and ceiling moldings under-lit; restored parquet floors creak underfoot The wood-paneled La Biblioteca Gresca is now the setting for Barcelona-based chef Rafael Peña’s refined Mediterranean market cooking it serves traditional Spanish fare surrounded by walls of colorful books the French-style formal garden has been reimagined by landscaper Fernando Valero as a maze of box hedges and trickling fountains 2024Basing yourself at Rosewood’s first Spanish property in Madrid’s upscale Salamanca quarter is like staying just off Fifth Avenue in New York—you’ll think the city is all designer boutiques and people in gilets if you don’t wander quite a lot further afield A 1972 modernist structure re-opened in 2021 following the attentions of architect Ramón de Aranaas its exterior has had a chic aluminum and brass-clad upgrade The vibe inside is very local and knowing—black-framed floor-to-ceiling glass doors tongue-in-cheek artworks smuggled among more serious pieces and smart lounges you no longer have to book a table at Regular restaurant pop-ups are intricate and designed to entice Madrid’s curious foodies (an alpine ski lodge with plentiful sheepskin on our early spring visit) while the on-site patisserie Flor y Nata casts intoxicating smells all-day dining destination Las Brasas de Castellana serves wonderful traditional dishes run by three-Michelin-star winning Jesús Sánchez does skillful creative turns on Northern Spanish cuisine stylish spa with a uniquely shaped hot tub plus a sauna and steam room; up top is the last piece of the puzzle—the show-stopping Houses opened in 2022 Ask for Royal Anglada House for a seemingly endless space stretching over a long dining room and circular office and both indoor and outdoor kitchens the latter on a wowee-terrace large enough to house a full corporate company’s Christmas party with views out to the mountains beyond the cityscape (so you actually just need to head up to the ninth floor to see past Prada) brought an excitable buzz to the Barrio de las Letras arts district Art Deco interiors nod nostalgically to the building’s origins while a whip smart renovation perfectly integrates the property Right across the street are La Venencia and Chuka Ramen Bar—two restaurants you cannot miss which buzz with the energy of the city day and night There is no other luxury hotel with better views of the Puerta del Sol home of the clock that plays the leading role in Madrid’s with a reception area that manages to feel both spacious and discreet and a bar with comfortable couches that provide an ideal place to have a drink and careful lighting create a homy atmosphere The result is a little bit like Mad Men meets the Museo Chicote (the legendary Madrid cocktail bar where Hemingway and many others imbibed); it has the spirit of both the Madrid of Lola Flores and the New York of Truman Capote complaining about the decay of a once-grand downtown barrio that had also become a monstrous building site But since the Four Seasons opened its doors in September 2020 Standing proudly on the corner of calles Sevilla and Alcalá the Canadian group’s first Spanish property has sailed onto the Madrid hotel scene with all guns blazing promising to grant the neighborhood a new lease on life The city’s two traditional contenders in the top-end stakes must be quaking in their Penelope Chilvers Part of a large project including private residences the hotel has preserved the building’s ornate 19th-century stone façade (check out the elephant heads) and grand interiors such as the double-height lobby with its ivy-green marble columns but there are no rough edges either: this is grown-up stuff from the solid walnut floors and gray-flecked Volakas marble of the rooms to their faultless sound-proofing and refreshingly user-friendly lighting systems But there’s also a delicate touch in the design that seems just right for an age that has tired of glitz Service manages the deft trick of being both briskly efficient and charmingly Spanish genial chef Dani Garcia does his New Andalucian thing to fabulous backdrop views of monumental Madrid Principal is ultra chic through and through with a hip location and views that can't be beat and you might miss the entrance to this unassuming hotel tucked away behind sliding doors on a polished Salamanca street A marble staircase leads up to sizeable rooms and bathrooms where windows galore open to the quiet garden courtyard or the main street in front which has two Michelin stars and the menu creativity to prove it—fallow deer loin with blueberry and pomegranate demi-glace or sole fish steamed in pine with its skins in cava wine For those unable to secure a spot at the dinner table never fear: the chef also oversees the breakfast spread with a stately façade by Juan de Villanueva (the architect better known for El Prado) is actually a bright and modern space inside The decor of Hotel NH Collection Madrid Palacio de Tepa may seem avant-garde with minimalist furniture and statement lights—but one glance through the glass panels in the lobby floor will reveal the ruins of a 16th-century canal system below thanks to two sets of interior room doors which keep unwanted hallway noise at bay book one of the handfuls of duplex suites facing San Sebastian church which have spacious living areas below and lovely bedrooms above This hotel delivers a solid experience without too much fuss a real scene-setter with an eclectic mix of locals and its design Behind the library-like reception is SLVJ with a Japanese-Mediterranean menu accompanied by live music and dance The clubby bedrooms are kitted out more like a private home than a hotel and curious antiques at every turn; many have faux fireplaces and small balconies for peering over the smart Salamanca barrio—an area fluttering with labels such as Manolo Blahnik Creative craft cocktails and mesmerizing views are enough to pay a visit even if not staying here a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World making it a magnet for foot and vehicular traffic plus the hotel's centrality to the main tourist and business hub in Madrid The Metro station right at the entrance can get you anywhere in half an hour and now it is one of the city’s top hotels Large-scale works from famed Spanish artist Diego Velázquez hang throughout and blend well with designer furnishings that would not look out of place in a modern-day palace Sit-down reception is an indicator of the upscale attention to detail here but those booking Red-Level accommodations are in for a treat They gain access to a private lounge for all-day refreshments (including bottomless Cava) You can’t get much more central than this: the Royal Palace is down the street and Gran Vìa’s effervescent lights and 24-hour energy is a short walk in the other direction It’s easy to be tempted to wander off for a meal but it would be a shame not to dine in the former stables here now a restaurant run by the Torres brothers (known for their Michelin-starred restaurant in Barcelona) You needn’t stress over the price of dinner because anyone that joins the loyalty program of The Leading Hotels of the World (this hotel is a member) is treated to complimentary breakfast for two each morning of their stay the modern and cultural art throughout the hotel certainly will The glass-walled bathrooms may be a bit too hedonistic for some travelers; luckily the Michelin-starred restaurant in the lobby serves dishes like baby octopus with marine vegetables a light and airy restaurant facing the street a seafood menu pairs well with colorful cocktails This is an edgy address in a great location Hallways are filled with Portuguese azulejo tiles paying homage to the brand’s heritage Thoughtful touches like Portuguese Castelbel toiletries and bedside power outlets add to the experience Tourists could not ask for a more quintessential Madrid view than this one this luxe operation owes much of its museum atmosphere to the well-traveled owner guests will find an impressive collection of art and antiquities Ancient Roman sculptures and mosaics in one corner You won’t be faulted for spending an hour perusing the hallways of this “museum” hotel Well-traveled Europeans were in the majority here but Americans will find this location to be ideal for visiting the Golden Triangle of Art museums and the bar is popular with local business people especially in summer when the outdoor patio is open housed in a residential-style building in what appears to be a business neighborhood Only a picture window separates arriving guests from the reception and the lobby is nothing more than marble lounge with contemporary art It’s almost as if this were a chic gallery rather than hotel rooms are spacious with plenty of local character including fabrics depicting famous Madrid landmarks and framed paintings and prints of Spanish sites Be sure to check out the Technogym-equipped fitness center and rooftop terrace and bar Be sure to peruse the artwork throughout the hotel which is on loan on a rotating basis from the Alvaro Alcazar Gallery in Madrid (It's all for sale.) You can steer clear from the tourist crowds with a stay at this compact the Wellington is the sort of hotel that will appeal to traditionalists you can't help but bring down your conversation a notch and stand up a little straighter While other grand dames have weaved a few modern touches into their repertoire this place is proud to cling to its historic heritage the Wellington has mastered its craft and impressed the likes of Ernest Hemingway It’s an expense-account kind of place with exceptional service from start to finish The raison d'être of the hotel comes from the founder of the brand (as well as the larger Marriott Corporation) who firmly believed in the importance of personalized service Wherever you look and wherever you go on the property there's the opportunity to check out of real life and embrace the present A carpe diem attitude is expressed in elegantly pared-back rooms in neutral colours and attentive staff the creation of the celebrated Sandoval brothers Expect local produce and traditional meets cutting-edge cooking (plus bookstore) make this the capital's trendiest spot right now Lorenzo Castillo has renovated Orfila’s interior without losing its essence bringing it into a brand new era with that same savoir faire that originally won this spot its classic status is the hotel’s executive chef: you have to taste his dishes in El Jardín de Orfila But don’t say a word: this too is (almost) a secret Design Hotels member Hospes Puerta de Alcalá enjoys an energetic location that is always abuzz day and night The traffic circle in front means public transportation is never too far Renovation work on this famous city monument has marred the view temporarily but it will soon look better than ever when the scaffolding is down you won’t regret the rooms in front of this José María de Aguilar-designed 19th-century building with a balcony overlooking the Plaza de la Independencia the decor switches to a designer-chic style that fills the boutique hotel’s just over three dozen rooms locals often take up shop in the street front café for after-work modern tapas like cod fritters with apple aioli and garlic prawn croquettes with polished concrete floors and whitewashed walls displays works by emerging Spanish and international artists and is open to both guests and passers-by the place is punctuated with furniture reminiscent of Picasso sculptures made from natural materials such as wood and upcycled aeroplane parts but it has sites to see and excellent hotel options too The new Canopy by Hilton is a few steps from the imposing Santiago Bernabéu stadium which is is the first from Hilton’s Canopy brand to open in Spain It’s a combination that won us over at first sight The hotel’s reinvention of the boutique concept is inspired and paired with very spacious rooms and a quiet interior garden where you can enjoy the dishes of chef Nacho García Canellada—make sure to try the hake omelette This gallery has been updated with new information since its original publish date. up-to-the-minute voice in all things travel Condé Nast Traveler is the global citizen’s bible and muse We understand that time is the greatest luxury which is why Condé Nast Traveler mines its network of experts and influencers so that you never waste a meal or a hotel stay wherever you are in the world Search This exhibition provides another opportunity to take a fresh look at the extensive and fruitful career of Rafael Canogar (Toledo It highlights the presence in his work of a series of constants that show us an artist at a moment of extraordinary creation in 2024 One of his secular characteristics has been the intense way in which he has dedicated himself to painting as if consumed by an unquenchable fire in the face of the abyss that is the craft of creation This is in addition to how he has frequently distinguished himself by his admiration of expressive delicacy elegance in action and his appreciation of tranquillity a reflection that is also capable of praising the courageous and daily confrontation with the act of painting.  The exhibition consists of around sixty works: paintings most of which come from his personal collection which has been exceptionally loaned for the occasion as well as some from other private or public collections such as the MNCARS The works are divided into five chapters that reflect a pictorial journey between the representative and the abstract (if indeed such a distinction is of any relevance in the case of a work of art) The titles of the chapters are as follows: “Nature which opens the exhibition by presenting this 1949 painting together with other more recent abstract views painted over the course of the last five years The exhibition continues in chronological order with the titles: “Circa 1957 Matter and Sign: the Other Art” (La materia y el signo: el arte otro); “Circa 1968 The Secret Royalty of Pain” (Realeza secreta del dolor) and “Abstractions and Constructions: Circa the Eighties” (Abstracciones y construcciones: circa los ochenta) The exhibition closes with a triad of paintings that evoke the 1950s and the world of Klee and Miró: “1954-1955 he lived not far from the studio of an old master painter who began to give him lessons and who also instilled in him the fire of modernism When he discovered the work of Miró and Klee a process that was completed with his life-changing trip to the turbulent Paris of the fifties he was a member of the informalist group “El Paso” which played such a fundamental role in our history and introduced our art to the international market and which transcended the contextual social epic to become a somewhat sorrowful reflection on the human condition Canogar then transformed his images into spaces of pictorial investigation in which he would often explore the geometric until they became a magnificent painterly manifestation Alfonso de la Torre: “we are overwhelmed by the presence of such a truly new iconographic realm which reveals the fortune of someone who has come to possess the bliss of true knowledge”.  He has participated in countless collective and solo exhibitions in prestigious museums all over the world the National Museum of Contemporary Art (1971) the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1975) the Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts (1990) and the MNCARS His works have been admired in cities such as Warsaw He has received all manner of awards and honours such as the Golden Palette at the Cagnes-Sur-Mer International Painting Festival (1969); the Grand Prize of the Sao Paulo Biennale (1971); the Golden Sun Award of the Iberian Daily Sun (1972); the Grand Prize of the Sofia International Painting Triennale (1982); The National Plastic Arts Award(1982); Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (1985) ; Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1991); Tomislav Krizman Award of Honour Croatia; Gold Medal of Castile-La Mancha; Favourite Son of the City of Toledo (2002); Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (2003); Plastic Arts and Culture Award of the Community of Madrid (2005); Arts and Science Award of Castile-La Mancha; Ignazio Silone Award Rome (2009); Royal Foundation of Toledo Award (2011); National Prize for Engraving of the RABASF (2012); Phoenix Award China; Extraordinary Culture Medal of Castile-La Mancha (2018) and the Baron of Forna Medal of the RABASF (2021) His works are on display in numerous museums and collections worldwide the Museum of Art and History in Geneva and the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki The Rafael Canogar Space was inaugurated in Toledo in 2024 He is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) he curated "With Hands Signs Grow" for the 59th Venice Biennale and recently inaugurated in association with the Royal Toledo Foundation the Rafael Canogar Space was commissioned under his curatorship He is the author of the catalogues raisonnés of the artists Manolo Millares (the Reina Sofía Museum (MNCARS) and the Azcona Foundation 2004); Manuel Rivera (the Provincial Council of Granada and the Azcona Foundation 2009); Pablo Palazuelo (the Reina Sofía Museum (MNCARS) the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) the Palazuelo Foundation and the Azcona Foundation 2015) and Fernando Zóbel (the Ayala Foundation the Azcona Foundation and the Juan March Foundation Also of the graphic work of Manolo Millares and Salvador Victoria who received the AACA Prize for the best book published in 2023 One of his specialities is the analysis of contemporary sculpture he has recently published essays on Eduardo Chillida He was invited by the Université de la Sorbonne to the international colloquium "Le travail du visible" which was later published by the same university under the title "The Inheritance of Signs" (La heredad de los signos) (Hermann Éditeurs he curated an annual programme of artistic interventions in public spaces during the ARCO Art Fair in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture the Community of Madrid and the Madrid City Council.  He has acted as a consultant for numerous recently established contemporary art collections His texts have achieved international recognition as is evidenced by recent publications such as his text for the catalogue of the exhibition "Fernando Zóbel The Future of the Past" (El futuro del pasado) at the Prado Museum; Francisco Sobrino (Éditions Dilecta Paris); Jesús Rafael Soto (Odalys Foundation) or Javier Pérez (Ludion Publishers) And thanks to a commission from the Juan March Foundation "Paul Klee and Spain.  The Irredeemable Admirers of Klee" (Los irredentos kleeianos) - (Genueve Ediciones © MADRID DESTINO CULTURA TURISMO Y NEGOCIO Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon We help you navigate a myriad of possibilities Sign up for our newsletter for the best of the city By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news Sign up for our email to enjoy your city without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush) Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. Madrid This is our ultimate guide to the best restaurants in Madrid right now bocatas de calamares (calamari sandwiches) while exploring the city centre and an afternoon spent hopping between different bars sipping on cañas (small beers) and eating as many croquettes and slices of tortilla as you can handle – but it’s once you’ve ticked off those staples that Madrid’s food scene gets really interesting Madrid is home to exceptional food for every budget from the raft of Michelin-starred restaurants to the market stalls serving up dishes from all over the world at the city’s much-loved food markets Our local editors know great food when they taste it and have poured that knowledge into this list.  🍸 The best bars in Madrid🥘 The best things to do in Madrid🏘️ Where to stay in Madrid🏨 The best hotels in Madrid This guide is by Gorka Elorrieta, food and drink editor at Time Out Madrid. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines Matías PérezThe time has finally come for Óscar Velasco and Montse Abellà to step back into the limelight: after two decades in the underground kitchens of Santceloni (a two-Michelin-star restaurant) followed by their abrupt departure and the necessary transition period their grand personal venture is now up and running market-driven luxury style (inherited from their mentor Santi Santamaría) which has always defined the duo It now finds a home bathed in natural light – a design choice but also something of a metaphor for their brand new start – and filled with anticipation Ugo ChanHugo Muñoz – who was formerly in charge of Carbón Negro and is a great lover of Japanese cuisine, which he approaches with a distinctly Spanish flair – heads up Ugo Chan's kitchen and minimalist dining space featuring a prominent bar and wood accents the best way to experience it is the Omakase tasting menu where you can savour his onion soup in smoked bonito consommé with Comté cheese red mullet sashimi with Bilbaína sauce or a selection of nigiri such as the eel and foie gras – a tribute to the great Spanish chef and expert in Basque cooking DesborreChef Lucía Grávalos, originally from the La Rioja region, has embarked upon her most personal project to date at Desborre and the location itself is a statement of intent: it’s a modestly sized yet charming space which was previously home to Algarabía a restaurant by two chefs also from La Rioja traditional recipes from their region were served daily This legacy is key to many of the dishes which are prepared in the bistro to this day including the traditional Anguiano bean stew which Lucía and her team have managed to modernise and make their own The restaurant has both a tasting menu and à la carte options MA PalomoTucked away in the Salamanca neighbourhood, in a space with a long history as a restaurant, the entrance to Haramboure is fairly discrete All traces of the revolution chef Patxi Zumárraga once sparked by serving his now-famous tortilla mollete (a kind of flatbread) at the door as comforting street food – a genius move that led to enormous queues and quickly went viral – are now gone the establishment has a far calmer atmosphere much like Zumárraga – the towering Basque chef who has worked at el Bulli welcoming ambience created by Patxi and his partner in the restaurant and candlelight and their use of raw materials is striking This hidden bistro would not be out of place in Paris MontiaAfter part of the restaurant burnt down, chef Dani Ochoa has returned triumphantly to Madrid's restaurant scene. Montia's new space is larger and more versatile without leaving its roots in San Lorenzo de El Escorial The kitchen is located between a Nordic-style room and another with views of its own vegetable garden. Its unique flare is maintained in its refined menu; mushrooms Make no mistake: Montia is just right (and it earned a Michelin star in 2023).  OSAIn 2023, OSA was the buzziest restaurant on Madrid’s gastro scene: founded by Jorge Muñoz (who made his name at Picones de María) and Sara Peral, both formerly of Mugaritz it was one of the year’s most anticipated openings bold ingredients to serve 20 diners per service The sophistication is evident in the presentation which is underpinned by a thoughtfully crafted philosophy Each course in the two tasting menus is the result of immense effort Not only have they already earned themselves a Michelin star but they’ve also won numerous awards from the specialised press in recent months Per Sé BistróThe return of Andrés Madrigal to the city where he achieved fame in the 90s – in both El Olivo and Balzac – is definitely worth celebrating He’s now cooking at Per Sé Bistro a French-Basque-inspired restaurant with occasional and well-executed Latin touches (the result of Madrigal's ten years spent living in Panama) this new venture has charmed the critics and earned a Repsol Sun The location chosen for the restless Madrid chef’s new restaurant is by no means an accident: it occupies the space formerly run by the late Iñaki Camba who led the Arce restaurant for over 35 years an established venue that instantly wraps diners in a welcoming atmosphere CeboChefs Javier Sanz and Juan Sahuquillo (who also work together at Cañitas Maite and Oba-) have taken over at Cebo following Aurelio Morales’ departure (with Borja García handling the day-to-day running of the kitchen) they offer 11- or 14-course tasting menus which present a remarkable showcase of ingredients This high standard is matched by the exceptional service front of house where twenty guests are served per sitting Sanz and Sahuquillo’s goal is to regain the favour of the Michelin guide and the restaurant’s core team is well-versed in their values diners are treated to delights like black grouper 5 out of 5 starsRecommendedAngelitaThe wonderful bar by the Villalón brothers which has been a landmark for quality food and drink on Calle Reina for the past seven years it’s now closing on weekends and opening from Monday to Friday from 5.30pm onwards a bold move to help adapt to the hospitality industry’s new rhythms This new and improved version of Angelita has evolved both gastronomically and emotionally BascoatFrom Arima, a small restaurant in the Ríos Rosas neighbourhood, to this grand space in a more upscale area, Rodrigo García and Nagore Irazuegi are the new leading lights of Basque cuisine. Their roots run deep and at Bascoat they've created an urban farmhouse where tradition is refreshed with cosmopolitan touches and the finest ingredients from both land and sea reign supreme on the grill 5 out of 5 starsRecommendedEl InvernaderoRodrigo de la Calle continues to captivate diners at his Michelin-starred and Green Star-awarded restaurant El Invernadero where he is supported by head chef Diana Díaz rigorous methods and impeccable control and precision technique and creativity allow him to uncover the plant world’s undiscovered flavours offering an experience that’s as educational as it is culinary This isn’t just a veggie restaurant – it’s high-end green cuisine complete with unexpected pairings from fermented beverages made from vegetables and fruits to fine wines We’d recommend the Vegetalia tasting menu RecommendedDiverXOThis ‘punk’ restaurant with three Michelin stars redefined the standards of luxury and fine dining in Madrid and it remains the most disruptive force on the city’s gastronomic scene Entering Dabiz Muñoz’s world means diving headfirst into his culinary madness which suddenly make perfect sense when brought together on Muñoz’s plate he’s a genius – there’s no one quite like him but his focus isn’t on unnecessary showmanship; instead he’s all about cuisine with a capital ‘C’ RecommendedJuanjo López Bedmar’s restaurant is one of Madrid’s standouts yet it’s often overlooked by renowned guides and lists it’s all about daily cooking with a limited number of ingredients utilising superb products that arrive fresh each day and are sometimes presented with minimal intervention and it’s best to trust Bedmar’s judgement He offers two tasting menus alongside the à la carte menu and daily specials but there are staples that are always present including his ensaladilla rusa (a kind of potato salad) with seasonal toppings or Madrid’s finest callos (stewed tripe) Two brothers, one purpose. The chefs behind Lana Martín and Joaquín Narvaiz have an overwhelming passion for their work Grilling is a ritual in their homeland of Argentina and here they have paid attention to every detail (including the beautiful interior design) to make this an elevated experience even adjusting – understandably – the doneness of that extraordinary bife de chorizo (a cut similar to top loin) to suit local tastes They’ve put together a dedicated dream team They balance the meat selection with cuts from both sides of the Atlantic and grill seasonal produce – whether it’s asparagus or beetroot – as well as expertly prepared offal Make sure you have plenty of time when you visit: this remarkable experience should not be rushed Hotel Mandarin Oriental RitzEight months after opening in the newly renovated Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Deessa earned its first Michelin star Quique Dacosta is the visionary behind the restaurant but the talented head chef Guillermo Chávez is his right hand charged with upholding the space’s exceptional standards The dishes showcase local ingredients and innovation in an elegant succession all set in a spectacular dining room with garden views All the diner has to do is choose between two very different menus Miguel VillasanIn the intimate dining space of this legendary flamenco venue – which also boasts the world’s most important sherry cellar – David García has unveiled a new tasting menu The nine courses of the Gargantúa menu are an impressive showcase of technique It’s a profound work where the visible and invisible carry equal weight including some creations which have been important to his career as a whole and intxaursalsa (a typical Basque dessert) this space overflows with emotion and magic RecommendedSachaIs this the favourite restaurant of every Madrid gourmand you might not be as much of a foodie as you thought This is many a madrileños go-to recommendation for any occasion which brims with as much character as the man himself is an unmissable part of the capital’s dining scene celebrated for iconic dishes like the tortilla vaga there’s no better place to be as night falls than on its little terrace covered in plants TripeaTripea is the Peruvian spot par excellence in the Mercado de Vallehermoso and one of the most unique in Madrid Roberto Martínez Foronda captivates with his globally inspired dishes heavily influenced by both the Andes and Asia The hot mussel ceviche prepared in a wok is one of his outstanding creations featured in an affordable tasting menu that’s absolutely worth your time SaddleWithout a doubt, Saddle is a high-end restaurant yet it maintains a fresh and modern feel with a bright exquisite service and a kitchen team composed of young It’s all grounded in classicism but with a nod to the present In the impressive main dining room and private rooms they offer dishes like a sole served with an extra special meunière sauce and a veal shank that pays reference to avant-garde chef Santi Santamaría This last one is a standout recipe worthy of the Michelin star which the restaurant proudly holds RecommendedEstimarThe service the purist approach (there are only three or four ingredients per dish) and the splendid range of techniques and off-menu options all contribute to a superlative experience Chef Rafa Zafra utilises products sourced from the the Catalan coast courtesy of his wife Anna Gotanegra and her family a family who for generations have dedicated themselves to sourcing high-quality seafood We clean just 20 anchovies in the morning and another 20 in the afternoon this is who we are.’ A stunning Mediterranean experience RecommendedAfter almost ten years of paying homage to Cantabrian cuisine and the northern region’s most coveted products (whether vegetables or seafood) chef José Manuel de Dios is at the peak of his powers Manuel de Dios has also worked in the Michelin-starred kitchens of Jesús Sánchez at La Bien Aparecida in Madrid’s swanky Serrano neighbourhood treating them with care and respect and allowing them to take centre stage A great example of Manuel de Dios’s exceptional cooking is his porrusalda (a kind of leek and potato soup which manages to be elegant as is the grilled artichoke with breadcrumbs and the oxtail stew RecommendedLa TasqueriaLa Tasquería a restaurant which focuses entirely on offal won an unprecedented Michelin star back in 2019 Javi Estévez is the reason we’ve all become evangelical about offal He brings a fresh twist to this traditional fare through set menus and à la carte options with dishes featuring tongue or tripe which will make you appreciate each recipe anew RecommendedWant to seem like a true madrileño Then make a habit of enjoying the sirloin Wellington at Lakasa which is only available on certain days of the week. That being said it's far from the only exquisite dish at César Martín's restaurant One must also savour stews like verdina beans in pepitoria sauce and an endless array of exceptional ingredients in unforgettable dishes – just make sure to save room for the lemon tart featuring a neon-coloured acrylic cutlery rest but no tablecloth a bottle of water and an appetiser are promptly served even before the menu and wine lists are presented The entire menu can be ordered à la carte beginning with a loaf of bread and ‘reworked’ butter with herbs Immediately following this comes an additional bite that isn’t listed on the menu: a delicate sandwich of two crispy potato chip layers with a filling of vegetables and mayonnaise RecommendedFoto: Maximiliano PollesThis romantic bistro is possibly the best French restaurant in Madrid From the moment you step through its doors, you're transported from the tucked-away Calle Amnistía in the Ópera neighbourhood to Provence The French savoir-faire is evident in the selection of champagnes and a memorable wine list as well as in specialities like the traditional pissaladière from Nice (a type of anchovy pizza) it’ll have you singing the Marseillaise The boeuf bourguignon ravioli and the exquisite pâté are also very tempting NoiNoi is an Italian restaurant – but it’s far from your typical Italian restaurant Forget clichés and traditions and prepare to be captivated by Gianni Pinto’s daring recipes the chef combines ingredients from all across the Mediterranean and applies them to familiar bases You might start with the fried pizzetta with coppa or the caponata with charred aubergine emulsion then move on to some spectacular pasta dishes like the tagliatelle with tuna cheek ragù Striking decor and an impressive wine list round it all off and life experiences of the thoughtful Yong Wu Nagahira create a mixture of multi-cultural influences that come through in his unique Japanese cuisine His chawanmushi encapsulates the restaurant’s most appealing ideas: harmonious fusion the experience is defined by high-quality ingredients Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! facebooktwitterspotifytiktokAbout us Contact us Time Out Worldwide User login the latest symbol of luxury in the heart of Madrid and high-end jewellery and watches by some of the world’s most prestigious luxury brands (including Hermès not forgetting a fantastic selection of restaurants Galería Canalejas is spread across three floors with the ground floor and first floor dedicated exclusively to shopping Luxury boutiques of international firms like Hermés Jimmy Choo or Louis Vuitton can be found here The commercial area is also home to the Beauty Gallery by Isolée Its cocktail bar is inspired by Madrid fashion and culture One of the latest additions to Galería Canalejas is the famous La Pajarita confectionery shop which launched a corner in 2023 where visitors can explore and sample its products On the ground floor of the building is the Food Hall containing a wide variety of restaurants serving different specialities and national cuisines including renowned Michelin starred proposals Galería Canalejas forms part of the Centro Canalejas Madrid (CCM) project, supported by OHL Desarrollos y Mohari Hospitality, which has merged seven historic buildings located in the heart of the capital, forming one property. In addition to Galería Canalejas, alsos house the recently opened Four Seasons plus 22 branded residences and a new parking lot with 400 spaces Sun - Thu and public holidays: 12 pm - 12 am A wonderful collection that reflects Spain’s rich naval history from the Middle Ages right up to the present day A shopping spree on Madrid’s most iconic thoroughfare and a guide to the finest shops this typical seventeenth-century house is where the playwright and poet lived for the last 25 years of his life La Mallorquina's patisserie has served Madrid citizens in the Puerta del Sol since 1894 Lovers of luxury are spoilt for choice in Madrid the place to go for once-in-a-lifetime experiences Discover 10 places off the beaten track that your trip to Madrid wouldn't be complete with visiting.  The city’s new official sightseeing and tourist travel pass Our online store (in Spanish) sells artisan souvenirs Find out just how simple it is to reclaim VAT on your shopping if you have permanent residence in a non-EU country Discover the establishments that boast one from long-established restaurants to new venues that have been awarded their first stars in this year's edition Madrid's excellent transport system allows you to get around the city quickly and safely by bus on a plateau that scorches in summer and chills in winter the Spanish capital has never elicited universal approval even though no other Spanish city can rival its galleries or its distillation of Spain’s deep-rooted traditions And while Madrileños have never cared much about wowing outsiders the city’s post-pandemic boom has become increasingly hard to ignore the epicentre of Madrid’s spirited nightlife was Malasaña the 1980s countercultural explosion spearheaded by Pedro Almodóvar and contemporaries interest is building in the more bourgeois enclaves of Salesas and Chamberí always the most “castizo” (read: authentically or traditionally Spanish) district of Madrid Santos y DesamparadosSantos y DesamparadosThis award-winning bar is known for its gothic aesthetic and rock music – come for cocktails with a soundtrack of Nick Cave Helmed by stellar bartender Alberto Villaroel the bar's menu consists of classic creations done exceedingly well Address: Costanilla de los Desamparados, 4, Centro, 28014 Madrid, SpainWebsite: instagram.com Ni-Fu Ni-Fa Bar@nifunifabarNi-Fu Ni-FaIn the Malasaña neighbourhood Runju Zhu and Han Liu run the exciting space that is Ni-Fu Ni-Fa The bar’s menu features twists on classic cocktails: “We have a fairly extensive menu that operates with all flavours and alcohols although my favourites are always those creations that include mezcals and whiskeys,” Zhu tells us “Ni-Fu Ni-Fa is a Spanish expression that I like a lot It means neither good nor bad: NI FUlastre NI FAbuloso” he Zhu “It’s a strong state of balance in which to seek a peaceful life The cocktails they create are always elegant and delicately balanced not to be ordinary and to take care of the details." Address: San Joaquín, 14, Local izquierdo, Centro, 28004 Madrid, SpainWebsite: instagram.com Harvey's Cocktail Bar@harveyscocktailbar/@llorensuauHarvey's Cocktail BarThis is a place to come for a fun evening out Interiors are like a time warp to the 1950s – expect the evocative sound of the blues and rock'n'roll to tap your toes along to as you slide into red-velvet banquettes and feast on burgers and Tex-Mex food Order a Sazerac in the purest New Orleans style or opt for one of the excellent Fifties aperitifs that have stood the test of time Address: C. de San Lorenzo, 5, Centro, 28004 Madrid, SpainWebsite: instagram.com PicturaManolo YlleraPictura RitzThis is a bar with a timeless spirit and excellent service Although they have their own signature menu what the Madrid purists truly appreciate is their spectacular catalogue of classic cocktails perfectly execute the recipes that have made the hotel bar's reputation so sturdy The interiors are impeccable and carefully designed with hyper-realistic paintings of contemporary characters in period costumes Order an Old Fashioned to taste the magic created by David Perez who was awarded the best bartender in Spain at FIBAR 2021 Address: Pl. de la Lealtad, 5, Retiro, 28014 Madrid, SpainWebsite: mandarinoriental.com neon-lit enclave near Plaza de Santa Ana is a must-visit stop on any cocktail crawl Mixologist Diego Cabrera was one of the first people to elevate the cocktail to gastronomic status on the Iberian peninsula is a successful reboot of a 1856 drinking institution a laboratory devoted to the art of cocktail-making which employs a biologist who tends vegetables in a vertical hydroponic garden Address: Salmon Guru, Calle de Echegaray, 21, 28014 MadridWebsite: salmonguru.es Negroni at 1862 Dry Bar1862 Dry BarAngelitaJust north of Gran Vía is one of Spain’s most sustainable cocktail bars where the family of owners the Villalón brothers have a farm that supplies the kitchen and cellar Upstairs the focus is on seasonal plates and natural wines courtesy of David Villalón shines in the hidden basement lounge with his menu of nuanced balanced cocktails created from homemade ingredients Address: Angelita Madrid, C. de la Reina, 4, 28004 MadridWebsite: madrid-angelita.es Barman Alberto Martínez champions the classic cocktail-bar concept which is named after the year the first book on cocktails was published he has found a following in the alternative neighbourhood of Malasaña unpretentious and served in a correspondingly pared-back space The Dragón Amarillo – tequila infused with aji amarillo chilli – is a Malasaña favourite Address: 1862 Dry Bar, C. del Pez, 27, 28004 MadridWebsite: instagram.com Studiously ignoring the city’s modern coctelería movement This most traditional of taverns in the Literary Quarter of Barrio de las Letras is a living piece of history: faded bullfighting posters smoke-tinged decor and oak barrels set the scene for sherry from bone-dry finos to aromatic amontillados The house ban on tipping or taking photos makes the place even more popular Address: La Venencia, Calle de Echegaray, 7, 28014 MadridWebsite: lavenencia.com is one of the city’s best natural-wine bars and specialises in bottles from across Spain Staff are well versed in provenance and minimal-intervention processes Glasses come accompanied by Nordic-inspired small plates – oysters cheeseboards – and a vinyl soundtrack played through a high-spec custom sound system Address: Gota Wine Bar, C. de Prim, 5, 28004 MadridWebsite: gotawine.es A version of this story first appeared in Condé Nast Traveller March 2023 issue. The Centro de Retiros budista Arya Tara (Buddhist Retreat Center Arya Tara) in Spain has announced that it will hold its fifth annual Buddhist conference “V Jornadas de Budismo en Madrid: Budismo Theravada” in Madrid on 22 November This year’s conference will focus on the various manifestations of the Theravada tradition “This year we are once again hosting our annual Buddhist Conference in Madrid on 22 November 2025 at Espacio Ronda in Madrid,” Centro de Retiros budista Arya Tara said in an announcement shared with BDG “This year’s Buddhist conference is dedicated to Theravada Buddhism which was actually one of 18 schools that were all part of Hinayana Buddhism The term Theravada has come to be synonymous with this style of Buddhism because it is the only one of those school that has survived.” The conference will feature keynote presentations from notable Theravada Buddhist practitioners Jerome Larmere director of the Spanish Association of Vipassana Meditation co-director of the Theravada Forest Buddhist Community who began practicing meditation in 1982 with Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906–93) at Suan Mokkh in Thailand will give a talk on the theme “What is Vipassana Meditation?” Having spent several years living in monasteries across India Larmere has been teaching Vipassana Meditation in Spain he founded the Spanish Association of Vipassana Meditation and has helped to establish meditation groups throughout Spain Serrano will introduce Spain’s first Theravada monastery originally trained as a lawyer but has been practicing meditation and Buddhism for more than 25 years in the Theravada and Mahayana traditions He has been increasingly involved with Amaravati Monastery in the UK where he has served as librarian for the past 10 years Centro de Retiros budista Arya Tara’s president noted that V Jornadas de Budismo en Madrid: Budismo Theravada would be sponsored by Vistare Foundation thus ensuring that admission is free for all attendees “Vistare Foundation was established in 2007 to provide education for women in Nepal as unfortunately this is still not common in less developed countries where it’s still believed that men are superior to women and receive all the benefits of education,” María Drolma explained Arya Tara Buddhist Retreat Center has been a non-profit association that organizes all kinds of Buddhist cultural activities as well as the Buddhist Conference in Madrid for all branches of Buddhism—Theravada María Drolma also remarked: “We have interviewed Ramiro Calle who interviewed His Holiness Dalai Lama in 1975 and has an interesting story to tell about Theravada Buddhism He also introduced Yoga to Spain.” The interview is presented in Spanish below María Drolma holds a BA and MA in Japanology and non-European Art History María first encountered the Buddhadharma in December 2007 in a meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama She subsequently took refuge with Geshe Thubten Choden in 2009 Maria has served as secretary (and English-Spanish translator) with the Instituto de Budismo Tibetano Hayagriva in Madrid and was ordained as a Buddhist nun from 2012–13 Centro de Retiros budista Arya Tara All Authors >> var _ctct_m = "e13686134fe4ed809d4f346e45779db5"; Be sure you have your GPS enabled and try again Otokar will be present at FIAA (where the Sustainable Bus Awards 2025 will be awarded) through its official distributor for Spain the Turkish brand will display from 22 to 25th October its electric intercity bus E-Territo in 13 metres length Otokar will be present at FIAA (where the Sustainable Bus Awards 2025 will be awarded) through its official distributor for Spain What is particularly worth noting, the Turkish brand will display from 22 to 25th October its electric intercity bus E-Territo in 13 metres length It will also present the electric 12-meter e-Kent and its autonomous bus development it will present the Navigo Mega Facelift and the Ulyso T Facelift Intercity electric buses represent a growing segment in the passenger transportation market. As of 2023, only 200 intercity electric buses were registered in Europe, a stark contrast to the over 6,000 municipal battery electric bus registrations advancements in technology and regulatory changes are paving the way for broader adoption The Turkish group showcased the e-Territo for the first time at Busworld 2023 in Brussels The model is available in two different battery capacity options resulting in two different ranges and two different luggage capacity The maximum output is 410 kilowatts with a maximum torque of 3,100 newton meters The bus is powered by lithium-iron-phosphate batteries The battery modules are installed on the bottom of the bus to achieve superior center of gravity enabling improved handling and an optional platform lift facilitate access for all passengers Also the autonomous e-Centro was on show in Brussels last year The 6-meter e-bus features has Level 4 autonomous driving technology The vehicle can also manage stopping and moving times by itself and can also navigate smoothly at intersections and roundabouts It slows down at speed bumps and pedestrian crossings and gives priority to pedestrians which can follow the vehicle in front of it in accordance with the safe following distance can detect possible dangers while driving and make emergency braking or evasive actions quickly it does not disturb its passengers and the environment © Copyright 2012 - 2025 | Vado e Torno Edizioni | All rights reserved | P.I The 2024 edition of Madrid’s fledgling art is the third installment in the showcase founded by industrial designer Miguel Leiro in 2020 Launching from a consideration of Wet Dreams the thematic frame established by curator Marina Otero Verzier its program loosely considers water and the eco-social and parties animate venues both institutional and underground and exhibit the city’s vanguard art and design scene as much as the works on view Wet Dreams follows up on the 2022 edition of Mayrit evidently appropriate themes for a biennial that takes its title from the 9th century name for Madrid which translates to “place of many waterways” which work to distinguish themselves thematically from their predecessors Otero Verzier opted to build from the framework of the prior installment: a clever move that gestures to the priority of knowledge-building and the biennial’s longer-term ambition to “position the Spanish capital as a creative focal point for emerging talent.” He notes that “the first edition was mostly for ourselves the less established designers from Madrid who just wanted to have fun by creating their own events We are gradually reaching a wider audience without forgetting about the independent Our approach was to fertilize the creative ground here by helping creatives develop their practice without the constraints of profit.” Mayrit, which often takes on the celebratory and social spirit of a festival, is anchored by two notably strong institutional exhibitions: Wet Dreams, the title show at Madrid’s Centro Centro art center curated by Otero Verzier, and Espejito Espejito (“Mirror Mirror”) curated by architecture collective Grandeza Studio at the Museo de América at the western edge of the city center like the Bate Social Store which houses the Bienal’s design shop—a curated storefront with design objects selected from an open call — and the National Museum of Decorative Arts which hosts Materia Computada — an exhibition curated by HyperStudio — atomize Mayrit’s itinerary across the city and we are reaching places that were previously outside the scope of current design practice,” says Blanco Wet Dreams Deck Chair for Caliper's Editions Programme in collaboration with Mayrit Bienal Designed by Miguel Leiro and Victor Clemente with Berit Levy and Caliper Otero Verzier gathers an impressive array of work spanning film and a few students she has recently taught at the Design Academy Eindhoven Artist collective La Cuarta Piel contributed documentation of their 2022 durational performance “Spa Profundo,” in which they immersed performers in a hedonistic deluge of viscous marble extraction waste from a mine in the Vinalopó River valley near Alicante A sample of their white mud pool inhabits the gallery in front of photos of limbs writhing in apparent delight: a visceral critique of the slow violence of extractive capitalism Models of Andres Jaque’s 2015 MoMA PS1 pavilion the water-filtering “COSMO,” and the recent “Rambla Climate House,” designed with Miguel Mesa de Castillo bring to the show an optimistic exuberance that points to architecture’s capacity to perform instrumentally at the scale of daily life And in “Atlas de Plantas de Cuartos Oscuros en la Ciudad de Barcelona,” Pol Esteve Castelló presents floor plans of fifteen dark rooms in Barcelona with unlikely precision: sites of pleasure where social exchange often accompanies fluid exchange The show brings together a generation of new thinkers with urgent political and social preoccupations that reflect Madrid’s increasing centrality in design discourse Spanish designers have built an influential presence in American and European schools of architecture (Jaque is the Dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture both Leiro and Otero Verzier were both living abroad — Leiro in New York and Otero Verzier in The Netherlands—and recently have returned to Spain They typify the far-reaching interest in the country’s creative vanguard and the way it is gathering anew in the country’s capital fostering conversations that expand beyond conventional discourse Video triptych for Espejito Espejito featuring 'Los Escombros' by La Escuela Nunca y los Otros Futuros 'America Megabyte' by Nmenos1 and 'Sabe Dios' by Julia Irango and Jorge Nieto (with Ana Moure and Cesar Fuertes) Espejito Espejito develops from ideas articulated by Argentinian anthropologist Rita Segato and from Peruvian sociologist Aníbal Quijano’s argument that the very idea of Europe is predicated on the European “invention” (rather than discovery) of America Grandeza Studio invites artists—many of them from Central and South America and their diaspora communities—whose work uses the notion of the mirror to “redirect its distorting power.” That this takes place in Madrid’s Museo de América what the curators call a “historical guarantor and archival reservoir of the Eurocentric autofiction,” is noteworthy was appointed in 2023 and has declared his ambition to decolonize its collection Espejito Espejito is housed in a gallery that previously held an exhibition titled El Hombre (first installed in 1994) and vestiges of it remain in a savvy curatorial move that point to the discursive distance between old guard and new Some interventions from the show’s artists have further highlighted precisely this sort of friction Colombia’s Minister of Culture made a formal request to repatriate the Quimbaya artifacts—a part of the Museo’s collection—which has so far been declined by the Spanish government Colombian artist Juan Covelli synthesized prospective new artifacts using a generative adversarial network (GAN) trained on images of the Quimbaya Treasure in an attempt at symbolic repatriation Next to the vitrine housing Covelli’s work is a wall label authored by the Museo clarifying that the participating artists’ views “do not necessarily represent the opinion of the institution,” and inviting visitors to see the actual relics on the building’s second floor “Espejito Espejito” includes vital contributions from Martine Gutierrez (“HIT MOVIE: Vol Tatyana Zambrano and Hernán Rodriguez (“Banana Valley”) and Naomi Rincón Gallado (“Sangre Pesada”) organized in an improvised scenography composed of scaffolding and silver curtains devised by the show’s curators The exhibition takes big risks that pay off It is radical in the way that it works from within and alongside a museum grappling with its colonial legacy live Perhaps it is through dissident guest programming like this that the institution can advance beyond its own burdensome history I even observed the gallery docents playing “UNKRNS: Beyond the Entrepreneurial Spell,” a video game made by artists Diego Morera and Sebastián Lambert “Mayrit aspires to build more bridges with Spanish-speaking countries to give them a platform here as well,” says Blanco Sebastián Lambert and Diego Morera & Banana Valley (2022) by Tatyana Zambrano and Hernán Rodríguez a venue where Almodovar and bands like Radio Futura would hang out and play a sculptor who emerged from the same artistic movement as Marina Otero Verzier’s (who is a painter) would spend time there in the 1980s as well descending its red spiral staircase as a new crowd did for Mayrit’s inauguration this spring As this latest crop of young madrileños danced into the late hours of the night sweat and drink perhaps conjured yet more novel visions of a cultural scene emerging anew currents still flow in Madrid’s underground Wet Dreams  runs until August 25th at Centro Centro. Espejito Espejito  runs until November 24th at the Museo de América The full program for the 2024 Mayrit Bienal can be found at mayrit.org At Marta in Los Angeles, artist Minjae Kim has built a strange and playful world for his new show Phantom-22 and a mountain lion named P-22 who once roamed Griffith Park and small clay figures frozen mid-thought or in quiet conversation others like odd but inviting furniture you can actually use It’s the kind of space that invites you to slow down The show takes cues from Buster Keaton’s 1920 film One Week that chaos turns into creativity—offering a view of LA that’s both dreamy and broken Kim’s work blurs the line between fantasy and reality and myth into something you can walk through Phantom-22 is open at Marta through May 31 The old normal has since resumed its throne you can see the imprints of that unprecedented moment The upward consolidation of wealth that went down is still holding steady Scores of people who found their purpose during the pandemic are still working—like Anne Verhallen and Barbara Pollack who co-founded Art at a Time Like This on March 17 “I worked with an artist that had several shows in Asia and Barbara has a long standing career working with Asian contemporary artists so we both felt that canceling a little bit earlier,” Verhallen recalled over the phone animated by artist-activists such as Helina Metaferia who has since joined the organization’s advisory board Part of ATLT’s staying power stems from its timeless central question: “How can we think of art at a time like this?” Turns out that’s always valid “We're throwing the question back to artists,” Pollack “How can we rethink art at a time like this How does crisis make us think about art differently What kind of art can we make in response to crisis?” Verhallen told me ATLT considers artists thought leaders “We wanted to create a space where we can view their works in a nonprofit setting and really let their works speaks for themselves.” These days, ATLT is going coast to coast, taking on mass incarceration and climate change—and harnessing collaboration. In 2023, they partnered with the Natural Resource Defense Council to present “How On Earth” at EXPO Chicago In this beat between ATLT’s blowout anniversary bash PUBLIC hotels' ART SPACE last month and their first gallery show (around censorship this Autumn) I caught up with with three repeat conspirators to debrief on what they’ve learned these past five years You first connected with ATLT when Barbara invited you to stage an online solo show How did you choose which five paintings to put on digital view JUDITH BERNSTEIN - I chose them because they are all iconic works!! equate human birth with the birth of the universe and puts women at the center (where they should be!) Birth of the Universe was shown a few times and was the centerpiece for my solo exhibition at the New Museum in 2012 Golden Birth of the Universe was a commission for Studio Voltaire London where it served as a humungous altar piece in the church turned exhibition space and Money Shot/Blue Balls have been shown under blacklight for maximum impact Online exhibitions have pretty much faded away since the old normal returned did participating in your own alter how you looked at your work—or art in general—at all JB - In person viewing is always much more impactful There is a lot that is lost online: the scale online still allows for engagement with the art and democratizes the viewing by providing more access Your art has been political for more than 50 years now It feels like the same issues won’t go away Has your opinion about art's role in society shifted JB - Making art is my passion and obsession I make art for my own needs and not for the popular market Art for me is a calling and not just a business but there are many underlying issues that remain the same—economic and social inequity These gestural paintings feature heads that appear at once transfixed in awe and in a state of active alarm reflecting the tension fundamental to the poetic dyad of life and death—my contemporary response to Edvard Munch’s scream This series addresses the horrific moment that we’re in The current timeframe is a reenactment of the 30s and we are now on the precipice of World War III Since your practice often involves talking to people and going places and ATLT’s debut billboard installation took place during the pandemic I was wondering—did you select an artwork you'd already made or was this something that you produced during lockdown HELINA METAFERIA - I adapted something that I had made the year before I've been making this work prior to the 2020 uprisings and so it felt like a service of my work to utilize it for social justice and art spaces and public spaces I've been working at the intersection of art and activism with a focus on women and non-binary people and thinking about ways in which archival research often doesn't fully encompass our labor within activist histories I've been working with that theme for a while some people feel like it might not be a pressing issue for them the work is there and accessible and ready for those moments we're in another moment where the question of ‘Art at a Time Like This’ is very pressing And we never know when we'll be called upon but we should always be prepared and ready I love that you created a social practice rubric for your students at Brown to use How would you evaluate this particular billboard activation HM - As if we're looking at a sculpture or a painting There can be ways we can organize a conversation For the social practice element to this public art project I would consider thinking about the ways in which it used the limited resources that were available in a way that’s its own creative pursuit An organization was developed and was formed Many social practice projects start with one show to have some sort of structure to support it If you look at the work of Rick Lowe or Theaster Gates and then it quickly emerged into organizations and nonprofits and they become institutions within themselves I think Art at a Time Like This has kept its grassroots feel but it's quickly growing as an organization that is here to meet the needs of artists and cultural producers and art workers when there is precariousness—and there's always precariousness—so their value will always be there the scaling up of it reminds me of a lot of great social practice work People wonder if every original idea’s been had I do think social practice is it—especially because there's such a disconnect between the values the art world alleges to espouse versus the values it actually practices Do you have thoughts about how social practice might grow in art over the next 50 years or so HM - The term itself is new—only like 20 years old—coined in 2005 through institutions It takes art historians a decade or more to really articulate what artists are doing and we won't be able to define it readily until years to come It's gonna be related to what happens with our nation We respond to our environments and our conditions and we have a platform—a privilege—that allows us to speak to the most challenging aspects of society I think there are people who don't want to see contemporary art flourish because it has a critical voice but the future of any art form will be determined by the greater geopolitical circumstances It'll be determined by freedom and democracy and ability for free speech Whether it'll be concentrated in Europe or in Asia or in Africa or in the US will be determined by governments I think the beauty of any art form is that so much is unknowable HM - I'm in a group exhibition that Barbara Pollack curated at Jane Lombard Gallery in New York City I have a solo exhibition at Project for Empty Space That’s open May 6 through the end of August and it’s curated by another powerhouse curator group The title of that show is “When Civilizations Heal.” It's an interdisciplinary exploration of 60 years of activist archives led by women of color I'm premiering a work in progress of a feature film and showcasing new collages and sculpture and video and installation I’m in some group shows now at Palais de Tokyo in Paris and at the Knoxville Museum of Art called “States of Becoming.” whether things are going to slow down for you when there's political turmoil or if things are going to speed back up because people want the work But my overall message to any artist who works at the intersection of art and activism is just to keep going All you can do is remain consistent and authentic and work through the studio practice Work through that from a place of integrity because that is more of an inner work that supersedes the outer circumstances It's a continuous dialogue between you and you I love that you helped plant nature in the white cube at EXPO last year Did conceptualizing “MOTHERFIRE” for the environmentally taxing fair context lend any new angles to your explorations around art and climate justice LILY KWONG - I have always felt that my mission is to reconnect people to nature and their community My focus is to bring plant life to some of the most challenging environments in the hope of sparking awareness my team and I have built mountains in Grand Central Station created a jungle in industrial Brooklyn and created urban greenspace in downtown Los Angeles EXPO was the same—my intent was to plant the seeds of an ecosystemic and spiritual awakening to consider the more-than-human world I focused on the circularity of what I could control and our saplings were re-homed and the Shou Sugi Ban posts were returned to the fabricator for re-use Which plants did you pot in the work’s 55 Shou Sugi Ban posts How did you choose and source them—and keep them alive throughout EXPO’s run LK - I worked with the incredible horticulture team at Theodore Payne Nursery whose mission is to educate about the beauty and ecological benefits of California native plant landscapes I’ve learned about wildfire resilience and California's fire ecology and wanted to create a monument to the regenerative possibilities of native plants in fire-prone regions We contract grew saplings with Theodore Payne’s team: Ceanothus spinosus Pinus sabiniana and kept them alive through the loving care by our project manager Shannon Lai Some of these trees are not only incredible food resources for mockingbirds but they are also fire retardant like Toyon and Lemonadeberry Others are considered fire-responsive like the ghost pine which is actually highly flammable but its seed regeneration is favored post-burn and its germination increases with fire Native plants are uniquely adapted to survive and thrive following a burn since they have co-evolved with fire for millennia I wanted to honor fire as a core element of our local ecology both as a contributor to our rich biodiversity as well as an ever-looming threat You had your first show at LA’s Night Gallery last fall and debuted a public artwork in New York’s Madison Square Park this month organizer—do you see “artist” growing fastest of all LK - I would say Mother is the fastest growing—a role that I have found fundamentally transformative to my psyche Though ‘artist’ has expanded immensely alongside motherhood Having two children in three years has given me much more confidence as a creator—what is more artistic than growing a spine My show Solis with Night Gallery emerged from my maternity leave with my daughter an explosion in a new medium created largely with her by my side was in many ways my first artistic collaboration with baby Gaia mother & artist are inextricably linked LK - Gardens of Renewal at Madison Square Park is truly a dream project It’s been an aspiration of mine to build something for the iconic park since I first took landscape design courses at New York Botanical Garden over a decade ago Our Meditation Garden and Children’s Garden has been almost two years in the making a prayer for humans to be brought back into harmony with nature and for balance peaceful co-existence and reciprocity to be restored to our society and ecosystem Brooklyn-based artist Ross Knight makes sculptures about the conditions of visual pleasure viewers experience when encountering his works A Knight sculpture typically could be a body or a household object Knight’s works decenter the figurative impulse of sculpture the artist delights in abstracted gestures toward libidinal overcharge and its exhaustion His first solo exhibition at Off Paradise Continuous Squeeze further explores these perceptive anticipating that we could be scandalized and seduced by apparatuses that remain familiar and foreign to us Continuous Squeeze is your first solo show in a decade How have you been working on your sculptural practice without the pressure of making a show It seems that there is a mystery or privacy to your works that does not fall into trends or categories whether I have an immediate deadline or not generally does not determine how offer I’m working in the studio Studio time for me is split between different activities or “work/labor” I usually have at least one thing that is progressing well and moving towards completion one that appears or feels like it’s stuck or stalled and then there is something or new material I’m experimenting with or trying to further understand and whether it has any future place in my work It is this last endeavor that is the slowest process with no guarantee that anything will be accomplished meaning I do not have a staff of studio assistants with a definitive set of tasks to perform I generally work alone which allows for risk and discovery no audience to watch me have a bad day in the studio or fail The studio for me is a very private head and body space which I think allows me to be less inhibited As to the 10-year period two of those ten were effectively surrendered to the COVID pandemic when it came to studio visits and public venues This was also when both of my galleries (Team Gallery and Richard Telles Fine Arts) effectively closed which looking back on it proved to be somewhat liberating for my studio activity At the time it was a lot of what I thought was bad news all at once however it all probably came at the right time for me A central part of your practice is exploring how inorganic materials can become organic-looking Tell me more about your interest in creating this kind of visual effects Thinking and talking about the space between the organic and inorganic is a curious thing There might have been a period when we lived in a world where these two were clearly defined Now I know scientifically they still are and mutually exclusive But I I’m not so sure that’s haw we as a species experience the two We seem to live in a time and space where the two slip in and out of their ontological categories or definitions The “organic” and the ‘non-organic” are increasingly becoming conflated How else would you describe our fledgling relationship with AI or CGI Now I’m still working with “real” materials and fairly 20th century methods of object making/ rendering and the un-natural join or intersect or maybe just collide I am especially fascinated by how you combine erotic imagery with visual perspectives A sculpture that seems clinical can appear to be ludicrous at a different angle How do you think through shifting interpretations in your work I love thinking about the phenomenology of objects Their shapes and possible meanings through association Sometimes a thing can be both familiar or understood and then quickly shift into alien obscurity or the abstract A lot of what humans do or to be more precise invest in is kind of ludicrous Over designed fetishism can be found everywhere we (humans) have had complete control over Look no further than the kitchen gadgets and high-end bathroom architecture/design that is venerated It seems to me that most of our production values are born out of the act of arousal Value has extended beyond basic needs or task completion We live in a period when corporeal arousal is value dominant Your earlier works seem to be more interested in tensions of mutual dependency or thresholds whereas your recent works are more about how the human form can be evoked in the absence of a human body What motivates this shift from constructing an intricate system toward hybrid structures between bodies and functional objects whenever you have two or more things (objects) coupling up to form one dependency as a subject is always present in the narrative What I’m interested in is that space or gap between the surrogate (stand in) and the accoutrement (ornament/equipment) Another dimension of your exploring hybridity is that your recent sculptures often play with surface and depth I am curious as to how you think about dimensionality I would consider myself a sculptor in the truest sense of the word Which means I find myself thinking about fundamental attributes that define both an object/sculpture and how we coexist with it The motifs of wellness culture often recur in your sculptures What attracts you to the culture of self-optimization wellness culture and our pursuit of self-optimization If we look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs diagram wellness culture of self-optimization might find itself positioned at the top of the pyramid under the heading “self-actualization” but with a sometimes-weird twist to it because this wellness culture end game seems to try and cheat mortality Which is the most un-human thing I can think of Please confirm that you are at least 18 years old Variables is a chronological survey of the career of Soledad Sevilla (Valencia the winner of the 2020 Velázquez Prize for the Visual Arts paying special attention to certain patterns that are repeated throughout her oeuvre the show brings together a selection of over a hundred works in different formats that range from her beginnings at the Universidad de Madrid’s Centro de Cálculo (Computing Center) to her current productions some of them made specially for this exhibition Soledad Sevilla was linked from her early days to the heterogeneous group of Spanish artists that subscribed to the aesthetic postulates of geometric abstraction with whom she has maintained close ties throughout her life a period of great political significance and profound cultural changes in Spain geometric abstraction offered an alternative to the formulations marked by new figuration Although she soon stepped away from the use of the computer as an artistic tool Sevilla has spent her whole career developing a precise language based on the purity of line and color and on the construction of forms based on geometric modules She spent the period from 1980 to 1982 in Boston with an artistic research grant There she took the step toward the occupation of space in order to achieve a fuller multisensory experience She was greatly impressed by the intervention carried out in 1980 by the American artist Mary Miss in the neoclassical cloister of the Fogg Museum at Harvard University she proposed to intervene in the same space with Seven Days of Solitude (1980–1982) her first project with performative connotations and her first movement toward an expanded approach to painting her work gradually became more subjective in its search for emotion through the beautiful and the sublime Examples include her series Meninas (1981–1983) and Alhambras (1984–1987) whose referents are two great milestones of Spanish culture Velázquez’s Las Meninas and the Alhambra in Granada have continued to be the resources she turns to in order to make painting and those who view it vibrate as she seeks to express the emotions aroused by light and darkness two of the opposites she has most frequently explored she started to use oils to continue painting largeformat works with which she involves the viewer by provoking what the artist herself calls emotional sacudidas or “shakes.” These “shakes” are aroused while strolling through the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra at dusk visiting the Museo del Prado (Rubens’s Apostles or contemplating the vegetation hanging from a stone wall the landscape seen through agricultural plastic sheets the timbers of an old tobacco drying shed on the plain of Granada or a small gouache by her friend Eusebio Sempere “The sources are not sought out,” says Sevilla “They nearly always present themselves imperatively.” pictures that resemble large walls of vegetation swaying in the cool night air she does not use these colors naturalistically but in a metaphysical and transcendent sense With these gestures converted into brushwork she distributes the paint over the canvas with spaces that range from being covered entirely by paint to the underlying support being empty the block of leaves forms a unit and once more marks the threshold who has suffered from insomnia all her life it is at night that everything is seen more clearly Following in the wake of Meninas or Alhambras and especially Insomnio de paz y de conflicto (Insomnia of Peace and of Conflict should be understood as installation pictures designed either for walking along them or viewing them frontally and the agricultural architectures lead the spectator to view the world through the grid: grids of leaves and even of plastic meshes inspired by the tobacco drying sheds of the plain of the Vega de Granada The artist has stated on countless occasions that she has been painting the same picture all throughout her career Soledad Sevilla has reiterated the same brushwork in her pieces ever since the series En ruinas (In Ruins creating again and again what is effectively line and module at the same time Although these elements are visually distinct they partake in the same poetics and share identical resources: the paint dies materially at the edges established by the stretcher but that element reiterated as a unit potentially continues in successive layers whose superimposition points to the idea of the infinite with which Soledad Sevilla expands her aesthetic concerns to embrace the use of space has been another of the lines of force in her work since the 1980s Many of her pictorial series have their parallel in an installation with one born from the other and vice versa the artist concentrates even more on the threshold that leads from the material to the commotion of the senses This exhibition documents some of her historic interventions carried out at the Vélez Blanco Castle in Almería within the framework of the Plus Ultra project for Expo ’92 where Sevilla used only light to intervene in a space with strong symbolic connotations a sort of vanitas that was first 9 shown at the Galería Soledad Lorenzo in 1998 the artist presents Donde estaba la línea (Where the Line Was a new site-specific installation in which she uses cotton thread to intervene in the space of the Museum she pays tribute to one of her key referents with pictures that explore the kinetic possibilities of color against a black ground on the basis of horizontal lines in some cases metallized; Horizontes blancos (White Horizons) where she makes pencil marks before going over the drawing freehand to produce a random tremor; and the recent series Esperando a Sempere (Waiting for Sempere) presented for the first time in this exhibition the drawing in these works transmits a vibration that produces a keen sensation of moiré admitting the small errors that relay to the canvas the instant of strength or weakness in which it has been painted which is not hidden but makes the artist’s hand and the moment of production visible Soledad Sevilla seeks to transcend the tangible in order to capture all that surrounds her Sixty years after her first steps in the art world Collaboration with different agents and international political and cultural collectives A confederation of artistic internationalism made up of seven European museums Origin is a macro-installation of sculptures and drawings created by the artist Mar Solís in which she asks us to look at our place in the Universe in a “different way” The works are presented as a triptych of three segments: “Dissymmetry” They all share a genuinely sensory and abstract language in which opposing concepts are entwined: symmetry and asymmetry past and future converge in the same temporal space One of the most striking features of this exhibition is the persistent presence of the curved line “I combine complete circles with circular or elliptical lines that fragment and attract each other to form new universes that place the viewer in an ambivalent state of space and time My intention is to make the viewer feel out of place to make him or her participate in the constant “before” or “after” of the original explosion waiting for the next or the first disruptive moment Origin sets out to explore the nature of the Universe through artistic matter through multiple juxtaposed realities that form a unique Everything 1967) is an artist who explores the intersections between the modern physics and art videos and performance art pieces explore themes related to the study of micro- and macro- space our human perception of the reality of things she has organised several solo exhibitions including such outstanding projects as "Principle of Uncertainty" (Principio de incertidumbre) Royal Botanical Gardens of Madrid (2021); "The Line Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) (2012); "The Tale of Unknowing Island" Miami (2011); "Encounters in Space" (Encuentros en el espacio) Buenos Aires (2011); "Travel Logs Madrid - Damascus" (Cuadernos de viaje Madrid - Damsco) Syria (2009); "The Vertices of Vibration" (Los vértices de la vibración) the El Mundo stand; "The Open Sky" (El cielo abierto) Asturias (2009); "Selected Corners" (Rincones escogidos) Her work is on permanent display in numerous collections including most notably: The BBVA Collection the Alberto Jiménez de Arellano Alonso Foundation the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) the Ministry of the Environment and the Museum for the Blind she has won the 2003 Generations Award for Sculpture (First Prize); the Radio Nacional de España Ojo Crítico-Segundo Milenio Award for the Plastic Arts; First Prize in the Caja de Extremadura International Sculpture Competition and First Prize in the Mariano Benlliure Villa de Madrid Sculpture Competition Her work can be found in several public spaces She has been a Plastic Arts consultant for the Community of Madrid and director of the Coca-Cola Foundation Collection Director of Gioconda.com; exhibition coordinator for the Caja Madrid Foundation; assistant director of the 51st Venice Biennale 2005 and of the Pontevedra Biennale in 2000 and 2002 Winner of the Open Call for the Evaluation of the European Parliament’s Art Collection and the Enaire Foundation’s Curatorial Competition In recent years she has curated more than fifty exhibitions in museums and institutions in Spain She has participated as a juror in numerous competitions including the 2010 National Photography Prize and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Estampa Fair The Daoiz y Velarde Cultural Space (El Retiro district) has reopened - after the former Daoiz y Velarde barracks built at the end of the nineteenth century were fully refurbished - seeking balance between the original architecture and the current functions housed This new scenic space furthers the decentralisation of culture in the capital Madrid City Council and the Teatro Real opera house signed an agreement to launch a new project with the aim of creating a leading cultural and artistic space for children and young people in the city It offers educational experiences in the performing arts has a large space for cultural events and exhibitions: the Main Auditorium with a large stage and capacity for 330 seats; Pacífico Room (a multipurpose room) with 72 seats in retractable stands and a versatile stage space; rehearsal rooms; workshops ------------------------------------------------------ - Junta Municipal Retiro (Calle León Gil de Palacio Sundays with a performance: 10am - 2pm / If the performance is in the afternoon from two hours before the performance until the performance begins Holidays with a performance: from two hours before the performance until the performance begins One of the world’s leading art galleries boasting works by Velázquez Embark on a journey through seven centuries of European art from the early 1200s to the late 20th century Room 1 of the Centro Cultural Conde Duque in Madrid presents the exhibition Madrid visitors will witness the evolution of Madrid and its society through Pedro Almodóvar’s films thanks to the constant dialogue between the capital and the director And many of these things I did at the same pace as the city” Almodóvar has not only captured hundreds of the city’s settings in his films drawing inspiration from the people and stories he has met there Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980) to Madres paralelas (2021) ‘I have always found in this city a perfect landscape and an incorrect and ideal fauna for each of my films’ appearing to a greater or lesser extent in all his films in such a way that she is the quintessential character of the Almodóvarian universe It is very appropriate that this exhibition is being held in Conde Duque as one of the most iconic scenes in his filmography was shot on the façade of the building the mythical moment of the hose watering Carmen Maura in The Law of Desire (1987) has remained in the collective subconscious and is now recovered almost forty years later The Diplomat in Spain is the reference digital newspaper for diplomats and companies that want to be well informed © 2024 The Diplomat in Spain Please enter your username or email address to reset your password © 2024 The Diplomat in Spain Advance warning: you’ll want to arrive with an empty stomach at these delicious spots A trip to Spain and tapas might go hand-in-hand but there’s something extra special about the small plate culture in the capital city Home to hundreds—if not thousands—of tapas restaurants and bars Madrid’s tapas culture is heavily influenced by its history you’ll find classic tapas dishes like croquettes and tortilla española next door to innovative international-inspired picks that you’ll dream about long after you’ve waved goodbye to the city Madrid’s tapas culture is also influenced by the weather which means digging into gazpacho in summer or cocido madrileño in winter While there are tapas bars to suit all budgets the best tapas bars in Madrid are those that serve up a culinary journey with some good company along the way It’s pretty much impossible to have a bad time at Bodega de la Ardosa no matter whether you’re visiting for breakfast or late at night This historic tapas bar dates back to 1892 and is famed for its vermouth on tap served with a slice of orange and an olive Come here for dinner to dig into its locally famed tortilla de patatas (potato omelet) You’ll find a mix of locals and tourists here: Bodega de la Ardosa may be one of those “must-visit” spots on any Madrid hit list but it’s good enough that you’ll make time for multiple return visits Craving croquettes? There’s only one place to go: Casa Julio traditional tapas restaurant was once visited by the famous Irish rock band U2 in 1987 if you hadn’t guessed) still has some of the photos up on the wall Casa Julio has specific opening hours (1:00 PM to 4:00 PM and from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM) but you’ll want to double-check these in advance to avoid any croquette-based disappointment With its colorful tiles and vintage posters you’ll feel like you’re eating with an old Spanish friend when dining here You’ll find a few branches of 100 Montaditos spread throughout Madrid and wider Spain and the world which means you’re never too far from its budget-friendly 1€ burgers and its delicious Tinto de Verano A cheap and impressively cheerful tapas restaurant your best bet is to visit on a Wednesday or a Sunday to make good use of its Euromanía deal You’ll find a big range of internationally-inspired dishes as well as traditional Spanish ingredients Sure, it’s not a restaurant in the traditional sense. But you wouldn’t want to visit Madrid without eating tapas at least once at Mercado de San Miguel This fresh food market is a haven for foodies with hundreds of different stands selling all kinds of tapas it’s the sort of place you’ll wander and eat simultaneously rather than sitting in one place for too long Expect prices to be a little higher than your typical local tapas bar because ingredients lean towards gourmet rather than budget Bonus points for the beautiful cast-iron architecture you’ll notice while strolling and the fact that if you’re craving a specific ingredient tried once at a random spot in Spain View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taberna El Sur (@taberna_el_sur) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taberna Mas Al Sur (@tabernamasalsur) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Celso y Manolo (@celsoymanolo) View this post on Instagram A post shared by LOS CARACOLES CASA AMADEO (@loscaracolesdeamadeo) View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐔𝐄𝐋𝐓𝐀 (@casarevueltaoficial) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bar - Restaurant DOCAMAR (@bardocamar) Docamar is by no means off the beaten track But once you’ve sampled its patatas bravas you’ll understand why this tapas restaurant is so endlessly popular Considered some of the best in Spain (and that’s saying something impressive) Docamar even sells its secret sauce for takeaway you’ll find Docamar full of locals sipping a caña of beer and eating tapas in the early afternoons a welcoming atmosphere and budget-friendly prices to match and chickpeas) or the oreja (pig’s ear) Maybe you’ve had your fill of traditional tapas restaurants and now you’re looking for something a little more…unusual. If that’s the case, head to Rosi La Loca this crazy tapas bar was named after its owner you’ll find plenty of the usual tapas offerings with a few unexpected twists Sip on a cocktail in a brightly colored mug served to you by a waiter in a pink tutu skirt View this post on Instagram A post shared by Los Arcos de Ponzano (@arcosdeponzano) Los Arcos de Ponzano is the sort of tapas bar where you’ll have to listen firmly to your head over your heart A place where you’ll challenge the capacity of your stomach as you admire (and then feast upon) each dish as it makes its way over to your table this tapas restaurant does everything well but Serving up traditional Spanish cuisine since 1952 typical tapas dishes but also larger grills The restaurant’s open parrilla (grill) means you can watch how they cook their famous cordero (lamb) and cochinillo (pork) in a wood-fired oven Top tip: arrive with an empty stomach and no immediate plans afterwards Vegetarian tapas might be a little hit or miss, but if you’re bored of missing out when eating with carnivore friends, book a table at El Invernadero to be the star of the show for once El Invernadero means “the greenhouse” in Spanish and this spot specializes in green haute cuisine is known for his innovative and creative use of vegetables and herbs and has been awarded a Michelin star in the past for his efforts While you can’t really go wrong with any of the small plates here and the artichoke hearts with truffle to be seriously impressed why splurge on a fancy hotel room that ends up being nothing more than a bed for the night It makes far more sense to save your cash for the thrills of being outside exploring and soaking up the buzz of street life And Madrileño hoteliers know it: no wonder the city has an increasing number of no-frills design-led hotels with reasonable rates — often in elegant buildings with traditional character too Some are in the heart of the action around Puerta del Sol and the Gran Via while others are in 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mismatched chairs and eclectic art pieces allow for socialising or remote working • Discover our full guide to Madrid Generator hostels offer plenty of hotel-standard double rooms as well as dorms You get a tantalising feel of what living in Madrid might be like when you stay at the Artrip in the traditional yet multicultural neighbourhood of Lavapies with a pleasant breakfast room at the back where coffee is available all day the hotel feels fresh and surprisingly luxe for the price Chic&Basic pioneered the trend for simple hotels with elegant design in Spain two decades ago and this latest property is a welcome addition to the Madrid scene The hotel has an arrangement for guests to have breakfast in the adjoining Naked&Sated restaurant • What to do in Madrid• More great hotels in Madrid They have really thought about what guests need — and what they can happily do without — at the Sleep’n Atocha Breakfast is good value and you can have a beer on the roof terrace as the sun goes down If you want somewhere central with a bit of style but no fancy extras You couldn’t ask for a handier location in Madrid which is just fine when everything is on your doorstep If you really want to sink into the heritage of the Spanish capital A textile warehouse in a characterful part of the city centre has been turned into a minimalist hotel with 22 sparkling white rooms Breakfast is reasonably priced and there are dozens of bars and restaurants nearby • Best cities to visit in Spain• Spain’s best cities for food but don’t worry if you can’t find your dream bolthole on this list – there are literally hundreds of other brilliant places to stay here This is just the crème de la crème Updated December 2024: We've added two new hotels into the mix: Thompson Madrid RECOMMENDED:🏝Check out Madrid's best Airbnbs🍷 Discover the coolest things to do in Madrid Where is it? Carrera San Jerónimo.   Best for avant-garde vibes and central location.  Photograph: Booking.comFrom stunningly designed rooms and suites to the infinity pool overlooking the city, Hyatt's Thomspon Madrid is one heck of a five-star hotel. Inside the rooms are air conditioning, extra large beds, a minibar and a private bathroom – as well as a 'superb breakfast' included every morning. The best part? You're within easy walking distance from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and Gran Via Metro Station, so exploring like a local is certainly on the cards here. Where is it? Arganzuela, right on the banks of Manzanares. Where is it? Calle de la Paz 11.   Best for modern energy and a super central location.  Where is it? Plaza de las Cortes, centro.  Best for striking architecture - especially the glass dome.  Where is it? C. del Prado, Centro - next to Santa Ana Square.  Where is it? Avenida America, Chamartín. Best for high design - this place is seriously futuristic.  Where is it? Castellana, Fuencarral-El Pardo.  Best for sophistication and high-style.  Best for a fabulous oudoor pool terrace. Where is it? Paseo de la Castellana, Salamanca. Best for elegant rooms and excellent dining.  Where is it? Mejía Lequerica, Centro. Where is it? Padre Damian. Chamartín.  Where is it? Plaza de las Cortes, Centro.  Best for ultra chic, calming interiors.  Where is it? Plaza de Santa Ana, Centro.  Best for airy rooms and city views.  Where is it? Cuesta Santo Domingo, Centro.  Best for distinctive charm and five-star amenities.  Best for French architectural flair.  Where is it? Paseo Castellana, Chamberi.  Where is it? Claudio Coello, Salamanca.  Where is it? Plaza de la Independencia, Salamanca.  P.s: Expect to find yourself by the pool several times during your stay.  Read on for our pick of the 50 absolute best bars in Madrid Every hotel on this list has been selected independently by our editors and written by a Condé Nast Traveller journalist who knows the destination and has stayed at that property our editors consider both luxury properties and boutique and lesser-known boltholes that offer an authentic and insider experience of a destination a great location and warm service – as well as serious sustainability credentials We update this list regularly as new hotels open and existing ones evolve For more, see our full review of the Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid which holds its own in a town that prides itself on roof hangouts is a gorgeous open-air world of lush greenery where Diego Muñoz dishes up tapas-sized but ambitious Peruvian food save time for a cocktail in La Rotonda lobby bar beneath the famous stained-glass cupola And have a wander around the hotel’s small museum which reveals its life over the past century with the brand’s signature focus on wellbeing – super-food ingredients on the room-service menus staff-led jogging paths – and beds that will swallow you up whole it serves traditional Spanish fare surrounded by walls of colourful books towering horse chestnut trees and fences draped with ivy its exterior has had a chic aluminium and brass-clad upgrade The vibe inside is very local and knowing – black-framed floor-to-ceiling glass doors all-day dining destination Las Brasas de Castellana serves wonderful traditional dishes and flagship Amós does skilful creative turns on Northern Spanish cuisine stylish spa with a uniquely shaped Jacuzzi plus a sauna and steam room; up top is the last piece of the puzzle – the show-stopping Houses opened in 2022 (‘penthouses’ are so pre-pandemic) Right across the street are La Venencia and Chuka Ramen Bar – two restaurants you cannot miss a little square just off Madrid’s Gran Via while the Calle Montera street it overlooks is a notorious sex-worker haunt None of which bothers the new Thompson Madrid the first European member of Hyatt’s upscale urban marque which opened with the aim of shining the light of culture into this dreary downtown corner opting instead for a grown-up calm courtesy of Madrid interior designers Ignacio López and Penélope Tena channelling mid-century glamour with copper smoked glass and black Calatorao marble textures The top-floor suites have wraparound terraces with tremendous views of Madrid’s downtown roofscape from the neon Tío Pepe sign on Puerta del Sol to the Almudena cathedral and the countryside A commitment to Madrileño contemporary art sees photographers artists and fashion designers curated by Luisa Olazábal and the Hijos de Tomás bar in the basement feels like a proper local joint but try to book one of the prized bedrooms at the front of the hotel which has two Michelin stars and the menu creativity to prove it – fallow deer loin with blueberry and pomegranate demiglace or sole fish steamed in pine with its skins in cava wine Creative craft cocktails and mesmerising views are enough to pay a visit even if not staying here Address: Hotel NH Collection Madrid Palacio de Tepa Universal Music choosing Madrid as the location for its first-ever hotel feels like a marker of the current buzz around the city Part of a project that includes the newly renovated 1940s Albéniz Theatre in the same elegant building the 130-room hotel is slap-bang in the centre of things: steps from the Puerta del Sol and the Kilometre Zero stone slab that marks the geographical centre of Spain There are proper panoramas from the terraces of some of the faintly retro rooms which have faux marble floors and Marshall smart speakers with guitars and turntables in some suites Corridors are lined with shots of artists such as Rihanna while the view from the rooftop pool includes graffiti murals on neighbouring buildings of Amy Winehouse and the flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla including bocata de toro (brioche buns with bull’s tail) there’s a smart Japanese on the rooftop and plans for a speakeasy in the basement of the theatre the décor switches to a designer-chic style that fills the boutique hotel’s just over three dozen rooms This building has held many roles (convent and ducal palace among them) and Gran Via’s effervescent lights and 24-hour energy is a short walk in the other direction Address: VP Plaza España Design, Pl. de España, 5, 28008 Madrid, Spain This is a session that changes location frequently The powerful mixing desk that presides over this venue and the large screen behind the DJ dazzle a clientele euphoric on electronica of which the main room is Low - capitalising on the recent mainstream interest in the experimental side of electronica The DJs - resident and otherwise - spin a varied mix taking in everything from electro to indie. The large venue doesn't fill up until 3am there is a crowd of young people dancing to the music while watching the images on an enormous screen behind the DJ Budget hotel chain easyHotel has announced the opening of a new franchise in the heart of the Spanish capital It constitutes the chain's 19th franchised hotel easyHotel harbours strong ambitions for this model and aims to have more than 100 franchised hotels by 2026 The easyHotel Madrid Centro Atocha has 230 rooms and a car park with 101 spaces It is operated by Continuum Hotel Management and housed in a 6,000 m² building which was acquired in 2020 by Extendam under a VEFA contract The hotel is located in the Atocha district It sits nearby Madrid's main train station providing easy access for its guests to the rest of the city easyHotel will focus on Spain for the development of its portfolio. It plans to locate almost 20% of its assets in the country. With this in view, the budget hotel chain will undertake the construction of two new hotels in Valencia and Barcelona (Ciutat Meridiana) easyHotel has recently opened hotels in Barcelona (Fira) and Dublin Others are soon to be opened in Paris-Aubervilliers and Zürich Hotel website Brand OwnereasyHotel Plc The goal of the project was to intensify the reception, information, and participation functions through a new zoning strategy that clarifies the interior organization of the Courtyard. In order to implement this design strategy, we included new furniture pieces and hanging structures that illuminate, multiply the versatility of the space, and facilitate the exchange of information. Resting and working areas. The three naves are surrounded by smaller-scale ambulatory spaces. This perimeter limits with a line of historical counters that were originally used as the Post Office desks. The project turns these counters into the storage space for the new furniture pieces. The project aims to be a respectful intervention inside the historical Telecommunications Palace through a series of actions that give value to the scale and light of the existing building. Colgando del Centro aims to provide the building with a new changing and attractive program of activities turning this Center into a reference point for the city of Madrid You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email So dive into our picks for Madrid's best tapas bars and it looks it: Cobwebbed bottles and antique tchotchkes line the walls and wrought-iron columns alternate with wine barrels fashioned into tables confited in fruity Spanish olive oil to an almost spreadable consistency before being crisped on a sizzling hot griddle The battered ortiguillas—fresh sea anemones—sherry-braised beef cheeks and gushy tortilla española—which has won gold medals—are equally sublime peer beyond the right-hand side of the bar: There's a back room that often has more space The finest snails in Madrid!” bellows Amadeo Lázaro He's been hawking his famous garlicky gastropods to to the masses since 1942 which makes him the oldest tabernero in Madrid Known colloquially as "Los Caracoles" ("The Snails") this sliver of a bar on Plaza de Cascorro fills up on Sundays when the nearby Rastro flea market is in full swing Even squeamish travelers should try Amadeo's famous caracoles—they're a Rastro-morning rite of passage Other highlights include endangered old-school tapas like gambas en gabardina—battered "shrimp in raincoats"—stewed trotters which is just two minutes from the Plaza Mayor Sharpen your elbows before weaving your way to the counter prehistoric waiters and lined with sudsy half-pints and slender glasses of vermú served piping hot and impaled with a toothpick for easy nibbling Slow-stewed tripe is Revuelta's other claim to fame; it's only available on Wednesdays and Thursdays Duck into Revuelta to refuel between key attractions like the Plaza Mayor and El Rastro flea market or make it a pitstop on a larger tapas crawl through the old town La Tape is a non-negotiable stop for beer lovers and home brewers but even if you cheat and go for a glass of wine and a few tapas The menu is crowd-pleasing through and through with dishes both Spanish—the most heavenly ensaladilla rusa (tuna-y potato salad) in town—and international (think pesto-slathered burrata and artichoke tempura) pick out a few quesos and a bottle of wine and sit down at a marble table by the window to enjoy them a hybrid gourmet shop–tapas restaurant where you could spend hours grazing and sipping While the posher vinotecas in the neighborhood fill up with see-and-be-seen locals Casa González draws a down-to-earth crowd that's here for nothing more than good food and a good time The menu revolves around Casa González's expertly purveyed charcuterie and conservas (canned seafood and other delicacies) so it pays to give whomever's behind the counter carte blanche to make you a cheese plate with the best stuff fixie-riding kids Brooklynized the neighborhood and you'll get a blank stare: It's tinto or blanco But for old-world charm—and prices—you've come to the right place a grilled cheese stuffed with smoked Galician ham and oozy tetilla is an atomic bomb of a dish—drunk (or hangover) food at its finest Docamar has been a Ciudad Lineal institution since 1963 and its budget-friendly menu appeals as much to boisterous college kids as it does to families and business crowds The pilgrimage-worthy dish—and Docamar's raison d'être—is patatas bravas crisp-fried hunks of potato doused with a mouth- and eye-watering chili sauce whose recipe is closely guarded there's no better place to taste the Bentley of hams than in its proprietary bar and restaurant Nutty and complex with a finish that lingers on your tastebuds long after you've swallowed Cinco Jotas' jamón might forever ruin prosciutto and serrano ham for you Azulejos (traditional ceramic tiles) peek out between cobwebby wine bottles that teeter atop slanty old shelves A 19th-century wooden bar is stacked with olives share precious real estate with a replica of an Ignacio Zuloaga sketch immortalizing the bullfighter Ignacio Sánchez Mejías; sepia-tone newspaper clippings; and hand-calligraphed signs trumpeting "Tripe and wooden tables will make you feel right at home at this neighborhood haunt—the kind of place locals like to keep to themselves Try not to salivate as you peruse the hand-written menu Los Chuchis' cuisine resists categorization with dishes ranging from roasted bacalao with salsa verde to baked camembert to English-style sausages with mustard spiced and stuffed by a local butcher to the chef's specifications Carlos and María Ángeles inherited the tiny storefront in 1989; he mans the stove while she jots down orders and shoots the breeze with the devoted clientele Cerveriz's legendary tortilla española is what brings most first-timers through the door such as the stewed Romano beans with jamón and paprika and the braised whole squid swimming in carrot-wine sauce La Latina neighborhood dwellers and tourists gobble down caveman-size portions of huevos estrellados the house specialty: runny eggs nested between fried potatoes with optional ham Cava Baja has been infiltrated by middling tapas chains and dime-a-dozen franchises so it's a relief to see a family-run business like Los Huevos de Lucio packing in the crowds night after night and salvaged chairs are the first sign you're not in a traditional tapas bar The second might be that steak at the table next to you which comes with a pair of shears—you'll be using them to chop the salad Better suited to a sit-down tapas feast than to a quick stop on a longer crawl La Gabinoteca feels like a destination restaurant These tapas are as much about style as they are about substance—and they deliver in both categories have been on the menu since day one—one taste This is the list of the best terraces in Madrid which have captivated us for their atmosphere The good weather in Madrid gives for many hours of terraces Terrace-dining is a custom rooted in our way of life and we practice it with fervor and devotion Any place with shade and cool drinks is fine for us it is better to do it in the best terraces in Madrid The spectacular rooftop terrace of the NH Collection Madrid Casa Suecia hotel celebrates the good weather in style With a carefully decorated and stunning views this terrace in the heart of the city always has a fresh gastronomic offer that makes us long teeth 📍Location:calle del Marqués de Casa Riera It has all kinds of luxuries and 360º views of the city they hold an immersive show in which you will feel like you are on a private jet and you can enjoy a select menu of themed cocktails and live music Filandón is a restaurant in El Pardo -good excuse to walk around and get to know the area- with a large semi-covered garden and lots of charm and many of the dishes on the menu are grilled: octopus They also make paellas that are more than just rice and stuff La Catorce is the former Osadía but is still a hot spot among the terraces with views of Madrid they have from morning brunch to plans for drinks and cocktails at night their tapas of croquettes and truffled Iberian bikinis accompany well-drawn beers Double combo of enjoyment: terrace and park this terrace is in the middle of the Retiro so this plan is a date with both vermouth time and nature One of the most spacious and cozy terraces in the center of Madrid Your only concern will be to choose what menu you want to try The decoration and ambience of this terrace will leave you speechless 📍Location: Calle del Marqués de Casa Riera on the rooftop of the hotel INNSiDE by Meliá Madrid Gran Vía Its more than 500 meters of terrace with a seafaring soul and Galician flavor are an oasis where you can have the best cocktails and share some ration with friends The Colegio de Arquitectos de Madrid hides an interior garden with terrace where time flies by between beers and good Italian cuisine This place is a fetish of architecture lovers always excited by the modern sculptures in the courtyard From the ninth floor of the NH Gran Vía Collection hotel you get the feeling that you could touch the mythical Telefónica Building just by reaching out your hand The saying “From Madrid to Heaven” materializes in this high-rise oasis where you can look into the eyes of the statues that watch over the Madrid artery from the rooftops The courtyard of Palacio de Linares has a woman’s name This terrace looks like something out of your best dreams: a large palm tree gives shade and shelter the cocktails are like to put a monument to them and the food a fusion between the Mediterranean and Ibero-America The Brazilian corner of Madrid offers delicacies such as feijoada and meats from Brazil Green is the predominant color in this island to rest from the financial area of the capital On the fourth floor of the ABC Serrano shopping center is Torcuato a restaurant designed by interior designer Pepe Leal which has an outdoor terrace and indoor spaces such as nigiris; Spanish cuisine classics such as gazpacho and also lamb tahine and cous cous Erected as one of the most beautiful rooftops in the capital with a privileged position from which you can see how the streets of the center pulsate like nowhere else It is essential to stay as long as it takes to see the sunset from this terrace in Madrid 📍Location:10-12 Montera Street (B&B Hotel Madrid Centro Puerta del Sol La Cantina del Matadero is a restaurant located inside the Matadero art center in Madrid a perfect refuge to enjoy a meal or drink outdoors with its plants and warm lights and menu that includes watermelon gazpacho and fresh salads It is an ideal place to relax after a stroll through Madrid Río its industrial interior and the bleachers converted into seats give it a unique cinematic touch The meters that separate Ella Sky Bar from the sky let us see how the iconic and anonymous buildings of Madrid are piled up as in a family photo This is one of the best terraces in Madrid to have a drink without giving up the views tasty and fresh: boletus risotto with foie Iberian secret … and desserts of the sweetest El Patio de Atocha is located inside the Hotel CoolRooms Palacio de Atocha it surrounds the swimming pool and is decorated by a fountain that adds romanticism to this space surrounded by plants One of the advantages of this terrace in Madrid is that they close it with folding glass so it is a good place to take refuge from the extreme temperatures that sometimes exist in the capital El Jardín de Orfila is a good place to surprise someone firstly because it is inside a Madrid palace and secondly which is at the end of the restaurant and you do not expect how beautiful it is It is so obviously romantic that it has a special menu for lovers throughout the year you will find this spectacular terrace in the middle of Gran Vía Here you can enjoy the so-called “Explorer Menu” that offers different possibilities to choose a starter OHLA’s commitment to the development of projects with a high sustainable value has been recognized in the framework of one of its most important urban initiatives in recent years: Centro Canalejas Madrid (CCM) CCM has obtained the LEED Gold international certification awarded by the prestigious US Green Building Council (USGBC) thanks to the work carried out for the recovery and transformation of the seven historic buildings that make up this hospitality This recognition highlights the environmental design as well as the energy efficiency criteria applied during the construction process and its subsequent implementation the project followed the LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations (LEED-NC) program for new buildings or major renovations which assesses efficiency in both the architectural project and technical installation phase and the construction An example of this is the roof of the buildings protected by a layer of sedum (various species of vegetation) covering a large part of the roof surface The green roof which requires a minimum amount of maintenance while emitting a significant amount of oxygen is one of the requirements demanded by USGBC This certificate also recognizes the use of alternative energies the improvement of interior environmental quality (geothermal systems) the sustainable development of unused areas of the land lot the treatment of residual water and the selection of materials (locally-sourced materials in order to reduce the carbon footprint) the BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology was followed during the project design process incorporating new collaborative tools in the development and management of the project that have a positive impact in terms of sustainability by achieving cost optimization and responsible use of material resources most of which are over a hundred years old and have been cataloged give Centro Canalejas Madrid (CCM) a unique identity and also to the surrounding areas in which it is located in the confluence of the streets of Sevilla and Alcalá the Carrera de San Jerónimo and the Plaza de Canalejas OHLA has carried out its promotion and rehabilitation turning it into a mixed-use complex that houses the Four Seasons Hotel the first of the hotel chain in the country; 22 Branded Private Residences pioneers for having the services of the hotel; a commercial gallery having generated more than 5,000 jobs throughout the project as well as the commitment to the protection of the architectural heritage with the recovery of more than 17,000 ornamental elements of great value and in whose works more than 7 million euros have been invested OHLA’s portfolio includes nearly 60 unique building contracts that have been developed with sustainability criteria most of them located in the United States and Europe These awards reflect the company’s commitment to sustainable construction through the development of infrastructures that use materials and construction processes with a low environmental impact Since May of 2019, Ferrovial Agroman has been working on the Metro de Madrid’s Centro Integral de Transporte (CIT) a project with an allocated budget of over €20 million that will house the company’s main headquarters the construction site was visited by the acting President of the Community of Madrid who were accompanied by the Under-Secretary of Transport Antonio López; Presiding Councilwoman for the District of Tetuán Blanca Pinedo; Manager of Railway Operations for Metro de Madrid Carlos Cuadrado; and leaders from Metro de Madrid as well as the chief representatives from the managing firm (Domogestora) and the Project Management Team the people who visited the site were Ignacio Clopés Latam and Other Markets; Juan Luis Junguito Building Manager in Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha and Data Processing Centers; Javier García Deputy Director for Building II in Madrid and Extremadura; Raúl Osma Ferrovial Agroman is building the CIT for the Sociedad Cooperativa Residencial Andén del Retiro in the Tetuán neighborhood The building will house more than 1,000 workers and will include two underground floors the new headquarters was conceived as a Nearly Zero-Energy Building (NZEB) thereby complying with European guidelines that require energy considerations in public buildings built after 2018 the building incorporates design strategies and material options that reduce the heat island effect (particularly on the roofs by using shade and vegetation) along with lowering the energetic and ecological footprint by reducing the demand for energy and use of natural resources and a parking lot that will have recharging stations for electric vehicles and bicycle racks The complex where the CIT is in development will relocate and concentrate primary administrative services and monitoring control centers for the company These include the Centro de Control de Operación de Red (CCOR) the Centro de Operaciones de Mantenimiento y Monitorización de Instalaciones y Comunicaciones and the building for the Consorcio Regional de Transportes in the Community of Madrid It will also include the addition of spaces for a Transportation Museum and open-air areas in central locations that will be built in the future This concentrated grouping of services will make it possible to lower production and operation costs for the Metro de Madrid as well as providing greater efficiency in the organization’s performance and resulting in logistical savings and shorter response times to resolving incidents that arise acting president of the Community of Madrid HEAD OF EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION AND INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RELATIONS HEAD OF US CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS AND BRAND Ferrovial Construction France and Fusion for Energy have extended their collaboration with the signing of the TB20 contract on the ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project one of the most.. 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Can try another term or browse the main menu to find what you are looking for the flowers and the spring breeze seem to have gone back into hiding these days in Madrid but Let's put the illusion in the plans for the month of March in Madrid the month of art that starts now and a March that does not give way to that longed-for earthy instinct March plans in Madrid are perfect for absorbing the energy of the incipient spring sun that we are eagerly awaiting More than 200 original pieces among which are real gems the Black Panther costumes with which the designer Ruth E painted by the Spanish illustrator Rafael López Espí… and much more The exhibition starts from the birth of Bohemia in Paris to its development in Madrid through works of art and writers such as Sawa A journey through the underworld of the city the variety scenes with works on loan from different museums In the exhibition we will find from some of Goya’s Caprichos to the work of Chulos y Chulas by Gutiérrez Solana Argentine artist Marisa Caichiolo presents at La Neomudéjar this exhibition about memory Embroidery as a political symbol and using the Braille code to include messages that highlight “that true understanding often requires a deeper vision beyond the surface.” The city premieres a new fair this March: for the first time the Comic Fair will be held at Matadero Madrid There will be a total of 36 booths distributed around Plaza Matadero of Madrid bookstores and specialized in the art of comics spaces such as Casa del Lector or Cineteca will also join this celebration with a special cycle of female comic authors (within the cycle “Autoras de cine”) they can complete this immersive experience with a gastronomic menu inspired by the wedding banquet of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera The days and times of the gastronomic experience are as follows: the artist Solange Contreras will present her exhibition Urbano y Vegetal the first solo exhibition of the Chilean artist It is about the natural conscience in the cities of the future The Festival de Intervenciones Artísticas de Lavapiés CALLE (that is the event that turns Lavapiés into an open-air art gallery) returns by the hand of JUST MAD this month It’s already 16 years painting walls Domingo is the five-day festival dedicated to celebrating the performing arts and answering the big question: What is happening in the current art scene different disciplines will gather in spaces such as Casa Encendida the protagonists will be artists who have already been part of the festival Arantxa Martínez… as well as new companies and artists (Las Nenas the performer and visual artist Itziar Okariz the international choreographers Luísa Saraiva and Despina Sanida Crezia…) The European Fantastic Film Festival will return to Madrid for its second edition This event will divide the programming between the two cities that serve as headquarters (Madrid and Murcia) and Adán Latonda: “One of our objectives is to raise awareness of how this cinema is made which is not only horror and embraces many themes” the debut of Kiko Prada with Historias de Halloween the preview of the American film Curse of the Necklace or Anatema produced by Álex de la Iglesia and starring Leonor Watling Do you know the Torreón 2 of La Casa Encendida It is a hidden room on the terrace of the cultural center Things like this exhibition by Bárbara Santos framed in the special program of ARCO 2025 The exhibition invites us to reflect on the following question: Have we ever wondered why gold is underground we will be able to immerse ourselves in these digital installations in unfathomable forests with giant plants and flowers in elevated jungles from which we can see a horizon of impossible landscapes in libraries that hold books and Tomorrowland concerts The experience lasts about 45 minutes and you will be able to interact while you learn about the keys to the festival and walk through a dream of mythical realms are groundbreaking and open minds through art Secuencia Plano Secuencia by Almudena Lobera the artist transforms the space of the building creating a “pool” playing with perception A pool whose water level rises up to our neck a joint exhibition with works by various artists in which the tribal is no longer represented from the idealized and stereotyped perspective (typical of Western representation) to talk about environmental devastation 1500 square meters dedicated to explore the work of Banksy the eternal anonymous urban artist who leaves his mark on walls and murals around the world leaving his works exposed to the passing of time and human action Banksy Museum is a journey through 170 replicas to understand the chronology of the artist’s actions in their historical context The Gastronomic Days of Leganés started last year with a first edition that exceeded all expectations they return with a very green theme: “the flavors of the garden” with full menus with seasonal vegetables for 30 € Among these products are protagonists such as red cabbage cauliflower or pumpkin; and among the participating restaurants The exhibition will bring together different works by the French artist representing “characters in metamorphosis between the feminine Avenida de Portugal s/n (Moncloa – Aravaca)💸 Admission: free The 35th edition of the International Festival of Sacred Art is almost here: different municipalities and districts of Madrid will host 41 concerts 28 premieres and 9 commissions of the festival with the intention of bringing early music to contemporary audiences “but where other styles such as jazz pop or electronic music also have a place” Different locations.💸 Admission: different prices according to show and location (from 9€) The Carlos de Amberes Foundation hosts the Salón de Arte Moderno for six days Several Madrid galleries show their collections including pieces by artists such as Ricardo Macarrón A large outdoor exhibition will display more than a hundred replicas of dinosaurs across 4000 m2 in the area of Puerta del Angel A didactic exhibition in which different explorers will accompany visitors to answer any questions about these magnificent creatures and explain their characteristics Puerta del Ángel (location to be confirmed)💸 Tickets: from 12€ How did the arts influence the works of Marcel Proust It does so with an exhibition that brings together the landscape artistic and monumental environments that surrounded and shaped Proust’ s environment trying to highlight this link with his life and work Historical phenomena and milestones such as the appearance of electricity shows… were an indispensable part of the creation of one of the most influential writers of the 20th century The March 8 feminist demonstration will return to the streets of Madrid this year Still to be defined the details (time and route) by the 8M Commission we already know the slogan under which UN Women (the UN for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) will coordinate the International Women’s Day 2025: “For women and girls in all their diversity: rights for an inclusive feminism that leaves no one behind Even festivals that sprout with the arrival of the warm weather which returns with a new edition in its format for venues (Sala BUT Bee Week will bring together groups like Alex Wall 84 and will also include the celebration of La fiesta demoscópica de Mondosonoro and will continue with its environmental work of planting trees and creating beehives The great International Contemporary Art Fair of Spain returns for its 44th edition with a focus on the Amazon The famous fair keeps the usual programs (like the General Program with selected galleries; the Opening section with new galleries under seven years old; ArtsLibris about publishing art and collecting…) A fair that in its last edition was visited by 95,000 people with representation of more than 1,300 artists Avenida del Partenón 5 (Barajas district)💸 Tickets: from 65€ Ellas Crean celebrates its 21st anniversary in this edition of 2025 exhibitions… With the aim of “making visible the work of artists and creators in the world of culture” this festival is made up of a solid network of the associative movement of women in culture as well as institutional support The 2025 program is not yet available (we will keep you informed) Matadero will host the ninth edition of the International Fair of New Contemporary Art UVNT Art Fair more than 40 galleries will be installed in Matadero in an ephemeral way with a novelty: ceramics will play a major role half of the galleries will be of international origin and a new section with nine projects by Latin American galleries bringing together more than 40 national and international galleries under the Crystal Gallery of the Cibeles Palace The IX edition of HYBRID arrives at the Hotel Petit Palace Santa Barbara This contemporary art fair is located in the hotel rooms with art installations in each of the rooms performances and different stalls and stands with works by artists along the corridors and it is considered one of the great springboards for emerging artists in the city Plaza de Santa Bárbara 10 (Alonso Martínez) The sixteenth edition of JUSTMAD returns to put on the map the new art galleries and emerging artists who will be talking about in the coming years This fair works as a catalyst for these new trends and creators giving them a platform from which to be visible and vindicate the importance of the role of art Madrid through Dance is a choral and apocryphal tale of the city of Madrid The exhibition takes us on a leisurely journey through centuries of cultural and political production providing an insight into a city that has been built to the rhythm of pavanes perhaps we should begin by dispensing with the idea that there is only one History and only one Art let's continue by relieving ourselves of the pressure of having to figure out what these two terms mean and instead just enjoy observing how popular practices small everyday stories and major events are inextricably intertwined in the production of the city Let's conclude this exercise in opening up the imaginary by giving ourselves permission to look behind the curtains of Madrid's great founding narratives and enjoy the opportunity to search for some of its most profound inner workings which are certainly not to be found in books but rather in collective celebrations in non-verbal dialogues between dancing bodies Madrid through Dance invites us to explore this idea further: it opens windows onto streets where the most popular songs of the day are being played on barrel organs made by Sr it invites us to take part in a rave that took place 4000 years ago in a commune on La Pedriza mountain it takes us for a stroll along Madrid’s Champs Élysées and to enjoy a night out in Jardín Paraíso an area where people would meet to dance in the nineteenth century It leads us around the chapels of San Antonio de la Florida and the Virgen del Puerto along the Manzanares River and through the San Isidro Meadow places that over the last 500 years or so have not only been epicentres of popular leisure but also veritable laboratories in which the city’s politics and culture have been hatched The exhibition ventures into the salons of the nobility and the proletariat observing not only the great technological social and political revolutions that have taken place but also all those things that have not changed and perhaps never will curator Massimiliano Casu is a cultural creator and producer who has been based in Madrid since 2006 Much of his artistic career has unfolded here sound art and collective performative practices as tools that encourage civic engagement. His work focuses on investigating the processes of collective production of urban social spaces particularly the repertoire of popular musical rituals neighbourhood street parties or the gatherings of young people in public spaces He has published texts and articles on the social production of urban space through partying and has been the promoter of countless happenings organised in collaboration with the main cultural institutions in Madrid and the rest of Spain. Since 2018 he has been the director of Ciudad Bailar a festival that explores the relationship between dance and urban life in Madrid in collaboration with Intermediae-Matadero Madrid Graphic and museographic design: Casa Antillón The seedy backstreets off Gran Vía make the perfect approach to this lively sex club bars rattle and boots scuff the soiled floor Dress code is strictly enforced on weekends and some of the nights are pretty full-on lest you turn up in a crisp Fred Perry top to find it's the Wild & Wet Piss session. Improbably the owners run a little B&B upstairs. Its powerful light system multiplies the effects of the illumination and effects of the house and electronica sounds spun by the DJ CentroCentro is a contemporary art centre focused primarily on Madrid’s thriving creative pulse exhibiting in its galleries the work of contemporary artists of all ages and disciplines CentroCentro is a place where the city’s artistic talent the general public and the cultural and professional agents who create the city and culture can converge Our programmes are designed to give a voice to creators from different generations artists who embody today’s creative context CentroCentro revisits the work of consecrated artists who have not been seen in Madrid in recent decades as well as giving visibility to the work of new creators it also offers mid-career artists the opportunity to hold their first solo exhibition in a public institution With a multidisciplinary approach that embraces all forms of artistic expression – painting performance art and more – our exhibitions are the backbone around which the centre’s other activities are articulated: meetings micro-theatre and a veritable cornucopia of other cultural activities visitors to CentroCentro will be able to see this exhibition dedicated to the father of Impressionism Featuring more than 50 masterpieces from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris the exhibition traces the entire artistic career of the Impressionist master through the works to which the painter himself was most attached works he considered “his and his alone” and which he lovingly safeguarded in his home in Giverny until his death works from which he never wanted to be separated including his famous and iconic Water Lilies The Musée Marmottan Monet houses the largest and most important collection of works by the French artist thanks to a donation made by his son Michel in 1966 The museum has lent the exhibition in Madrid such outstanding works as "Portrait of Michel Monet Wearing a Hat with a Pompon" (1880) not to mention such large-format paintings as his captivating "Water Lilies" (1917-1920) or his evanescent "Wisteria" (1919-1920) Organised by CentroCentro and Arthemisia in collaboration with the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris the exhibition has been curated by Sylvie Carlier and co-curated by art historians Marianne Mathieu and Aurélie Gavoille both responsible for the texts that accompany the selection of works that make up the exhibition 5 December 1926) is considered one of the founding fathers of French Impressionism so much so that the very name of the artistic movement is linked to that of one of his works He is without doubt the most consistent and prolific exponent of the movement The underlying philosophy at the heart of Monet’s painting - which can be appreciated in his famous series - is that nature should be portrayed as it is even though he returned time and time again to the same subject this does not mean that he reproduced the same picture The wind and the shadows reveal to the artist’s eyes an ever-changing subject Concepcion AMAT ORTA… / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons Directly opposite the Reina Sofía Museum – home to Picasso’s anti-war masterpiece ‘Guernica’ – the Hard Rock group has magicked up a beautiful laidback hotel (and on the site of a former car park Like in the HR restaurants you may have dined in elsewhere there are plenty of cabinets filled with memorabilia here – chief among them the blue denim jeans worn by Elvis Presley during an NBC Television Special in 1968 – but it’s the rest of the decor that really stands out the mural inspired by the post-Franco La Movida countercultural movement behind the bar the sculpture that riffs on Velásquez’s ‘Las Meninas’: the overall feel is that of an art gallery perhaps one curated by Pedro Almodóvar and pretty well priced (you’re talking between Є145 and Є200 for a double). And as for the food Excepcional. Don’t miss the brunch that comes served in a guitar case and the cocktails with views at rooftop bar RT60 Between the end of 2006 and the early part of 2007 the City Council called a competition to design the new International Congress Center of Madrid (Centro Internacional de Convenciones de la Ciudad de Madrid or CICCM) on the old grounds of the Real Madrid sports complex At this time the four privately-owned skyscrapers were already going up on the same grounds Soriano & Asociados with SENER and UP Arquitectos also participated Their proposal was a huge vertical and perforated disk an optimistic and bright ‘rising sun’ that openly asserted the presence of this public facility establishing an equal relationship with the private buildings next to it and refusing to be a mere horizontal plinth Starting from the decision to extend the green spaces and guaranteeing in this way the pedestrian continuity of the free spaces between buildings and the park foreseen in the general plan the convention center is organized as an ascending The building establishes strategies to interact with the four skyscrapers by means of scale and form The CICCM explores the scale of the landscape imposed by the dimensions of the four towers and the abstract manipulation of the circular form already developed in other projects of the Mansilla & Tuñón office The strategy used recalls the traditional coexistence between church bell towers and the circular forms of their domes in the historical city The design of the CICCM tries in this way to build a new social landscape that with the clear intention of giving a unitary quality to a fragmented environment shall encompass from the new terminal of Barajas Airport to the La Coruña highway and from the Paseo de la Castellana to the Burgos highway Since the development phase of the project the design of the center underwent some significant alterations: the flat facades became slightly convex; the numerous conical openings mutated into large ‘craters’ concentrated in the lower part of the volume; the auditoriums were removed from the disk to join the basement of the building; and due to its materiality the radiant sun of the original project was transformed into a specular silver moon over Madrid Marta Renom Carbonell; HCH Models (maquetas models) Ingenieros: Emilio González (instalaciones e incendios mechanical engineering and fire protection); Alfonso Gómez Gaite (estructuras structural engineering); Jappsen Ingenieure (comunicaciones verticales vertical transportation); ENAR-Envolventes Arquitectónicas (fachada facade); Arau Acústicos: Higini Arau (acústica y visibilidad acoustics and visibility); Sancho Páramo (seguridad y salud safety and health)  there arent any match using your search terms This is a must for art fans and an essential part of Madrid's Art Triangle together with the Prado and Thyssen-Bornemisza museums the Reina Sofía boasts an impressive façade with glass and steel lift-shafts the museum is just as impressive from the back arranged around a courtyard and all covered by a triangular This ambitious extension project adds almost 30,000 sq m to the already vast art space in the patio to the south-west of the main edifice The Reina Sofía's great jewel is unquestionably 'Guernica' Picasso's impassioned denunciation of war and fascism a painting that commemorates the destruction in 1937 of the Basque town of Guernica by German bombers that flew in support of the Francoist forces in the Spanish Civil War as a reflection on the history of Western painting using elements from the work of the Old Masters Picasso refused to allow the painting to be exhibited in Spain under the Franco regime and it was only in 1981 that it was finally brought to Spain from the Museum of Modern Art in New York 'Guernica' has hung in the Reina Sofía since 1992 when it was transferred from the Casón del Buen Retiro amid great controversy The artist had intended the painting to be housed in the Prado – of which the Casón is at least an annex – and his family bitterly opposed the change of location There is no question that the acquisition of 'Guernica' hugely boosted the prestige of the Reina Sofía but the conflictive saga of the painting's final resting place has continued: the Basque Country demanded that this famous work be exhibited in the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao but their request was turned down by the Reina Sofia Museum following negative reports by the conservation and restoration departments The rest of the Reina Sofía's permanent collection which came mainly from the old Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo in Moncloa the museum's claim to be an international centre for contemporary art is frankly fallacious it is a reasonable collection of Spanish contemporary art with some thin coverage of non-Spanish artists It certainly contains works by practically all the major Spanish artists of the 20th century – Picasso Alfonso Ponce de León and Antonio Saura are all present – but even here the representation of individual artists is often patchy an active acquisitions policy adopted in the early 1990s has sought to fill some gaps in the range of Spanish art and to add works by major foreign artists Ellsworth Kelly and Julian Schnabel were all added the acquisitions budget has been very tight in recent years especially in the context of the museum's expansion scheme and that of the Prado but it has allowed for the addition of works by Miró Joaquín Torres García and others The permanent collection consists of 20,000 works (images of which are gradually being uploaded to the museum website) and is currently on the second and fourth floors of the Sabatini building as well as on the ground and first floors of the Nouvel building and temporary exhibitions have until now been presented on the ground and third floors the second floor begins with a selection of works that look at the origins of Modernism in Spanish art haphazardly placing together artistic currents from different parts of Spain – Basque painters such as Zuloaga Nonell and Casas – even though they have relatively little in common The itinerary continues through surrealism and the period of artistic renewal of the 1920s Then comes the major draw for most visitors: the Picasso Rooms Julio González and Dalí have rooms of their own Paintings by Dalí include 'The Great Masturbator' and 'The Enigma of Hitler' Several of the works by Miró are from his later life The Spanish Republic (with works by Dora Maar and Julio González) surrealism in exile (with works by Buñuel Maruja Mallo...) and Noucentisme and new art in Spain (with works by Dalí José Clará...) also have their place here On the fourth floor you'll find the second part of the collection which has the title '¿La guerra ha terminado Arte en un mundo dividido' ('Has the war ended The fourth floor runs from Spain's post-war years up to the present day starting with figurative art and the beginnings of abstraction in Spain On the ground and first floors of the Nouvel building the third part of the museum's permanent collection ('From revolt to post-modernism') covers the period from the 1960s to the 1980s and the political cultural and technological changes that have given shape to the contemporary global scenario Iván Zulueta and Chema Cobo are some of the featured artists Another of the strengths of the Reina Sofía is the fact that it serves as a venue for many other activities from exhibitions of sculpture and installations organised at the Palacio de Cristal and Palacio de Velázquez (in El Retiro) to the activities and concerts of the Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea in the modern auditorium of the Nouvel building and the café-restaurant in the extension area is also well worth a visit Amidst the “The Golden Triangle” of museums in Madrid — the Prado and Thyssen-Bornemisza — a new gallery has popped up with interesting aims Centro Mexico Madrid opened on September 15 hoping not only to create an exhibition space for Mexican artists but also to become a headquarters for celebrating Mexican art Centro’s first show is a solo exhibition by Betsabee Romero titled “Memoria frente al espejo” (loosely translated “Memory in the mirror”). You may remember Romero from the 2010 Moore College Philagrafika exhibit where she displayed prints in a traditional Mexican style made with recycled tires turned rubber stamps The artist is best known for her public art sculptures incorporating manipulated cars Romero has exhibited internationally for about 10 years now in important institutions in Mexico and South America as well as in the US (Los Angeles MoCA) In “Memory in the mirror” she continues her work on the sentimentalizing of traditional Mexican art and that art’s clash with consumer culture Romero uses familiar materials such as tires but she also incorporates metallics in her palette with gold and silver paint and convex mirrors she adds remote control toy cars and trucks with bright colors and miniature sculpture in the mix On the gallery’s first floor the metallics take center stage. Although the designs in the carvings and prints are pre-Columbian my first thoughts go to the Mexican-American “tricked-out” car culture The convex mirrors resemble wheel rims or safety mirrors Gold and Silver prints made using tire carved tire treads as rubber stamps wrap around the gallery’s columns One tire remains in mid-print on the ground while others hang on the wall cut up and painted to create patterns or simply display exquisite carving On the gallery’s lower level Romero’s work creates a totally different mood remote control trucks and cars are miniature art cars that carry portable graveyards with crosses and flowers A more modern and slightly larger silver car is parked in the gallery’s front claiming superiority and juxtaposition of modern and ancient motifs make this show worth seeing Centro Mexico Madrid is located at Calle Alameda, 3. 38014 Madrid, Spain. Their website is under construction but there is plenty of information on their facebook page (brush up on your Spanish) You can see all of Betsabee Romero’s work on her website —Brittany Papale graduated with a BFA from University of the Arts in 2011.  Currently, she is teaching English in Spain. Alexis Granwell talks paper, pigment, poetry and her Wind Challenge exhibit Amze Emmons opening tonight postponed, James Brantley, Jeff Koons and Scribe Video independent media opportunity William Edmondson’s ‘Monumental Vision’ at the Barnes Foundation Enter the magical world of Lost in Paradise by Heather Ujiie The capital of Spain is a fascinating city to visit Never fear – there are dozens of swimming pools to keep you cool in the summer heat From public outdoor baths to natural pools in the leafy outskirts we have put together a rundown of our favourite swimming spots in Madrid Take a cooling dip with the cinematic backdrop of the Cuatro Torres (Four Towers) skyscrapers at Vincente del Bosque Two 50m (165ft) pools make up this glistening oasis on the edge of Parque Norte You could easily while away an entire day here – there are six tennis courts a football field and a beach volleyball court Head to Tete’s Cafe & Bakery afterwards Centro Deportivo Municipal Escuelas de San Antón Looking for somewhere to swim laps without kids splashing near you you can steadily swim 25m (82ft) lengths in the marked-off lanes then rest your weary muscles in the onsite sauna afterwards this swimming complex is at the heart of Casa de Campo There are two outdoor pools here – one Olympic-sized 50m (165ft) pool and another reserved solely for kids – and it’s close to Lago Metro Station Be prepared to queue on the weekends – it’s a popular spot with local families to nab a space on the grass so you’re not fighting for a slab of concrete to lay out your towel Centro Deportivo Municipal Peñuelas It might look slightly rough and ready on the outside It’s close to Embajadores in the Lavapiés neighbourhood of Madrid there’s an L-shaped 25m (82ft) pool that’s deep enough to dive in plus two children’s pools and a decent cafe sunning themselves on the grass after their swim Madrid hosted the 1986 World Aquatics Championships and built a swimming centre for the occasion It is home to two Olympic-sized swimming pools (one indoor then squeeze in a 30-minute express training session (although you’ll need to understand what Spanish for “burpee” is) Sign up to our newsletter to save up to $800 on our unique trips See privacy policy Gymage Lounge Resort Four floors make up this swanky adults-only gym near the Callao Metro Station where you’ll discover a hidden pool and bar It’s one of the few rooftop pools in Madrid that isn’t inside a hotel There’s also a CrossFit gym in the basement and a massage parlour in case you need a full body pummeling after your dip Finish your visit with a piña colada and seafood croquettes in the sun Catch a train an hour northeast from Madrid and you’ll find yourself in the hiking region of Valle de la Fuenfría Dive into the outdoor Piscinas Naturales de Cercedilla surrounded by scots pine trees – it provides welcome relief from the summer heat of the city Note: it’s a picturesque one-hour walk from Cercedilla station to the pool Slightly further north than Cercedilla lies the Paular Valley While it is also an hour’s drive from Madrid (public transport isn’t quite so easy here) Plunge into one of three pools along the Lozoya River but provide a much-needed respite from the mid-summer heat and grab a drink at the nearby bar afterwards This is an updated rewrite of an article originally by Jessica Jones Did you know – Culture Trip now does bookable, small-group trips? 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to Cervantes that no tourist hasn't taken photos of it's a place of relaxation for so many locals who stretch out on the grass to rest or meet up with friends to head out to the surrounds Plaza de España is a favourite because it's where you hang out before going to see a film in original version at the nearby Plaza de los Cubos and Martín de los Heros; also because it's a good place to start or finish a walk to or from Gran Vía Plaza de Oriente or the Templo de Debod; or even because of the emblematic buildings (Torre de Madrid and Edificio España) then vacant and even occupied by squatters along with other neighbouring buildings until recently – a sign of the economic crisis – that now show signs of being big deals once again with new hotel projects When the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum opened in 1992 Madrid added the third point to its 'Art Triangle' The private collection of the late Baron Hans-Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza is widely considered among the most important in the world but in 1993 a purchase agreement was signed with the Spanish state The Baron's decision to sell was doubtlessly influenced both by his wife and by the offer to house the collection in the then-empty Palacio de Villahermosa an early-19th-century edifice that was superbly reconverted by architect Rafael Moneo at fantastic cost visitors can view the works with near-perfect illumination in which some 200 paintings and sculptures from Carmen Cervera's own collection are on display The collection was started by the Baron's father in the 1920s but was dispersed among his heirs after he died in 1947 The Baron bought back the paintings from his relatives and then extended the collection buying up first Old Masters and then more contemporary works during the 1960s leading him to look for a larger home for the collection though some paintings are housed in the MNAC museum in Barcelona Following the collection in chronological order gives you a lesson in Western art history such as Duccio di Buoninsegna's 'Christ and the Samaritan Woman' where Roy Lichtenstein's 'Woman in Bath' is on show you'll have seen examples of all the major schools The collection partly complements the Prado's and the Reina Sofía's collections with substantial holdings of 17th-century Dutch painting The Thyssen's detractors say the collection is a ragbag catch-all gathering of every kind of style put together with neither a sense of discrimination nor an eye for quality one of the Thyssen's great attractions is that while it is extraordinarily broad in scope it is also recognisably a personal collection that reflects a distinctly individual taste as seen in the wonderful room dedicated to early portraits with works by Antonello da Messina and Hans Memling Equally quirky is the section on early North American painting including 'Presumed Portrait of George Washington's Cook' by Gilbert Stuart and works by American artists who are rarely seen in Europe The Thyssen also has its share of real masterpieces is the great Florentine master Domenico Ghirlandaio's idealised 'Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni' (1488) Two rooms further on is Vittore Carpaccio's allegorical 'Young Knight in a Landscape' (1510) From among the masters of the Flemish School is the sublime 'Annunciation' diptych by van Eyck which is more like a three-dimensional sculptural relief than a painting The Thyssen is particularly strong in the German Renaissance a remarkable series of portraits by different artists and Albrecht Dürer's 'Jesus Among the Doctors' almost effeminate Christ pressed upon by diabolical doctors From the later 16th century and baroque there are superb paintings such as Titian's 'Saint Jerome in the Wilderness' Mattia Preti's unsettling 'A Concert' and Caravaggio's magnificent 'Saint Catherine of Alexandria' There are also representative works by El Greco The first floor begins with several rooms of 17th-century Dutch paintings – arguably the least interesting section of the Thyssen – followed by the most varied part of the museum with such pieces as a sombre 'Easter Morning' by Caspar David Friedrich; a Goya portrait of his friend Asensio Juliá; a great selection of Impressionists (Monet two beautiful and little-known van Goghs); and even Constable's 1824 'The Lock' – although not jumbled together The collection is generally strong in German art of all kinds with several rooms of Expressionists and powerful works by Emil Nolde Max Beckmann and Blue Rider group artists Franz Marc and Kandinsky are some more familiar modern masters – Braque Max Ernst and Picasso (in the shape of his 1911 'Man with a Clarinet') plus 'Hotel Room' by Edward Hopper and Robert Rauschenberg's 1963 'Express' and Ronald Kitaj's 'The Greek from Smyrna' are also on display This extension opened in 2004 and incorporates two adjoining buildings: numbers 19 (the Palacio de Goyeneche) and 21 of C/Marqués de Cubas The space exhibits some 220 works of the 300 belonging to the private collection of 'Tita' Cervera which she has ceded to the Spanish state for an indefinite period of time In addition there is a huge area for temporary shows restoration workshops and cafeteria have all been expanded Access is from Room 18 on the second floor which leads straight into rooms with early Italian and Flemish works by the likes of Luca Giordano outstanding among which is the van Dyck's 'Christ on the Cross' you'll enter a well-illuminated gallery that contains views and landscapes by Canaletto In the next room are 18th-century French and Italian paintings and beyond that is the exhibition 'Naturalism and the Rural World' a selection of 19th-century paintings from North America Room H contains the works of the early Impressionists Downstairs on the first floor you'll find works by North American Impressionists and other artists from the period of late Impressionism Two rooms are given over to Gauguin (the displays include his 'Mata Mua' and 'Coming and Going Martinique') and other post-Impressionists Fauvists and the early 20th-century avant-garde movements where one of the Baroness's four sculptures by the French artist is on show; the others are spread throughout the first floor Another of the strengths of the museum are the temporary exhibitions (Cézanne Julio Romero and Antonio Lopez are just some of the top names) which have been a big hit among the public the spaces were very altered where few were the areas in good condition Description of project by Estudio LamelaThe project is developed in 7 historical buildings from different periods (late 19th century headquarters of different banks and companies among which were the Banco Español de Crédito This group was internally united as a result of bank mergers and had been in disuse for more than a decade.The proposal sets a joint treatment that allows the stratification by plants of the uses and aspiring to be a reference point for the recovery of historic buildings for the city and an engine for the reactivation of the area.The starting point is to maintain the existing façades as well as the elements of historical value The interior of the buildings will be of new construction based on new horizontal slabs that allow the unitary use of the building in its different floors and will adapt to the levels of the existing facades by introducing steps or unevenness with ramps in the nearby areas to them.The proposal is based on carrying out a global operation the objective of which is to implement a complex with different uses in the building with a horizontal distribution of the same through a unitary treatment of the whole.The geometry that serves as the basis for the general development of the project is a classic with an axis of symmetry in the bisector that makes up the building in Alcalá 14 and that extends to the rest of the buildings The creation of a large interior patio is proposed to provide natural lighting to all floors.The uses to be implanted are the following:- 5-star Grand Luxury hotel the standards of the hotel chain have been taken into consideration in which the necessary surfaces for the different uses as well as the communications between them with the possibility of being linked to the service of the Four Seasons Hotel with a constructed area of ​​approximately 6,000 m² and 22 units They will have large terraces and privileged views over the historic center of Madrid The average size of the residences is preliminarily established at approximately 180 m² and 3 bedroom homes.- Commercial Large Area “Premium” quality implanted in the basement -1 with a constructed area of ​​approximately 15,000 m² The premises on floors 0 and 1 are intended for commercial premises while floor -1 is intended for catering.- Parking below ground level as a complementary provision to the main uses and a loading and unloading area for goods both for the Hotel and the Commercial Area The car park for the exclusive use of the residences and the hotel (approximately 2,000 m²) will be independent of the car park that will serve the hotel's shopping center and events Estudio LAMELA.  Interior Design.- Four Seasons: BAMO / BG Arquitectura Ana Guasp Martin.- Project Director Estudio Lamela Corner square Calle Alcalá and Calle Sevilla - Monument to Maestro Alonso Rafael Vargas, Daniel Schafer.  Archive REMODELING-RENOVATION bright and friendly mother-and-son operation Bodegas Ricla does a great line in garlicky 'boquerones' (whitebait) and an incongruous one in soft rock Cheap but good wine and sherry are available by the litre Also worth trying are the 'cecina' (thin slices of cured venison) and cabrales cheese in cider right between la Plaza de Ópera and La Plaza Mayor as a way to maintain the spirit and atmosphere of a past Madrid Plant yourself at one of the marble tables in the afternoon for a coffee and slice of his legendary carrot cake or make a nocturnal visit and sip on an inventive cocktail from a menu full of drinks named after iconic locations in the capital city Choose between the ‘Puerta del Sol’ (ginger the ‘Avenida América’ (whisky peppermint and brown sugar) or a ‘Bloody Almudena’ (vodka tomato juice and a top-secret ingredient that even we don’t know) Or if you’re more in the mood for an aperitivo indulge in one of the 30 varieties of vermouth Cafe Madrid also has snacks to go with all the delicious drinks © Booking.comThe sign inside that says 'Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home' should help clear up the name of this central design hostel in La Latina from spaces with bunk beds for groups with shared lavatories to single and double rooms with private bathrooms – some even with a small balcony You'll find simple yet practical Nordic design and decor and where plenty of locals hang out to pass the afternoon with a few beers © Booking.comHotels in the Ibis chain are the most economical you can find in Madrid This particular location is near the famous Las Ventas bullring and about 100 metres from the nearest metro so you can be in the city centre in about 15 minutes minimalist feel and all have a private bathroom You can get a buffet breakfast featuring local dishes at the hotel and nearby you'll find plenty of restaurants Everything to make you comfortable at just the right price © Booking.comThis is one of our favourite low-cost accommodations in the city. Not only is it centrally located right in the Chueca neighbourhood and near buzzing streets Gran Vía and Fuencarral but it's also got a restaurant and a lovely rooftop terrace to make your stay even that much better The shared and individual rooms have fun illustrations as frames for art mirrors and doors that liven up the comfy basics You've also got access to a common space with a kitchen area including a shared microwave fridge and vending machines if you'd rather save even more by not dining out © Booking.comAs the wall in the common area explains, 'mola' is a way of saying 'cool' in Spanish. This cool central hostal is just a few minutes' walk from Puerta del Sol and both private and shared rooms with bunk beds as well as private bathrooms with a shower making it an ideal spot to stop without having to empty your pockets to have the whole city right outside your door and organised activities you can take part in if you want Ver precio © Booking.comThis 'boutique hostel' is also right by Puerta del Sol and one of the most eye-catching cheap accommodations you'll find in the city centre elegant space with all the creature comforts that also offers private rooms what you've got is a very cosy hostel indeed The Toc has also got its own bar where they put on theme parties as well as a pool table that's free for all guests to use The staff are ready to give you information about Madrid as well as suggestions as to what to see and do Ver precio © Booking.comIn addition to the selection of charming hotels and hostels, you can also find elegant apartments in Madrid for happy prices. The proof is in places like 60 Balconies Urbay Stay. Just a ten-minute walk from the Art Triangle, where you'll find the city's best museums and just a few metres from Atocha train station All the apartments are kitted out with stylish and colourful furniture and complimentary toiletries in your private bathroom plus daily cleaning service and 24-hour reception are included in the price Ver precio © Booking.comThis lovely design hotel smack in the middle of Lavapiés one of the liveliest neighbourhoods in the centre of Madrid is just a few metres from a huge selection of international restaurants and safes to lock away your laptops and other valuables the hotel is decorated with works of art everywhere and rooms are furnished simply and with light touches of colour Expect friendly service and a 24-hour reception Ver precio © Booking.comVisiting a big city on a budget doesn't mean you have to stay in crummy quarters the Woohoo (how can you resist?) is a hostal with modern shared and private rooms right in the centre of Madrid where you don't have to spend much for a comfortable place to stay Rooms are decorated in muted tones or with splashes of bold colours The guest house has a shared lounge with a kitchen you can use to make your own meals and save even more pocket money You'll also enjoy free WiFi and 24-hour reception Join in on the organised excursions and activities if you're so inclined Ver precio Ver precio © Booking.comA hop, skip and a jump from La Latina metro station in one of the city's best neighbourhoods for going out for a few beers this cheery hostel is much more than its modest name indicates Whether you opt for a shared room of bunk beds or a private room of your own Shared rooms also have spacious lockers that slide out at the bottom of the bunks The decor of light wood and pops of red complement the natural light and some rooms have a balcony or small terrace Prepare your own food in the communal kitchen and in five minutes you're in an affordable restaurant or heading toward Plaza Mayor for more choices Ver precio This rooftop bar and restaurant is so close to the iconic Telefónica building that you'll feel you can reach out and touch it you've got to go up to the ninth floor of the NH Collection Gran Vía hotel (at the corner of C/Montera) where you'll be greeted with various spaces including a cocktail bar and comfy sofa area There's also a menu of nibbles brought to you by Chef Javier Muñoz Calero (who some will know from Nubel or the Forus Barceló rooftop) which is perfect for summer afternoons and nights Give yourself plenty of time because this is one of the places to be.  A very cool little venue that doubles as a café by day and a venue at night for live acts and DJs In the pleasant upstairs café you can sit and have a bite either to the dimly lit chill-out room or the dancefloor bathed with psychedelic projections The in-house DJ is often accompanied by live percussion lain and beats all feature in the multitude of events on the programme of this active club. Black music has its own place in Madrid in this club Check out the website to find out about upcoming events Garra Bar invites you to free your mind of preconceived ideas about hotel lobby bars as you step into this cocktail room in the restaurant Somos located inside Madrid's Barceló Torre Hotel The imposing interior design (by internationally recognised designer Jaime Hayón) is full of winks to art deco careful lighting and a bar that's set around a majestic column/showcase displaying bottles of champagne Under the high ceilings there's a real New York vibe Ramón Jiménez works his magic to find the perfect cocktail for you Among their concoctions are the curious Special Bloody made of fino and tomato and the suggestive Power Girl with rum and peach juice You won't run out of options for snacking either