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Things to do in Madrid: the full list behind the map

This interactive map of Madrid (Spain) brings together 124 hand-picked places: 28 attractions, 55 restaurants, 21 cafés and 20 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.

· Curated by the HOLASIM team · How we make the maps

Walking routes in Madrid

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Habsburg Madrid

2.5 km · half day · Historic center · 6 stops

  1. Puerta del Sol (Km 0)
  2. Plaza Mayor
  3. Mercado de San Miguel
  4. Catedral de la Almudena
  5. Palacio Real
  6. Jardines de Sabatini (sunset)
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Paseo del Arte

3 km · full day · The 3 museums · 6 stops

  1. Reina Sofía (Guernica)
  2. Atocha (tropical garden)
  3. Jardín Botánico
  4. Museo del Prado
  5. Thyssen-Bornemisza
  6. Retiro + Palacio de Cristal
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Tapas Crawl in La Latina

1.5 km · Sunday afternoon · 6 stops

  1. El Rastro (if it's Sunday)
  2. Malacatín (cocido)
  3. Juana La Loca (tortilla)
  4. Casa Lucio (huevos rotos)
  5. Cava Baja (bar hopping)
  6. Botín (historic dinner)
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Cool Malasaña + Chueca

2.5 km · afternoon + night · 6 stops

  1. Toma Café
  2. Plaza del Dos de Mayo
  3. Velarde vintage
  4. Calle Fuencarral
  5. Bodega de la Ardosa (vermouth)
  6. Mercado de San Antón (rooftop)
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Imperial Sunset

2.5 km · last light of day · 6 stops

  1. Templo de Debod (sunset)
  2. Plaza de España
  3. Gran Vía lit up
  4. Gourmet Experience Callao
  5. Círculo Bellas Artes rooftop
  6. San Ginés (closing churros)
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Things to do in Madrid: top attractions

#1 in Spain

Museo del Prado

Paseo del Arte

Velázquez, Goya and Bosch: one of the world's top three art museums.

Tip: Free Mon-Sat 6-8pm and Sun 5-7pm (long line: arrive 40 min early). Las Meninas, room 12.

🚇 Banco de España — L2 / Estación del Arte — L1

Featured in: Google Top España

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UNESCO World Heritage

Parque del Retiro

Palacio de Cristal

Madrid's garden: a boating lake, the Palacio de Cristal and endless strolls.

Tip: Enter through Puerta de Alcalá, row on the lake and finish at the Palacio de Cristal (free).

🚇 Retiro — L2 / Ibiza — L9

Featured in: Google Top España

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Giant palace

Palacio Real

Madrid de los Austrias

Western Europe's largest royal palace: 3,418 rooms.

Tip: Solemn changing of the guard on the first Wednesday of the month at 12. Free entry in the final hours for EU citizens.

🚇 Ópera — L2/L5

Featured in: Google Top España

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Historic heart

Plaza Mayor

1619 · Austrias

The perfect arcaded square: 237 balconies overlooking kilometer zero of Madrid life.

🚇 Sol — L1/L2/L3

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Spain's Km 0

Puerta del Sol

Km 0

The Bear and the Strawberry Tree, Km 0 and the New Year's Eve clock: Spain starts here.

🚇 Sol — L1/L2/L3

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Urban icon

Gran Vía

El Broadway madrileño

1.3 km of theaters, neon and rooftops. At night it's pure cinema.

Tip: Head up to the Círculo de Bellas Artes rooftop or Callao's Gourmet Experience to see it from above.

🚇 Gran Vía — L1/L5 / Callao — L3/L5

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Guernica live

Museo Reina Sofía

El Guernica

Picasso's Guernica plus Dalí and Miró in an 18th-century hospital.

Tip: Free Mon and Wed-Sat 7-9pm and Sun 12:30-2:30pm. Guernica: room 205.06, floor 2.

🚇 Estación del Arte — L1 / Lavapiés — L3

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The third jewel

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

Paseo del Arte

700 years of art in one private collection: from Van Eyck to Hopper.

🚇 Banco de España — L2

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Sunset #1

Templo de Debod

Egipto en Madrid

An authentic 2nd-century BC Egyptian temple with the best sunset in the city.

Tip: Arrive 45 min before sunset and grab a spot at the west viewpoint, behind the temple.

🚇 Plaza de España — L3/L10

Featured in: Viral IG/TikTok

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Plaza de España

Renovada 2021

The revamped square with Cervantes keeping watch and the Riu sky bar 27 floors up.

🚇 Plaza de España — L3/L10

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Crypt + dome

Catedral de la Almudena

Junto al Palacio

Madrid's cathedral: neo-Gothic outside, surprisingly pop inside.

🚇 Ópera — L2/L5

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Gourmet tapas

Mercado de San Miguel

1916 · hierro y vidrio

Spain's most famous gourmet market: vermouth, oysters and jamón under 1916 ironwork.

Tip: Go before 1pm or after 11pm. Vermouth on tap and the cod bites are the move.

🚇 Sol / Ópera

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Endless tapas

La Latina · Cava Baja

Barrio del tapeo

The street with the most bars per square meter in Madrid. Sundays are religion.

🚇 La Latina — L5

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Football's cathedral

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Tour + museo

Real Madrid's spaceship after the revamp: tour, museum and all 15 Champions League trophies.

Tip: Book the tour online (skip the line). On match days the tour closes early.

🚇 Santiago Bernabéu — L10

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Must-take photo

Puerta de Alcalá

1778

The neoclassical gate Sabina turned into a song — lit up at night it's something else.

🚇 Retiro — L2

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Cool district

Malasaña

Plaza del Dos de Mayo

The neighborhood of La Movida: vintage shops, specialty coffee and endless nights.

🚇 Tribunal — L1/L10

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Always partying

Chueca

Orgullo y diseño

The most vibrant neighborhood: terraces, design and the San Antón market with its rooftop.

🚇 Chueca — L5

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Sundays only

El Rastro

Domingos · La Latina

500 years of flea market: antiques, vinyl and happy chaos every Sunday.

Tip: From 9am to 3pm. Go early for the antiques at Plaza del General Vara del Rey.

🚇 La Latina — L5 / Puerta de Toledo — L5

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The rooftop

Azotea Círculo de Bellas Artes

Calle Alcalá 42

Madrid's classic rooftop: 360° over Gran Vía, Metrópolis and half the skyline.

Tip: Entry ~€5. Sunset = book ahead or expect a line. The Metrópolis building is best shot from below.

🚇 Banco de España — L2 / Sevilla — L2

Featured in: Viral IG/TikTok

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Royal sunset

Jardines de Sabatini

Palacio Real

The neoclassical gardens where the Palacio Real glows at sunset.

🚇 Ópera — L2/L5 / Plaza de España — L3/L10

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Retro flight

Teleférico de Madrid

Rosales ⇄ Casa de Campo

2.5 km gliding over the river and Casa de Campo, with the skyline as backdrop.

🚇 Argüelles — L3/L4/L6

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Industrial culture

Matadero Madrid

Río · Legazpi

A slaughterhouse turned cultural center: exhibitions, cinema and design by the river.

🚇 Legazpi — L3/L6

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360° for €4

Faro de Moncloa

Mirador 92 m

Moncloa's flying saucer: the widest view of Madrid and the mountains beyond.

🚇 Moncloa — L3/L6

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Jungle in the station

Estación de Atocha

Jardín tropical

A tropical jungle with turtles inside the 1892 station.

🚇 Estación del Arte — L1 / Atocha Renfe

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Enlightenment oasis

Real Jardín Botánico

Junto al Prado

5,000 species in Carlos III's Enlightenment garden. Total peace.

🚇 Estación del Arte — L1

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Best-kept secret

Museo Sorolla

Chamberí

The house-studio of the painter of light, with his Andalusian garden intact. Hidden gem.

🚇 Iglesia — L1 / Rubén Darío — L5

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New must-see

Galería de las Colecciones Reales

Nueva 2023

Madrid's newest museum: 650 Crown treasures in a stunning building.

🚇 Ópera — L2/L5

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Neo-Mudéjar XXL

Las Ventas

Plaza de toros · tour

The cathedral of bullfighting (1931): the ring tour and museum are worth it even if you skip the bulls.

🚇 Ventas — L2/L5

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Where to eat in Madrid: restaurants

Guinness record

Sobrino de Botín

1725 · Austrias

The world's oldest restaurant (Guinness). Suckling pig from a 1725 wood-fired oven.

Tip: Order the suckling pig and ask for a table by the oven or in the cellar. Book 2-3 weeks ahead.

🚇 Sol / La Latina — L5

Featured in: Guinness · desde 1725

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Best tortilla

Casa Dani

Mercado de la Paz · Salamanca

THE Spanish tortilla (juicy, with onion) at a market stall.

Tip: Go before 1pm or take a portion to the Retiro. Closed Sundays.

🚇 Serrano — L4

Featured in: Eater 34 · best tortilla

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Spain's toughest table

DiverXO

Dabiz Muñoz · 3★

Dabiz Muñoz's gastronomic circus: Madrid's only 3-star, top 5 in the world.

Tip: Reservations open months ahead and vanish in minutes. Alternative: StreetXO/RavioXO by the same chef.

🚇 Cuzco — L10

Featured in: Michelin 3★ · 50 Best · Eater 34

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XO dumplings

RavioXO

Dabiz Muñoz casual

Dabiz's no-limits dumplings: the (somewhat) more accessible take on DiverXO.

🚇 Nuevos Ministerios — L6/L8/L10

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Rebel 2★

DSTAgE

Chueca · 2★

Diego Guerrero in an industrial loft: two stars, no tie required.

🚇 Alonso Martínez — L4/L5/L10

Featured in: Michelin 2★

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Family 2★

Coque

Chamberí · 2★

The Sandoval brothers: legendary suckling pig and a 3,000-label cellar.

🚇 Rubén Darío — L5

Featured in: Michelin 2★

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2★ on fire

Smoked Room

Fuego y humo · 2★

Dani García over the coals: 14 seats, live fire and two stars.

🚇 Gregorio Marañón — L7/L10

Featured in: Michelin 2★

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Palatial 2★

Deessa

Mandarin Oriental Ritz · 2★

Quique Dacosta at the Ritz: Mediterranean haute cuisine among the marble.

🚇 Banco de España — L2

Featured in: Michelin 2★

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Michelin flamenco

Corral de la Morería

Flamenco + 1★

The world's most famous flamenco tablao, with a Michelin star in the dining room.

Tip: Book the dinner show at the tablao or the gastro restaurant's menu (4 tables).

🚇 Ópera — L2/L5 / La Latina — L5

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Eater 34

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Huevos estrellados

Casa Lucio

Cava Baja · desde 1974

The huevos rotos that fed kings, Obama and half of Hollywood.

Tip: Order the huevos estrellados with jamón, plus the callos. Always book.

🚇 La Latina — L5

Featured in: Ícono desde 1974

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Sacred cod

Casa Revuelta

Taberna · Austrias

Battered cod eaten standing up, banderillas and cañas: the taberna that never changes.

🚇 Sol / Tirso de Molina — L1

Featured in: Eater 34 · taberna eterna

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Vermouth + tortilla

Bodega de la Ardosa

Malasaña · 1892

Vermouth on tap, a top-3 tortilla and salmorejo passed under the bar (literally).

🚇 Tribunal — L1/L10

Featured in: Taberna 1892

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Oxtail classic

Casa Alberto

Huertas · 1827

Oxtail and vermouth in the house where Cervantes lived. Textbook taberna.

🚇 Antón Martín — L1

Featured in: Taberna 1827

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1839 elegance

Lhardy

1839 · Carrera San Jerónimo

High society's consommé since 1839: shop downstairs, period salons upstairs.

🚇 Sol / Sevilla — L2

Featured in: Eater 34 · desde 1839

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Cult cocido

La Bola

Cocido · desde 1870

Cocido madrileño in clay pots over oak charcoal, just like in 1870.

Tip: Lunch only. The cocido arrives in two rounds: soup first, then everything else.

🚇 Santo Domingo — L2 / Ópera — L2/L5

Featured in: Histórico 1870

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Cocido XXL

Malacatín

La Latina · 1895

The other temple of cocido: hearty, old-school and zero pretense.

🚇 La Latina — L5

Featured in: Histórico 1895

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Eternal gambas

La Casa del Abuelo

1906 · Sol

Garlic shrimp sizzling since 1906, with a small glass of sweet wine.

🚇 Sol — L1/L2/L3

Featured in: Histórico 1906

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Calamari sandwich

Bar La Campana

Plaza Mayor

THE calamari sandwich of Plaza Mayor: crispy, cheap and perfect.

Tip: Get it with aioli and eat it in Plaza Mayor. Under €5.

🚇 Sol — L1/L2/L3

Featured in: Clásico madrileño

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Late-night bocata

El Brillante

Atocha

The 24/7 calamari sandwich across from the Reina Sofía. Working-class institution.

🚇 Estación del Arte — L1

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Star pintxo

Juana La Loca

La Latina

The caramelized-onion tortilla gunning for the throne, plus signature pintxos.

🚇 La Latina — L5

Featured in: Top tapas Madrid

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Top neo-taberna

Casa Macareno

Malasaña

The new taberna that feels like it's always been there: superb ensaladilla and escabeches.

🚇 Tribunal — L1/L10

Featured in: Trending 2025

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Chefs' favorite

La Tasquita de Enfrente

Malasaña

Market-driven cooking with no fixed menu: the chefs' secret favorite.

🚇 Gran Vía — L1/L5

Featured in: Favorito de chefs

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Beach in the basement

Ojalá

Malasaña · playa indoor

Brunch upstairs and a beach with real sand in the basement.

🚇 Tribunal — L1/L10 / Noviciado — L2

Featured in: Viral IG/TikTok

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Totally viral

Rosi La Loca

Sol · barroco pop

Theatrical tapas in Madrid's most photographed spot: flowers, swings and sangria.

🚇 Sol — L1/L2/L3

Featured in: Viral TikTok

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Celebrity spot

Amazónico

Salamanca · jungla

The celebrity jungle-brasserie: sushi, grill and jazz in the basement.

Tip: Book weeks ahead. No reservation? Try the bar or the jazz club downstairs.

🚇 Serrano — L4 / Velázquez — L4

Featured in: Hardest tables Madrid

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Salamanca essential

Ten Con Ten

Salamanca

The modern classic of the Salamanca district: croquetas, rice dishes and beautiful people.

🚇 Serrano — L4

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Ponzaning

Sala de Despiece

Ponzano

A white lab-style counter on the trendiest street: Ponzaning starts here.

🚇 Alonso Cano — L7 / Ríos Rosas — L1

Featured in: Trending Ponzano

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World's 50 Best Bars

Salmon Guru

Huertas · cocktail bar

World's 50 Best Bars: neon cocktails and carefully measured madness.

🚇 Antón Martín — L1 / Sevilla — L2

Featured in: 50 Best Bars · Eater 34

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Neighborhood rooftop

Mercado de San Antón

Chueca · rooftop

A three-story market with a rooftop terrace: shop below, tapas up top.

🚇 Chueca — L5

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Retiro terrace

Arzábal

Retiro

A refined taberna right by the Retiro: vermouth, oysters and a golden terrace.

🚇 Ibiza — L9

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Old-world luxury

Horcher

Retiro · desde 1943

Game, stroganoff and white-glove service: Madrid's Central European luxury.

🚇 Retiro — L2

Featured in: Clásico de lujo

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Accessible fine dining

Triciclo

Barrio de las Letras

Signature cooking in three portion sizes: the bistro that never misses.

🚇 Antón Martín — L1

Featured in: Bib Gourmand

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Chef cult

Sacha

Cuzco · bistró de autor

The bistro everyone wants to be a regular at: faux txangurro ravioli and the famous lazy tortilla.

Tip: Order the tortilla vaga (unflipped) with piparras and chorizo. If you spot Sacha, say hi.

🚇 Cuzco — L10

Featured in: Eater 34

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Supreme seafood

Desde 1911

Cuatro Caminos · mariscos

The fish temple of Pescaderías Coruñesas: menu set by the day's catch, plus 1,000 wines.

🚇 Alvarado — L1

Featured in: Eater 34 · Michelin 1★

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Soulful wontons

Casa Pei

Chamberí · wontons

Family-made Korean-Chinese wontons: Sungeun Pei's parents knead the dough in the back.

Tip: Go weekdays at lunch or at 5pm: weekends mean long lines.

🚇 Ríos Rosas — L1 / Alonso Cano — L7

Featured in: Eater 34

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Market gem

Tripea

Mercado de Vallehermoso

Asian-Latin cooking at a market stall with a communal table. Warm mussel ceviche.

🚇 Quevedo — L2 / Canal — L2/L7

Featured in: Eater 34

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Instant classic

Bar Trafalgar

Chamberí

The modern taberna with a classic soul: mille-feuille bravas and smoked-butter toast.

🚇 Bilbao — L1/L4 / Quevedo — L2

Featured in: Eater 34

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Worth the line

StreetXO

Serrano 52 · Dabiz Muñoz

Dabiz's street-food side: chili crab and the bao club sandwich with fried quail egg.

Tip: No reservations: go early. The Circus bar pours cocktails from noon to midnight.

🚇 Serrano — L4

Featured in: Eater 34 · viral

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Deli with wine

Cuenllas Salesas

Salesas · vinos + deli

Third-generation deli and wine bar: Santoña anchovies and 75 labels by the glass.

🚇 Alonso Martínez — L4/L5/L10

Featured in: Eater 34

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Castizo 2.0

Tres Por Cuatro

Goya

Spanish classics with global technique: callos, ossobuco al pibil taco and juicy torreznos.

Tip: Order half portions to try more dishes.

🚇 Goya — L2/L4 / Manuel Becerra — L2/L6

Featured in: Eater 34

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Fine casual

La Llorería

Malasaña

Haute cuisine without the tie or the gala prices: tomato with miso and cauliflower with pancetta.

Tip: Impossible without a reservation: order the whole chalkboard and share.

🚇 Tribunal — L1/L10

Featured in: Eater 34

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Breakout bistro

Comparte Bistró

Justicia · Cádiz + Francia

Cádiz gone French: chicharrón with Cantal, tartare with croissant and béarnaise.

🚇 Chueca — L5 / Alonso Martínez — L4/L5/L10

Featured in: Eater 34

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Sacred mushrooms

El Cisne Azul

Chueca · setas

The kingdom of wild mushrooms: chanterelles with fried egg and boletus with Torta del Casar.

Tip: No reservations: arrive early and wait with a caña at the bar.

🚇 Chueca — L5

Featured in: Eater 34

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1★ offal

La Tasquería

Goya · casquería 1★

Javi Estévez turned offal into a Michelin star: fried suckling-pig face and brined tongue.

🚇 Goya — L2/L4

Featured in: Eater 34 · Michelin 1★

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Trip to 1890

Tienda de Vinos «El Comunista»

Chueca · 1890

A time-capsule eating house: migas with grapes, squid in ink and grandma-style stews.

Tip: Cash only.

🚇 Chueca — L5

Featured in: Eater 34

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Two magic floors

Angelita Madrid

Reina 4 · vinos + coctelería

Natural wines and the best tomato salad upstairs; Mario Villalón's cocktail lab below.

🚇 Gran Vía — L1/L5

Featured in: Eater 34

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Cocktail temple

Del Diego

Coctelería art déco

The bar that founded Madrid's cocktail culture: impeccable classics since 1992.

🚇 Gran Vía — L1/L5 / Chueca — L5

Featured in: Eater 34

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Refined Mexico

Barracuda MX

Retiro · alta cocina mexicana

Roberto Ruiz's Mexican Pacific: aguachiles, sea bass a la talla and a mezcal cart.

Tip: Taco Tuesdays and mariachi Wednesdays.

🚇 Retiro — L2 / Banco de España — L2

Featured in: Eater 34

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Modern vermouth

Hermanos Vinagre

Narváez · vermut

The aperitivo with design cred: gildas, cockles with chile and vermouth at a steel bar.

🚇 Ibiza — L9 / Goya — L2/L4

Featured in: Eater 34

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Untouched legend

La Venencia

Huertas · solo jerez

Hemingway's favorite sherry bar: no photos, no tips, your tab chalked on the bar.

Tip: Order manzanilla with mojama and Campo Real olives. Photos strictly forbidden.

🚇 Sevilla — L2 / Antón Martín — L1

Featured in: Eater 34

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Ramen #1

Chuka Ramen Bar

Huertas · ramen

Madrid's best ramen, with Momofuku DNA: Korean chicken baos and eggplant mapo.

Tip: Book ahead: walk-ins rarely get a table.

🚇 Antón Martín — L1 / Sevilla — L2

Featured in: Eater 34

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The people's menu

La Sanabresa

Huertas · casa de comidas

Grandma's cooking at last-decade prices: ensaladilla, oxtail and chops.

Tip: No reservations: arrive before they open.

🚇 Antón Martín — L1

Featured in: Eater 34

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Viral noodles

Toga

La Latina · fusión

The kimchi-mayo noodles with bluefin tuna that drove Madrid wild. Nikkei + Japanese + Latin.

Tip: No table? Try Toguita, their second spot.

🚇 Tirso de Molina — L1 / La Latina — L5

Featured in: Eater 34

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Sardines & cañas

Bar Santurce

Rastro · sardinas

Grilled sardines and Padrón peppers, caña after caña. Grill show right at the bar.

Tip: Rastro Sundays get packed: bring patience or go on a weekday.

🚇 La Latina — L5 / Tirso de Molina — L1

Featured in: Eater 34

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Gildas + vermouth

La Gildería

La Latina · gildas

The altar of the gilda: skewers, Murcian ensaladilla and vermouth from all over Spain.

🚇 La Latina — L5 / Puerta de Toledo — L5

Featured in: Eater 34

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Specialty coffee in Madrid

Legendary churros

Chocolatería San Ginés

1894 · 24 horas

Churros with chocolate 24/7 since 1894. The mandatory end to every Madrid night.

Tip: 6am after the party or 10am on weekdays. Half a dozen with thick hot chocolate.

🚇 Sol — L1/L2/L3 / Ópera — L2/L5

Featured in: Eater 34 · desde 1894

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Writers' café

Café Gijón

1888 · Recoletos

The last great literary salon: Lorca, Cela and half the boom wrote here.

🚇 Colón — L4 / Banco de España — L2

Featured in: Histórico 1888

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Revived classic

Café Comercial

1887 · Bilbao

Madrid's oldest café, restored with its original mirrors and marble.

🚇 Bilbao — L1/L4

Featured in: Histórico 1887

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Churro dynasty

Los Artesanos 1902

Churros artesanos

The other churro dynasty: four generations and ultra-thick chocolate.

🚇 Ópera — L2/L5

Featured in: Desde 1902

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Specialty pioneer

Toma Café

Malasaña · pionero

The one that brought specialty coffee to Madrid: perfect flat whites since 2011.

🚇 Tribunal — L1/L10 / Noviciado — L2

Featured in: Pionero specialty

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Asian specialty

HanSo Café

Malasaña

Specialty coffee with an Asian soul: matcha, yuzu cakes and fine filter brews.

🚇 Noviciado — L2

Featured in: Top specialty

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Serious brunch

Misión Café

Conde Duque

In-house roastery and the most solid brunch in the center. Always full, always worth it.

🚇 Noviciado — L2 / Plaza de España — L3/L10

Featured in: Top brunch

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Aussie brunch

Federal Café

Comendadoras

Australian-style brunch on a quiet square: laptops, toast and calm.

🚇 Noviciado — L2

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Viral roll

Acid Shop

Barquillo · Justicia

Bright house-roasted coffee and the viral kardamombullar (cardamom roll).

🚇 Chueca — L5 / Banco de España — L2

Featured in: Viral TikTok

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Top roaster

Hola Coffee

Lavapiés · tostador

The roasters who leveled up Madrid coffee. New branch in Recoletos too.

🚇 Lavapiés — L3 / Estación del Arte — L1

Featured in: Top specialty

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New favorite

Casa Victoria

Lavapiés · club social

A restored social club turned café: industrial, huge and photogenic.

🚇 Antón Martín — L1 / Tirso de Molina — L1

Featured in: Viral TikTok

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Chamberí obsession

Miner's Coffee

Chamberí

Chamberí's specialty-coffee obsession: precise espressos and summer cold brew.

🚇 San Bernardo — L2/L4

Featured in: Trending 2025

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New Japanese bakery

Kohi Bakery

Fuencarral · japonés

New Japanese bakery: matcha, shokupan and lines since opening day.

🚇 Bilbao — L1/L4 / Quevedo — L2

Featured in: Nuevo 2025 · viral

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Micro gem

Zero Point Coffee

Lavapiés

A tiny neighborhood café with competition-grade filter brews, across from the Doré cinema.

🚇 Antón Martín — L1

Featured in: Top specialty

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Café-cowork

En Bruto

Justicia · cowork

Brutalist-styled café where half of creative Madrid works over a flat white.

🚇 Chueca — L5 / Alonso Martínez — L4/L5/L10

Featured in: Trending IG

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Gelato + coffee

Cora

Barquillo · gelato

Artisan gelato + specialty coffee: Justicia's dangerous combo.

🚇 Chueca — L5

Featured in: Trending IG

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Royal terrace

Café de Oriente

Frente al Palacio Real

A postcard terrace facing the Palacio Real: old-world café with royal views.

🚇 Ópera — L2/L5

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Lavapiés brunch

Pum Pum Café

Lavapiés

Lavapiés's go-to brunch: mountainous toasts and specialty coffee in an authentic barrio.

🚇 Lavapiés — L3

Featured in: Top brunch

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Worth the line

Alma Nomad Bakery

Chamberí · panadería nórdica

Nordic loaves, focaccias and the pistachio croissant that draws lines in Chamberí.

Tip: Go 2-3pm on weekdays and take the loot to Plaza de Olavide.

🚇 Iglesia — L1 / Quevedo — L2

Featured in: Eater 34

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Perfect palmera

La Duquesita

1914 · Oriol Balaguer

Madrid's most beautiful pastry shop: 70% chocolate palmera and an award-winning croissant.

🚇 Alonso Martínez — L4/L5/L10

Featured in: Eater 34 · desde 1914

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Signature cheesecake

Alex Cordobés

Salamanca · cheesecake

Cheesecake as a work of art: creamy, toasted, on a butter-cookie base.

🚇 Velázquez — L4

Featured in: Eater 34

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Shopping in Madrid: where to shop

Future retail

WOW Concept

Gran Vía 18

The department store of the future: 7 phygital floors of digital brands and design.

🚇 Gran Vía — L1/L5 / Sevilla — L2

Featured in: Trending retail

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Historic XXL

Primark Gran Vía

Edificio Madrid-París

One of the world's biggest Primarks, inside a 1924 palace with a dome.

🚇 Gran Vía — L1/L5 / Callao — L3/L5

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Rooftop + shopping

El Corte Inglés Callao

Gourmet Experience

Spain's department store, with a gourmet rooftop facing the Schweppes sign.

Tip: Head up to the 9th-floor Gourmet Experience at sunset: the best free view of Gran Vía.

🚇 Callao — L3/L5

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New luxury

Galería Canalejas

Four Seasons · lujo

The new luxury arcade: Hermès, Cartier and a high-end food hall.

🚇 Sevilla — L2 / Sol

Featured in: Nuevo lujo Madrid

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Street style

Calle Fuencarral

Streetwear central

The pedestrian streetwear strip: sneakers, denim and young brands.

🚇 Tribunal — L1/L10 / Gran Vía — L1/L5

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Golden mile

Calle Serrano

Milla de Oro · Salamanca

The golden mile: Loewe, LV, Prada and Spain's own luxury boutiques.

🚇 Serrano — L4

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Spanish pride

Casa Loewe

Serrano 26 · flagship

The flagship-museum of the world's most coveted Spanish house: art + leather goods.

🚇 Serrano — L4

Featured in: Flagship mundial

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Salamanca combo

ECI Serrano · WOW

Serrano 52

Salamanca's busiest shopping corner: from Serrano luxury to the concept store.

🚇 Serrano — L4

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Vintage hunting

Velarde Vintage

Malasaña

Malasaña's vintage block: clothes by the kilo, vinyl and secondhand treasures.

🚇 Tribunal — L1/L10

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Indie design

Barrio de las Salesas

Justicia · diseño

Independent boutiques, galleries and Spanish design among small palaces.

🚇 Alonso Martínez — L4/L5/L10 / Chueca — L5

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The real abanico

Casa de Diego

1858 · abanicos

Handmade fans, umbrellas and walking canes since 1858, right on Puerta del Sol.

🚇 Sol — L1/L2/L3

Featured in: Artesanía 1858

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Legendary capes

Capas Seseña

1901 · capas

The house that draped Picasso, Hillary Clinton and Bruce Springsteen in Spanish capes.

🚇 Sol / Sevilla — L2

Featured in: Artesanía 1901

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Real ceramics

Antigua Casa Talavera

Cerámica · 1904

Hand-painted Spanish ceramics from every historic workshop.

🚇 Santo Domingo — L2

Featured in: Artesanía 1904

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Open-air books

Cuesta de Moyano

Libros · junto al Retiro

30 secondhand-book stalls up a hill: Madrid's answer to the Seine since 1925.

🚇 Estación del Arte — L1 / Atocha

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White pilgrimage

Real Madrid Store

Gran Vía 31

The biggest madridista store: jerseys, Champions trophies and white pilgrimage.

🚇 Gran Vía — L1/L5 / Callao — L3/L5

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Ocean fashion

Ecoalf

Justicia · sostenible

The Spanish brand making fashion out of fishing nets and ocean bottles.

🚇 Alonso Martínez — L4/L5/L10

Featured in: Sostenible español

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Market among trains

Mercado de Motores

Museo del Ferrocarril

Design and vintage market among old locomotives (second weekend of the month).

Tip: Second weekend of each month only, 11am-10pm. Food trucks included.

🚇 Delicias — L3

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Palace bookstore

La Central de Callao

Librería · Postigo

Four floors of books in a small palace, with a café and hidden cocktails.

🚇 Callao — L3/L5

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Treasure hunt

El Rastro · Antigüedades

Plaza General Vara del Rey

The Rastro's antique heart: furniture, lamps and rare finds (Sundays).

🚇 La Latina — L5 / Puerta de Toledo — L5

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Cheese temple

Formaje

Plaza de Chamberí · quesos

Clara Diez's artisan cheese shop: Olavidia (world's best cheese 2021) and handmade gems.

🚇 Iglesia — L1

Featured in: Eater 34

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