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The Church is the worship place of the Nuns from the Convento de la Descalzas. It was constructed in the 16th. century. The Nuns are from the Franciscan Order. I loved the brick detail of this church so different to the surrounding buildings in the commercial part of Madrid. Leave a Comment Other Contact: Plaza de la Descalzas
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At Sunday mornings at Plaza Mayor you can find this market, here you can see people changing, buying and selling, mainly stamps and coins, but also magic cards, and any kind of collection you can imagine.
This and the rastro on Sundays are something on my memories of Madrid since I was a child! Leave a Comment
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On Sunday mornings.
Now is more a flea market, but I remember when I was a child to come here, and see the most incredible old things being sold here. Like in Carboot sales...
Still if you go off the main street, you can find some little streets with the old charm, but prices lol are not so good!!!
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Spain is known for its siesta (nap) and for its quailty of life: Work to live instead of live to work. And taking a nap in the middle of the day is indeed a wonderful invention. What you have to understand though is that Madrid (and most of Spain for that matter) shuts down from about 2 pm until 6pm in the evening.
The regular business hours are indeed from 9h or 10h in the morning till 13h30 or 14h, and from 17h or 18h till 20h or 21h. The 3 hour break is the lunch and siesta time.
So from 2pm to 6pm approximately, you won't find an open store, except for convenience stores like El Corte Ingles. Other exceptions are construction workers, particularly road workers, who are out all day;.and tourist-oriented places, such as museums, have reduced siesta hours, closing at two and re-opening at four.
So keep this in mind when scheduling your days, especially if you have a limited amount of them.... Leave a Comment
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If you are into photography and you are in Madrid during the summer, a visit to the many photographic exhibitions of PHotoEspaña is a must. The festival takes place between June and July and is, by far, the biggest photographic festival of the country. Indeed, the offer is so huge that I find almost impossible to attend all the expositions I’m interested in. :-p
I particularly enjoyed this year a collection of “vintage” B/W pictures of Spain in the late 50’s, hosted in the Reina Sofia museum. I totally recommend a visit!! Leave a Comment
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La Feria del Libro is one of the most important cultural events of the year in Madrid, an as the event takes place in my familiar and nearby Retiro park, I could not resist the temptation of visiting the fair several times during the couple of weeks that it usually last.
Here you could buy books with an interesting discount, enjoy the general ambience or simply admire the way in wich famous writers fatten up his/her egos by receiving the adulation of his/her public. Trust me; it’s an indispensable visit! Leave a Comment
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Well, i am italian and we usually have a dinner quiet early, arnd 08pm/09pm, so, what was a bit shockie for me was to have a dinner at 11pm, quiet early for the madrilenian...deamn!
I was sufferign!! hehehehehe...
This could be consider something like a custom...
But, surely, this is another way to spend the day, and another way to re-organzie the whole day...if you take a dinner at 11pm, you might find the time for have a a couple of hours of SIESTA...ehhehehehhe... Leave a Comment
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Tipping in Spain!
Iýve seen many people coming to Spain giving exaggerated tips, even 12 Euros for a meal of 90. Thatýs too much.
In Spain We tip for the quality of service weýve received, the best service, the best tip, but there are some things you have to know.
When you are on a bar, having something to drink, if the service is good (they attend you on time, friendly and they put you a tapa for free I would just round the tip or give a euro. On a restaurant depends also on how they serve you, for a nice service maybe a euro per person is ok, for a good service a euro and a half or two is all right and a for a bad and unfriendly service if you live nothing will be the best thing to do.
If you flag down a taxi, just round the ride, but never give more than a Euro or two, as a foreigner you donýt know if they are being right or if they ripped you off so be prudent and donýt tip if you suspect the driver took you on a tour instead of driving you directly and quick. Taxi drivers are In Madrid and almost every where in this world the best thieves so Why tipping them if 90 percent of time when you travel they took your money?
Any way Do what you consider is right and a tip will always be welcome when somebody gives you a service. Leave a Comment
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At mid night on the 31st of december all spaniards have the tradition of eating 12 grapes at the time that the bells of the Puerta De El Sol's clock in central madrid rings the New Year, one per ring bell. that's the way we welcome the New Year.
This Tradition cames from a over prodution of greaps at late 1800 or beggining the 1900
people show that there where a lot of greaps and they would loose them there was no exit for them so they decided to use them on welcoming the New Year. Leave a Comment
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Just loved the street signs - very ornate & much more interesting than "Main Street" The Spanish have a very creative flair when it comes to ceramics, they create very detailed and arty street signs. Leave a Comment Other Contact: Just walk through the streets
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Destinations near Madrid- Hortaleza, 8.52 km / 5.30 miles
- Aravaca, 10.12 km / 6.29 miles
- Leganés, 10.85 km / 6.75 miles
- Getafe, 11.46 km / 7.13 miles
- Barajas de Madrid, 12.54 km / 7.79 miles
- Alcorcón, 13.86 km / 8.61 miles
- El Pardo, 16.40 km / 10.19 miles
- Mejorada del Campo, 16.92 km / 10.52 miles
- Torrejón de Ardoz, 17.81 km / 11.07 miles
- Las Rozas de Madrid, 18.05 km / 11.22 miles
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