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La Puerta de Alcalá (Alcalá Gate) The Emblematic Puerta de Alcalá We recently wrote an article about the Retiro Park in Madrid . With...

Monument of King Alfonso XII, East Side of the Pond in Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain Serene Retiro Park One of our favorite places to spend...

Holy Week Procession in Madrid Religion in Spain and Madrid As a student I occasionally attended Catholic mass in Madrid, occasionally in...

Prado Museum, Madrid So Many Museums to Choose from in Madrid We must admit that despite the vast amount of time we have spent in Madrid,...

My Homemade Bocadillo de Calamares This will be a quick one... What is a Bocadillo? If you don't know what a bocadillo is in Spanish, it...

Iconic Tío Pepe Sign, Puerta del Sol, Madrid There's a Party in the Puerta del Sol I confess that I sort of stole the title of this post from a newer song by Mar Lucas . Her song has the refrain “Hay, hay, hay party en la Puerta del Sol” which essentially means “there’s a party in the Puerta del Sol. Look for it on Spotify. If you enjoy artists like Enrique Iglesias, you'll probably enjoy her music too. A Center of Activity No matter how long or short your visit to Madrid, y

Plaza Mayor of Madrid My First Visit to the Plaza Mayor of Madrid It was the end of summer in 1986 when I first walked through one of the...

Madrid: Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral, March 2023 I'm about to break the rule my elementary teacher taught me. She said I had...

City of the Arts and Sciences, Valencia, 2018 This article was updated and enhanced on February 27th, 2025 in time for the 2025 Fallas...