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MADRID
STUDENT GUIDE!
The insider’s guide to experiencing the city
Secret city / Young designers / Best of the barrios / Top 10 artwork / Beautiful getaways /
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20 great things to do in the city / Where to taste ‘tortilla de patata’...
Contents
Plaza Mayor is popular with both locals and visitors, p18
Football is so much more than a game in this city, p69 Madrid has live music 365 days a year, p82 A classic Madrid dish, p96
Features Regulars
04. The best of the city 26. The best of the barrios 42. Shopping & Style
From a calendar of unmissable events to A practical guide with key information 47. Get the max
activities that won’t cost a thing, and more! about the city’s main neighbourhoods. out of Madrid
69. Things to Do
12. Madrid secrets 32. ABC MAD! 77. Cinema
Little-known corners of the city, from parks A list of the most popular slang expressions
and cafés to underground bunkers. and words to help you get the hang of them.
79. Theatre
82. Music TALK TO US!
18. 20 great things to do 36. Who’s who? 86. Clubs
Our selection of what you need to do A brief introduction to some of the city’s facebook.com/
87. LGTBI timeoutmadrid
in Madrid at least once in your life. most famous names.
89. Art
@TimeOutMAD
22. Garden city 40. Dating sites 92. Books
94. Food & Drink @timeoutmadrid
From waterfalls to peacocks, We pick the most romantic Madrid spots
the city’s most surprising green spaces. to take that special someone. 105. Escapes
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Here &
now
MORE INFO AT:
timeout.com/madrid
Welcome
to Madrid
WELCOME TO THE CITY where, in one way or another,
everyone’s from somewhere else. Welcome to a city that
greets all arrivals with open arms, where making friends
is just a matter of having a night out, or heading down
to buy bread each day from the local market. Welcome
to the city of fresh air, city parks with ponds and
statues you’ll find nowhere else, with cycle lanes that
criss-cross the neighbourhoods, and outdoor terraces
where you can enjoy a drink with friends in any season.
Welcome to the good-weather city, where the sun
shines almost 365 days a year and umbrellas live at the
back of the wardrobe. Welcome to a city packed with art
and culture from all over the country, with impressive
museums and charming galleries, open-air music
DANIEL MOYANO
festivals and markets. Welcome to the city of delicious
food such as squid baguettes and cocido stew. Welcome
to Madrid, the city that embraces you. ■ Marta Bac
THREE TOP TIPS Excellent ideas for expert city living
Eat! Dance! Watch!
The grill and fryer don’t stop for a moment at From the creators of Medias Puri, this new Madrid’s last porn cinema has been
Melo’s, turning out huge sandwiches of lacón clandestine club has just landed in the city cleaned up to become trendy new culture
and melted cheese, vast plates of small green and it’s going to cause a stir. Uñas Chung Lee hotspot Sala Equis. Enjoy film screenings
Padrón peppers and XL croquettes. promises to revolutionise Madrid’s nightlife. and beers in a neon-lit space with swings.
Ave María, 44. M: Lavapiés. Hilarión Eslava, 38. M: Moncloa. Duque de Alba, 4. M: Tirso de Molina.
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The best of MAD
PASSION
FIGHT! I CAME, FOR
MARTA BAC DAVID FARRAN I SAW,
I STAYED MADRID
Bike lanes or sharing the road?
We debate the best ways for cyclists to move round the city Celebrities who
fell for the charms
Bikes should go on the road, Dedicated lanes of our city
like any another vehicle provide better
Bicycles have been experiencing protection and safety
a surge in popularity over the Now boasting more than
last few years with more and 300km of cycle lanes, Madrid
Jessica
more Madrileños using them to is becoming a city more and Escobar, 21. James Rhodes
get round the city. Whether it’s more open to getting around by Guatemala.
for going to work or enjoying a bike every year. The restoration The famous pianist
weekend ride, bike lovers are of the bicycle as a means of
International
using this sustainable and healthy transport forms part of the relations moved to Madrid in
mode of transport every day. And plans to improve the quality of graduate 2017 and since then
even though it’s possible that life and even the very idea of hasn’t missed
more locals have been encouraged the city promoted by Madrid’s
to take up pedalling by the institutions. A large part of its
a chance to say how
expansion of the city’s network of success is down to the dozens of much he loves
dedicated cycle paths, there are kilometres of dedicated living here
roads where a lack of space or the cycle lanes that have been,
street layout makes it impossible and continue to be, created
to add bike lanes. That’s why across the whole city, which Amy Jo Doherty
the place for bicycles, like any allow cyclists to feel safe and
other vehicle, is on the road. protected on their journeys. The sister of Pete
Cycling on the street – in lanes What’s more, the city’s many Doherty, lead singer
with special speed restrictions in hills are no longer an excuse not
of The Libertines and
place for traffic – allows you to get to adopt this environmentally
ex-boyfriend
anywhere in the city. It also saves
the authorities money,
friendly and healthy way of
getting about, given that the ‘In Madrid you of Kate Moss, lives
because rather than having to
create special bike lanes,
BiciMAD public rental service’s
bikes have small electric motors can discover what here to escape her
brother’s fame
they just have to paint
the 30km/h speed limit on the
tarmac. In that way, it raises
that help you get up the steeper
slopes. There are also other
rental services that
makes you happy’
Oona Chaplin
awareness that cyclists are road allow you to leave their bikes
users just like any other, too. parked on any street. How did you end up living here? Charlie Chaplin’s
In 2014 I went to a university in Boston and they
chose me along with 30 other high-performing granddaughter –
students to study abroad for a year. That six you’ll know her from
months marked my life, not just because it What are the best and worst things ‘Game of Thrones’ –
was the first time I had been in Europe, but about the city?
It’s not easy to get a good idea of what it’s like to also because those months in Madrid helped The Iberian ham is the best. Strolling around
is a big fan of the
SUMMED UP live in a city and enjoy its culture when you’ve only
just arrived. So why not try examining it from a
mathematical perspective? If there’s one thing
foster my passion for a career in international
relations and diplomacy. Finally, the semester
turned into two years as I decided to extend my
the Retiro park in autumn, walking along
Gran Vía when it’s lit up at night, getting lost
in Malasaña’s colourful streets, picnicking at
city of her birth
Viggo Mortensen
Madrid’s not short of, it’s statistics and figures. Such stay, and I ended up remaining. Templo de Debod... Not to forget the EMT bus
as, for example, 232, the number of cinemas in the service – which for me is the
city. Or 249, the number of metres high the tallest Would you recommend best public transport system in
The actor came to
‘It has the Madrid for love – his
Curious
building in Spain, La Torre de Cristal, stands in Paseo Madrid to your friends? Europe. The worst thing about
de la Castellana. Even 0 is significant, as kilometre To my friends and to the seven billion best public Madrid? I don’t think there’s partner is Spanish
city stats
0 in Puerta del Sol is the point from which all of inhabitants of the planet! Madrid has anything bad to say. Well, the
actress Ariadna Gil,
Spain’s roads are measured. On top of that, you have everything. I would tell those who transport heat in July and August.
and they live together
6 theme parks in and around Madrid and 67 theatres
distributed throughout its neighbourhoods,
think New York is the city that never
sleeps that they haven’t experienced
in Europe’ What do you do at the weekend? in a luxury apartment
which you can reach from its 301 metro stations. everything Madrid has to offer those I love exercising along Madrid near Gran Vía
Best of all, though, are the city’s 2,710 hours of who visit it. It’s a city that can help Río and going out for tapas. Also
sunshine each year, which you can use to wring you find yourself and discover what going early to the Rastro and even
every last drop out of living here. ■ Marta Bac makes you happy in life. doing a language exchange.■
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FREE MAD
Enjoy the city without spending a euro
CULTURE
DON’T
MISS
Matadero Madrid
A mini city of culture that’s
perfect for exploring. You can
access it from Madrid Río and
then visit its exhibitions,
enjoy its communal spaces
such as the Design Centre,
or watch an avant-garde
play in Naves Matadero.
àPaseo de la Chopera, 14. M: Legazpi.
CULTURAL PASS
JOBO
If you’re between 16
and 26 and want to get
the maximum out of
the city’s culture, you
need to get your hands
on the JOBO card, the
Madrid City Council
cultural pass that from
Monday to Friday
gives you free access to
everything that’s on at entry to its permanent workshops, see an centre offers free
the Naves de Matadero- exhibitions from 6pm exhibition, check out courses and workshops.
Centro de Artes Vivas, to 8pm Monday to the graffiti works and get àValencia, 2. M: Lavapiés.
Teatro Español, Fernán Saturday and from 5pm to know the alternative
Gómez-Centro Cultural to 7pm on Sundays. The underground vibe at this A BIT OF EVERYTHING
de la Villa, Conde temporary shows are former tobacco factory. Conde Duque
Duque, Teatro Circo also half price during àEmbajadores, 53. This former army
Price and the Cineteca. those times. M: Embajadores. barracks is now a
àwww.madridcultura.es/jobo àPaseo del Prado, s/n. cultural centre that
M: Atocha. WORKSHOPS hosts exhibitions,
ART La Casa Encendida conferences and other
Prado Museum UNDERGROUND As well as avant-garde free activities.
Spain’s largest art Tabacalera exhibitions, this àConde Duque, 11.
centre offers free Join one of the social multidisciplinary M: Noviciado.
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Madrid The only sound you’ll
hear is birdsong in
secrets
this peaceful oasis
There are many books that tell you how to best explore
the city in a day or a weekend. But a place as full of life as
the Spanish capital hides many corners that you won’t
find in any guide. We reveal some of them here – because
sometimes what’s most essential is often invisible
A door to
the sixteenth
century
àCervantes, 11.
“Que mi jardín, más breve
que cometa / Tiene solo
dos árboles, diez flores /
Dos parras, un naranjo, una
mosqueta”. (“That my garden,
more fleeting than a comet /
Has only two trees, ten flowers
/ Two vines, an orange tree
and rose hips”.) Four hundred
The beach in Malasaña The secret garden In the The Montera oasis years later, the birdsong and
à San Andrés, 1. à Sacramento, 7. à Montera, 37. the scent of blossom and
Right in the middle of the No. 7 Calle Sacramento hides middle of Among the swarm of tourists roses in poet and playwright
Malasaña neighbourhood there’s
a beach – with sand, a bar and
one of the most closely guarded
treasures in the centre of Madrid Malasaña and gold-buyers on this central
Madrid street, you’ll find a small
Lope de Vega’s garden in the
Casa Museo Lope de Vega
everything – where you can hide
out from the cold in winter and
– perhaps because it remained
a secret until 1972. That was
is a beach, oasis where you can escape the
hubbub of the city. Climb up
in the Barrio de las Letras
chill out in summer. Opened in when the high walls around with sand, to the top floor of the Salvador
remain almost as they were.
The garden is now the stage
2004 and remodelled in 2014,
the Ojalá restaurant’s basement
the Bernardas convent that
had protected the Huerto de
a bar and Bachiller store and you’ll step
straight into a fairy-tale tearoom
for recitals, summer film
screenings and concerts at
is a makeshift Ibiza-style space las Monjas were demolished to everything where you can enjoy coffee or sundown – all of them free,
where you can enjoy a few beers construct some housing blocks. breakfast, munch on a lunch- all of them intimate.
with friends and relax at the By luck, the garden, which was time snack, or sip a mojito after
low tables with comfortable originally devoted to growing a hard day’s studying. Open
cushions and dimmed lighting. vegetables by the nuns, remained in winter and summer, it’s the
Both homely and exotic at the intact and since then has been perfect place to sample a great
same time, it even features a open to anyone who wants selection of cheeses, Iberian
hanging garden and fluorescent to visit it to enjoy a few minutes hams, gyozas, tacos, salads
tables. And the food is delicious, of peace and quiet amid the and other delicious fare. Its
especially the weekend brunch. hustle and bustle of Madrid. brunch is also in high demand.
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Sold in The underground bunker
little Paseo Alameda de Osuna, 25.
boxes,
they’re
This was one of Madrid’s best-
ideal gifts kept secrets until it opened to
the public in May 2016. Given
the code name ‘Posición Jaca’,
this subterranean bunker in the
The statue is Antonio
Parque de El Capricho housed Santín’s tribute to Madrid’s
the military HQ of the Central first female student
Republican Army during the
Flowery Spanish Civil War. For 80 years
it remained a silent witness to
treats the conflict, but now visitors can
head 15m below ground and
à Plaza Canalejas, 6. discover what was once one of the
Madrid’s most traditional dish might city’s most important Republican
be its hearty cocido stew, but these command posts. Measuring
violet candies are the sweeter side 2,000m2 and able to withstand
of its culinary identity. They’re made bombs of up to 100kg, the well-
with violet essence and served with preserved development is a
petals and there’s only one place unique slice of history and
in the capital where you can buy tickets to see it sell out fast.
the real thing: La Violeta, a modest
wooden-fronted shop that has been The empty pedestal
selling them since 1915. They’re so Parque del Retiro.
good, so the story goes, that King Along the Paseo de la Argentina,
Alfonso XIII gave them as presents popularly known as the ‘paseo
to both his wife and his mistresses. de las estatuas’ (statues’ walk), in
the Retiro park stands a series of
sculptures dedicated to the kings
and queens of Spain of various
eras. There were originally due
to be placed on the cornice of the
Royal Palace but they ultimately
ended up here. There are a total of
14 pedestals, but just 13 statues
– one of the pedestals remains
empty. The missing monarch
could be Alfonso VII, whose figure
may have become so deteriorated
from being moved around that
it couldn’t be put on show. One
other secret few know about is that
of the 13 remaining statues, two
are of the same king: Sancho IV,
nicknamed the ‘Brave’.
Drinks at El cementerio
de los ingleses The first
the art gallery Comandante Fontanes, 7.
This graveyard may not be well female student
à Corredera Baja de San Pablo, 17. known in Madrid, but there’s a àPez, 42, corner San Bernardo.
You’ll find plenty of art shops and lot of history among its tombs. Madrid is so full of statues that if
galleries in the city centre, but The English cemetery was built you’re not careful you can mistake
none quite like Kikekeller, a space in Carabanchel to bury non- them for people sweeping the
where everyday objects and art Catholics and its first occupant street in Jacinto Benavente
merge. But the premises doesn’t was Arthur Thorold, a young or taking a walk in Plaza San
reveal its real secret until the British man whose tombstone Ildefonso. But the one with the
store lights go off for the night and is shaped like the legendary best story is that of Julia, a young
one of the city’s trendiest little sword Excalibur. Other names student leaning against the stone
bars comes to life in its backroom, found here include Emilio wall by the Palacio Bauer. The
where Madrid’s in-crowd meets Huguenin Lhardy, founder of the bronze statue of a barefoot girl in
up to sip expensive tipples in an eponymous Madrid restaurant; a skirt and blouse and carrying
exclusive atmosphere. three members of the Loewe her notes is artist Antonio
Enjoy family, who started the luxury Santín’s tribute to the first woman
a drink fashion label; Rita Garrido, to attend the University of Madrid,
in the the first actress of the Teatro in 1848, who eluded the ban on
relaxed, La Latina, as well as several
trendy female students at the time by
ambience members of the Bauer clan, one disguising herself as a man.
of the most powerful families in
nineteenth-century Madrid.
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The oldest florist shop
à Huertas, 2.
Located on the site of the old San
Sebastián church cemetery is
one of the best-kept secrets of the
Barrio de las Letras: El Jardín del
Ángel, a garden centre and florist
founded in 1889 that claims
never to have closed, even when a
bomb almost destroyed the place
of worship next door. To enter
you pass under a sign bearing
the slogan ‘No dejes de soñar’
(‘Never stop dreaming’), and you
soon realise there’s something
special about this place, even if
you’re not a plant lover. As well
as selling beautiful flowers, it’s a
magical spot where you can relax
admiring one of the century-and-
a-half-old olive trees.
Byzantine strongholds
à Gran Vía de Hortaleza, 48.
The streets of Madrid are full of
surprises that can make even
locals feel as though they’re
thousands of kilometres from
home. One such example is the
commanding golden cupolas
atop the Church of Santa María
Magdalena, a slice of Russia
in the middle of the Hortaleza
neighbourhood. Built in the
Byzantine style, the temple
opened in 2013, becoming only
the second orthodox church in
Madrid after the Greek Orthodox
Cathedral of Santos Andrés and
Demetrio (whose interior is also
well worth a look). The same
style of architecture can be seen
in other buildings such as the
German Friedenskirche (church
A secret of peace), a ‘clandestine’ church
that combines Romanesque and
Madrid’s Sistine Chapel among the Byzantine styles.
The prince’s hideout
à Puebla, 22.
Entirely covered in frescos,
the interior of the Church of
almond trees à Plaza de la Paja, 6.
In a corner of Plaza de la Paja in
San Antonio de los Alemanes à Alcalá, 502. La Latina, a brick wall guards a
is well worth a visit. Painted by Almost at the end of Calle Alcalá, you hidden garden, the best-kept
Juan Carreño de Miranda and can find a park that few Madrileños secret of the Palacio del Príncipe
Luca Giordano, among others, or tourists ever visit. La Quinta de los de Anglona. The prince lived in
the scenes tell the stories of the Molinos would just be another green the building in the nineteenth
life and miracles o f St Anthony space in the city if it weren’t for its century, and loved walking
of Padua. The temple is part more than 6,000 almond trees, which round among the plants. Several
of the hospital that Philip III are a delight for all five senses when stone paths lead to a small stone
created in the seventeenth in bloom throughout February and fountain at its centre, and there’s
century to attend the sick and March. The pink-and-white blossom an iron shelter and a pergola
Portuguese pilgrims, which is takes over the gardens and their that’s covered in roses in the
why it was previously known as heady scent wafts over the walls into spring. The whole place is shaded
San Antonio de los Portugueses the surrounding area. by large trees, while one of its
before it became the hospital for corners provides good views of
Madrid’s German community. the neighbourhood.
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DISCOVER MADRID
20 great 09.
Revel in the green zones
From city-centre parks such as
things to do
the Retiro and the Casa de Campo
to the surrounding woods and
mountains such as the Sierra de
Guadarrama, Madrid is full of
natural treasures. What’s more,
it caters for every type of activity,
from hiking in La Pedriza, skiing
in Navacerrada or touring
Here’s our guide to the city’s El Pardo, to name but a few.
essentials – a score of must-do
activities including partying,
exploring, eating and more!
10.
Take a selfie by
El Oso y el Madroño
This statue of a tree-climbing
01. 05. bear is a well-known symbol of
Madrid, and a meeting point
for lost tourists and friends.
Explore Gran Vía Designed by Antonio Navarro
Try the traditional Running from the famous Santafé, the sculpture is
Madrid cocido Metrópolis building to 4m tall, weighs 20 tonnes
A hearty stew of pasta, Plaza de España, this wide and sits in the Puerta del Sol.
chickpeas, assorted street is the main tourist
cuts of meat and broth, route through the city.
cocido is Madrid’s most Lined with shops, bars and
popular traditional even a casino, the just over
dish. Served in many 1km-long thoroughfare is
of the city’s restaurants, due for renovation between
this is a speciality
everybody should try 03. 2018 and 2019. Don’t
forget to look up and take in
and will probably love.
Scoff chocolate con
churros in San Ginés
its imposing buildings and
rooftop statues. 06. 07.
02. This chocolatería first opened
over a hundred years ago in a
narrow street between Puerta del
See the skyscrapers
Madrid is no skyscraper
city like New York, but for
Go to a concert (or two)
The city’s music scene is a perfect
Take in a show Sol and Plaza de Ópera. Today the last several years it fusion of concerts by big-name
It’s no surprise that Gran it’s Madrid’s most famous café has been home to four international groups playing to
Vía is known as the ‘Spanish for hot chocolate and churros – impressive, vertigo- audiences of 15,000 at the WiZink
Broadway’. Most of the delicious deep-fried strands of inducing towers. The old Center and gigs performed by
musicals that come to the dough perfect for dunking – and Torre Picasso and Torre de alternative, underground and
city play on its grand stages, a meeting point for all sorts Madrid are dwarfed by this jazz musicians at intimate venues
from ‘The Lion King’ to ‘Dirty of partygoers trying to summon quartet of newcomers: to just a handful of faithful fans.
Dancing’. So let the magic of the strength to get to bed at the the Espacio, PwC, Cepsa There’s live music every day of the
theatre carry you away… end of a long night out. and the Torre de Cristal, year so nobody has to miss out,
which at 249m is Spain’s whatever their tastes.
tallest building.
04. 08.
Go shopping Sample a squid baguette
It doesn’t matter what your This seafood sandwich is another
budget is, Madrid has a traditional dish, though nobody
shopping experience for quite knows why, given that the
everyone. From the cheap high- city is 300km away from the
street stores on Gran Vía to the nearest coastline. But typical it is,
alternative shops in Malasaña and no self-respecting Madrileño
and the exclusive boutiques (or visitor) goes long without
on the Golden Mile, this city is eating un bocata de calamares
perfect for retail therapy. somewhere around Plaza Mayor.
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See the city’s most
famous buildings
From rationalism to
neoclassicism, Madrid’s
architecture is a living story
of the city’s evolution over the
centuries. Some unmissable
examples are the beautiful
16.
Palacio de Longoria, the cupola Admire the art
of the Basílica de San Francisco A wander along the
el Grande and the impressive famous Paseo del Arte is
Palacio de Cibeles. a compulsory part of any
visit to Madrid. The Prado,
14. Reina Sofía and Thyssen-
Bornemisza galleries are
the three epicentres of
Discover the Chueca art and three of the most
neighbourhood important museums in
Madrid is a very gay-friendly Spain. But don’t miss out
city, but if there’s an area that on the plethora of small
most embraces diversity, galleries in the Barrio de
it’s Chueca, where there are many las Letras and Salamanca
shops, bars, restaurants and districts, either.
clubs aimed specifically at
the LGBTI community. Madrid’s
annual Gay Pride festival is also
centred on this area.
15.
Have a beer!
If Madrileños have a
favourite way to spend
an evening, it’s enjoying
a drink and a bite to eat
11. with friends, which is
perhaps why the range
of food in the city’s bars
17. 19.
Enjoy a bird’s-eye view and restaurant is so Cycle along Madrid Río Shop in the Rastro
The Madrid skyline is one wide. The weather is The relocation underground Madrid’s oldest and most famous
of the most beautiful in good enough for terraces of part of Madrid’s main ring flea market is a must-see for
Spain, and the perfect to be open practically road has given way to a large visitors. Every Sunday in and
place to appreciate it is all year round and, from 10km-long park along the around Calle Ribera de Curtidores
the roof of the Círculo La Latina to Chamberí, Manzanares river. It’s a pleasure in Embajadores, dozens of stalls
de Bellas Artes in Calle there are always plenty to ride or walk along its banks, set up to sell second-hand clothes,
Alcalá. From there, you of groups enjoying where you can see children vinyl, jewellery and just about
can survey the whole city, lively conversations playing in its playgrounds and, if anything you can imagine. Once
its great avenues, famous over coffees, beers or you fancy, stop for a break at one done, head to a nearby bar to
monuments and lush parks. something stronger. of the cafés on the way. peruse your buys.
12. 18. 20.
Celebrate the local fiestas Step on to kilometre 0 Escape the centre
Every summer, the celebrations A small, easy-to-miss plaque just Stroll around the gardens
dovetail into each other as the opposite the Real Casa de Correos at Monte del Pardo, visit
city’s neighbourhoods mark in Puerta del Sol marks the spot the immense El Escorial
the feast days of their local where all Spain’s roads begin, monastery, or explore
saints. From San Cayetano to the known locally as kilometre 0. the Palacio Real de Aranjuez
Verbena de la Paloma, concerts, Many locals have a photo and its famous World Heritage
dancing and fun are what it’s all of this small square of pavement gardens... There are numerous
about. And don’t forget the main with feet walking across it places worth seeing outside
fiesta for Madrid’s own patron in an album somewhere, so the city centre but still within
saint, San Isidro, on May 15. make sure you get yours, too. the Madrid region.
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Quinta de la Fuente del Berro de Casa Riera
Legend has it that at the end of
A magical idyll where the water burbles over the falls, and the the nineteenth century a man
smell of freshly cut grass hangs everywhere. Two moss-covered and a woman were found dead
stone staircases are obscured by the creepers on each side of on the site where the house of
the stream, and looking out over the lake, you feel as if a court the Marquis of the Casa Riera
of nymphs with flower crowns round their hair were singing in was built. A luxurious mansion
your ear. It’s just a few steps from the M-30 and right next to the that was barely ever inhabited,
Torrespaña, but you’d never know it. M: Manuel Becerra. it includes a small landscaped
garden with a pond and boxed
hedges. It’s situated just in front of
the Círculo de Bellas Artes.
M: Banco de España.
Museo Sorolla
Since he started painting
gardens in 1906, Spanish
artist Joaquín Sorolla always
wanted to create one of his
own. And when he got the
chance, he designed this
splendid example divided
FOTOGRAFÍAS: ALFREDO ARIAS
into three spaces inspired
by the Garden of Troy
in Sevillle’s Alcázar, the
Alhambra’s Generalife and a
final one centred on a pond.
M: Gregorio Marañón.
Garden city
Waterfalls, olive groves, Tyrolean
Campo del Moro
houses and peacocks – Madrid is full
of incredible green spaces to explore
IN THE HEART of Madrid, among Austrian childhood, Emir Ali ibn The pond in the
buildings, avenues and squares,
sit hidden parks, gardens, groves
Yusuf had set up camp here in an
ill-fated attempt to reconquer the
Museo Sorolla
and other green spaces that would city. Now you have to escape the garden is
look more in place in an adventure rectilinear order of the fountains
movie or tropical landscape than a and flowerbeds and get deep into dominated by
European capital.
One good example is the
the undergrowth to evoke the
memory of that event to which the
the Fountain
Jardines del Campo del Moro site owes its name. of Secrets
(Metro Príncipe Pío), a unique But this is just one indication of
site right next to the Royal Palace the hidden splendour the capital Olivar de Castillejo
where peacocks roam peacefully has to offer. From concealed parks A wild garden where sandy paths disappear among the blue-grey tops
among the trees and paths. Seven to secret gardens and bucolic of the olive trees and the breeze tastes of eucalyptus. Napoleon camped
centuries before Habsburg Queen corners bursting with green, these here when this plot of cultivated land was on the outskirts of the city
Maria Christina ordered built the are some of the Edenic spaces you and it later became a favourite of intellectuals such as the poet Dámaso
park’s Tyrolean-style house (see can enjoy without setting foot Alonso. These days it’s only open to the public in summer, when there
central image) as a reminder of her outside Madrid. are concerts and open-air film screenings. M: Cuzco.
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Prado Museum
Unesco
here we go
The Paseo del Prado and
the Retiro could soon join the
organisation’s prestigious
list of World Heritage Sites
EVEN THOUGH THE Madrid region is
already home to several places recognised
as World Heritage Sites by Unesco (the
United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization), including El
Escorial and Aranjuez, until now the city
centre has yet to get a look-in.
But in April Spain’s National Heritage
Board, which comprises the heritage
chiefs of Spain’s 17 autonomous
regions and two autonomous cities
(Ceuta and Melilla), decided to
put forward the Paseo del Prado
between Cibeles and Plaza
de Atocha, the whole of the The Retiro park
Retiro Park and the Barrio de boating lake Museums; Spain’s Congress of Deputies; the
los Jerónimos for inclusion on Palace and Ritz hotels and the Royal Botanical
the organisation’s prestigious Gardens, among many others, as well as the
international list. The hope is Ministries of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
that they will be added as World and Health, Consumption and Social Welfare.
Heritage Sites in the Cultural To that list you can also add several well-
Landscape category. known monuments, including the Puerta
One of the key elements of the bid de Alcalá; the Cibeles, Apollo and Neptuno
is the fact that it is citizens who have fountains; and, in the Retiro, the Alcachofa
been responsible for allowing the spirit fountain, the Obelisco a los Caídos and the
of the sites to live on over time, turning Alfonso XII monument. In total, there are more
them into stages of huge showings of public than 21 objects of cultural interest here.
participation – from the declaration of the Once the central
Second Republic and the protests against the place of leisure since the fifteenth government submits the
February 23 1981 coup, to the Feria del Libro century. It was Carlos III who The Paseo application to Unesco,
book fair, numerous victory parades by Real eventually commissioned it to be Madrileños will have to
Madrid and Atlético Madrid football clubs and decorated with trees and fountains. del Prado wait until 2020 for the
the Rock ‘n’ Roll Madrid Marathon.
The authorities also feel the areas represent
On top of this, the area is also
home to many major institutions,
was one of institution’s final decision.
Among the objects of
the “exceptional universal value” that Unesco including the Palacio de Cibeles, the first cultural interest in Spain
requires in the way they unite culture and
nature. Situated in the heart of the city, the
the current home of Madrid City
Hall; the Bank of Spain; the Casa
tree-lined already included in the
Unesco list are the Alhambra
sites cover 190 hectares, 75 percent of which de América; the headquarters urban walks in Granada, the city of Ávila,
are green spaces. The Paseo del Prado was one of the Spanish army (Palacio the Altamira caves, the
of the first tree-lined urban walk in Europe, de Buenavista); the Thyssen- in Europe Doñana National Park
though Madrileños have been using it as a Bornemisza, Prado and Reina Sofía and Lugo’s city wall.
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Lavapiés
This neighbourhood is a melting
pot and symbolic of the fusion
of ethnic identities and cultures
that has happened in Madrid in
the last few years. It’s always been
an unassuming place, inhabited,
the barrios
until the 1980s, by older people
who lived in corralas – the
corridor-style housing so typical
of old Madrid. Nowadays, thanks
to rents that are slightly more
accessible than in other areas
of the city and its multicultural
character, it attracts a lot of
young people who share it with
neighbours of up to 88 different
nationalities. Indian restaurants gather in front of its clock tower
stand next to Arab barber shops to see in the new year. This
and classic Madrid taverns. This square hosts a famous statue
neighbourhood is also famous of a bear and a strawberry tree
Here’s a brief guide to our favourite parts of Madrid’s for the San Lorenzo fiesta, which that appears on the city’s coat of
neighbourhoods, with everything from fiestas to takes place every August, and for
events like Tapapiés, a tapas route
arms. It is also here that many of
Madrid’s most important streets
history and monuments, plus how to get to each one that is held in October, mainly begin, including Calles Mayor
in the bars and on the terraces of and Arenal and Carrera de San
Calle Argumosa, one of the area’s Jerónimo. Nearby lies one of the
liveliest streets. Lavapiés also has city’s major shopping areas, Calle
cultural hotspots like Tabacalera, Preciados, which converges with
a place for collective cultural Gran Vía, an icon of the city since
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expressions, and Teatro its construction in 1910. It’s home
Valle-Inclán, which to cinemas, theatres, department
is managed by the Spanish stores and some of the city’s
National Drama Centre. most exclusive shops, as well as a
M: Tirso de Molina, Lavapiés, Embajadores. number of striking buildings
such as the Metrópolis and Chamberí is a La Latina
Sol-Gran Vía the Carrión, and Madrid’s first
skyscrapers, the Telefónica
fashionable Fun and tradition are the defining
characteristics of this city centre
Although it isn’t a neighbourhood building and Torre de Madrid. neighbourhood neighbourhood. La Latina is part of
in the official sense, Sol is the true old Madrid, blessed with winding
centre of Madrid, and Puerta del
M: Sol, Gran Vía.
for dining out, medieval streets that are broken up
Sol is the starting point for the
whole Spanish road network. It’s
a meeting place for locals and
Chamberí
From hunting grounds to
thanks to the
buzzing Calle
by small squares like Plaza de la Paja,
Plaza de San Andrés and Plaza del
Humilladero. You’ll find the remains
tourists alike, due to its location
and the fact that it’s a transport
aristocratic residences, Chamberí
has always been a neighbourhood
Ponzano and of the city’s ancient walls along
with churches both large and small
hub. The oldest building in the in constant evolution. A its traditional dotted haphazardly along its streets,
area is the former Post Office, traditionally stately suburb, with as well as the Segovia viaduct and
known as Casa de Correos, which its wide streets and expensive taverns Puerta de Toledo, which mark the
is now the headquarters of the apartments set away from the boundaries of the neighbourhood.
Presidency of the Autonomous tourist crush of the city centre, in Mercado de la Cebada, one of
Community of Madrid. On recent years Chamberí has become Madrid’s largest markets, is the
December 31 hundreds of people one of the city’s most popular areas perfect combination of tradition and
for eating out. And that’s not only modernity. La Latina is a favourite
thanks to the revitalisation of Calle place for a few beers at the weekend,
Ponzano – a must for all gourmet or heading down streets like Cava
fans – but also due to the survival Alta and Cava Baja for a vermouth
of the neighbourhood’s traditional and some huevos estrellados, a
restaurants and taverns. Its delicious combination of lightly
architecture is also worth fried eggs and crispy chips, at Casa
mentioning, embodied in squares Lucio. In addition to iconic spots
like Plaza Olavide and Plaza like the Basilica of San Francisco
Chamberí, as well as in cultural el Grande, the Teatro de la Latina,
venues like the Teatros del Jardines de las Vistillas and Campo
Canal, the Museo Sorolla, de Cebada, La Latina is famous
the Geominero and Andén for the Verbena de la Paloma, a
Cero, and its attractive shopping traditional fiesta that’s celebrated
streets like Calle Zurbano. in August with music, chotis
M: Quevedo, Ríos Rosas, Canal, dances and much more.
Iglesia, Islas Filipinas. M: La Latina, Puerta de Toledo.
Time Out Madrid Student Guide 2018/19 26 27 Time Out Madrid Student Guide 2018/19Las Letras
Once home to some of the
(the Museum of Romanticism),
impressive buildings (the Emerging artists
great writers of the Golden Age
of Spanish literature such as
Palacio de Longoria and the
headquarters of the COAM
have chosen
Cervantes and Quevedo, the architects’ association), trendy Carabanchel as
Barrio de las Letras also hosts and gay-oriented stores (Berkana
interesting galleries and antiques bookshop), and gourmet markets the place to set up
shops, and part of the famous Art
Walk that takes in the Thyssen-
where you can eat tapas (Mercado
de San Antón). During the day it’s
their workshops
Bornemisza, the Reina Sofía and perfect for a stroll and popping and organise
Prado museums as well as the
CaixaForum cultural centre with
into the shops on Calle Barquillo
and Calle Hortaleza. At night,
cultural activities
its spectacular vertical garden. you can dine in one of the area’s
The neighbourhood’s main numerous restaurants, which
thoroughfare is Calle Huertas, cater for all tastes and budgets.
and on its pavements you can Afterwards, sample the Chueca
read quotations from great works nightlife, which is among the immigrants who’ve made their
of Spanish literature. It’s home liveliest in Madrid, with plenty home there, opening cybercafés,
to tapas bars and party venues of gay bars that are also hetero- hairdressers, supermarkets and the Marquis of Salamanca as
where young people gather at friendly, including Delirio, restaurants, all buzzing to the a residential area for the city’s
weekends for drinks with friends. Fraggel Pop, Why Not, the rooftop sounds of reggaeton, bachata aristocratic and bourgeois classes.
Plaza de Santa Ana, with its at the Óscar Room Mate hotel, and and trap. This is a decidedly Nowadays, it’s also the focus of
large terraces next to the Teatro the famous Studio 54. ungentrified area with more business and commercial activity.
Español, and Spain’s Congress M: Chueca/Gran Vía. affordable housing and smaller, This is where you’ll find Madrid’s
building are other iconic spots. cheaper shops and businesses. so-called Golden Mile, where
One of the major events to be held
here is DecorAcción (in June),
an enormous interior design fair
Malasaña
Next to Chueca, Malasaña owes
M: Cuatro Caminos, Alvarado,
Estrecho, Tetuán, Valdeacederas.
streets like Calle Serrano, Calle
Goya, Calle Ortega y Gasset, Calle
Claudio Coello and Callejón de
in which the neighbourhood’s
shops set up street stalls selling
decorative objects and antiques.
its name to Manuela Malasaña,
the heroine of the May 2, 1808
uprising against the French
Carabanchel
This area began as one of the
Jorge Juan are home to luxury
fashion, accessory and jewellery
brands. Among its biggest
M: Antón Martín, Atocha, Sevilla. forces then occupying Madrid. city’s most traditional working- attractions are the National
Led by Luís Daoíz and Pedro class districts, although it’s Archaeological Museum, the Juan
Chueca
It’s Madrid’s main LGBTI
Velarde, the event is important in
the neighbourhood because its
focal point was the old Parque de
recently evolved into a trendy
neighbourhood where alternative
and emerging artists have set
March Foundation, the Carlos
de Amberes Foundation, and
the Lázaro Galdiano Museum, as
neighbourhood and is known Artillería de Monteleón, located up their workshops near Calle well as leading art galleries and,
throughout the world for its
tolerant and diverse atmosphere.
where the Plaza del Dos de Mayo
now stands. In the square, you
Urgel and Calle Oporto and
organise cultural activities such Moncloa The Usera
of course the WiZink Center, the
city’s biggest venue for concerts
What only 20 years ago was a can see an arch from the old as Artbanchel each May. It’s an Moncloa is a stately and shows. It’s also home to some
decidedly marginal area has now military barracks, as well as a area that offers some real treats neighbourhood where family neighbourhood of the best restaurants in Madrid,
been completely transformed,
home to all types of bars, famous
monument paying tribute to the
two captains. What was once the
for visitors, including the Palacio
de Vistalegre (a former bullring
houses sit alongside halls of
residence for Complutense
is a must-visit, including Zalacaín, Ramón Freixa
and Kabuki Wellington.
squares (Plaza de Chueca and neighbourhood of La Movida, the that’s now a concert venue) and University students. It’s a nice especially M: Serrano, Velázquez, Goya, Lista.
Plaza de Pedro Zerolo), terraces, cultural and social revolution that La Finca de Vistalegre, an old area to walk around, especially
during the
art galleries, cultural venues emerged in Madrid in the 1980s,
is now the city’s trendy hipster
area par excellence. It’s a paradise
recreation ground that in its
period of greatest splendour
boasted two palaces, a navigable
along Paseo de Pintor Rosales, the
Templo de Debod and the Parque
del Oeste, which is linked to Casa
colourful Usera
This neighbourhood in the south
for foodies and fans of organic Caminos, Castillejos, Almenara, river, fountains and peacocks. It’s de Campo via the Teleférico cable Chinese of Madrid was, until barely a
produce, and full of modern
businesses such as cool barbers,
Malasaña is Valdeacederas and Berruguete,
and is divided into two very
also a favourite haunt of heavy
metal and hard rock fans, who
car. It begins at Plaza de España,
where you can see the Edificio
New Year decade ago, just one of the city’s
many working-class districts.
cupcake stores, and vintage cafés one of the city’s distinct parts by Calle Bravo head to clubs such as Grotto 77 España and the Torre de Madrid celebrations But in recent years there has been
that sit alongside traditional bars
and markets such as the Mercado
trendiest areas, Murillo, one of Madrid’s most
important shopping streets.
and Sala Live, and there’s a wide
variety of eating options, too, from
skyscrapers, and finishes at the
famous Faro de Moncloa, one of
an influx of Chinese immigrants
who have transformed it into
de Barceló, which now boasts a new a paradise for The area bordering Paseo de la fried chicken to Peruvian and the city’s best-known viewpoints. Madrid’s own Chinatown. Shops
modern building and an attractive Castellana includes the Azca Colombian specialities served The neighbourhood is a perfect of all kinds with signs in Chinese
terrace. Strolling around Malasaña, foodies and business complex, one of Madrid’s up in the restaurants opened by blend of residential and student have replaced the traditional
and especially along its famous
shopping street, Calle Fuencarral,
hipsters major financial centres and home
to several skyscrapers, including
members of the neighbourhood’s
immigrant communities. It’s
life, with shops, hotels, parks,
monuments and an active
haberdasheries and markets,
and even the area’s older bars
is to experience a young, the Torre Picasso. Here you’ll also another of the city’s emerging university social scene, especially now employ Chinese waiters.
cosmopolitan neighbourhood full find expensive apartments, the areas, as it’s located near the in the Argüelles area. The Museo That makes it the best place in
of life and a party atmosphere. It’s Moda Shopping Centre and the centre, bordered by Madrid Río del Traje, the Museo de América the city to try authentic oriental
also a good place for a night out, Calle Orense shopping street, and Casa de Campo, but still offers and the Museo Cerralbo are also to food at the plentiful restaurants
home to legendary venues such as alongside the Nuevos Ministerios affordable housing. Finally, don’t be found in this appealing area. with menus in Chinese offering
Penta and Tupperware. metro and train station, and the forget that it’s also home to both M: Plaza de España, Moncloa, Argüelles. specialities from little-known
M: Tribunal, Noviciado, Bilbao. world’s biggest Zara clothes store. the Pradera and the Ermita de regions; happily, the high quality
Tetuán
The other part of the district,
which lies on the opposite side of
Calle Bravo Murillo, is known as
San Isidro, the epicentre of the
festivities honouring Madrid’s
patron saint each May 15.
Salamanca
This is Madrid’s most exclusive
of the dishes is not reflected in the
prices. It’s a must-visit, especially
during the colourful Chinese New
Tetuán is made up of six different the Little Caribbean because of M: Marqués de Vadillo, Urgel, Oporto, neighbourhood. It was built Year celebrations.
areas: Bellas Vistas, Cuatro the large number of Dominican Carabanchel, Vistalegre. in the nineteenth century by M: Usera.
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In its monuments, churches and
palaces Madrid’s most historic
neighbourhood hides the
secrets of the former monarchs
who once inhabited them. Its
name dates from the days when
the Habsburg dynasty ruled
Spain and Charles I ordered the
construction of squares and
monumental buildings in the
city. Later on, under Philip II,
work began to remodel the old
Plaza Arrabal, which became the
present-day Plaza Mayor. From
the Almudena Cathedral to the
Plaza de la Villa and the Teatro
Real, the architectural beauty of
this area attracts a large number the old Matadero de Madrid
of tourists who gaze in wonder slaughterhouse in Legazpi, which
at the work of the ancestors of is now one of the city’s leading
today’s city residents. The area’s cultural centres, and the Museo
restaurants serve traditional del Ferrocarril, which holds the
cocido madrileño, though there monthly Mercado de Motores
are also more modern places, flea market. Other recommended
such as the remodelled Mercado spots include Madrid Río,
de San Miguel, while the with its green spaces, iconic
Jardines de Sabatini provide a bridges and kids’ playgrounds,
haven for tired sightseers and the Parque de Enrique
who can rest on the shaded Tierno Galván, which is home
benches beside its fountains. to the Madrid Planetarium and
M: Sol, La Latina, Puerta de Toledo. some of the city’s best music
festivals such as Tomavistas
Vallecas
Vallecas is another working-
and Brunch-in The Park.
M: Delicias, Legazpi, Arganzuela-Planetario.
class neighbourhood that is
emerging as an alternative area
to visit, thanks to its rich mix of
Conde Duque
This central residential
different cultures. It’s located neighbourhood has been lent
a short journey from Atocha by a new lease of life thanks to the
public transport and its main activity generated by its main
thoroughfare stretches from attraction: the Conde Duque
Puente de Vallecas to the Avenida Cultural Centre. This former
de la Albufera, a street lined with barracks has been transformed
small, cheap shops that ends at here, from traditional taverns to into a base for the area’s most
the Cerro del Tío Pío (or ‘seven tits
park’, to give it its rather vulgar
Ecuadorian and Chinese cuisine.
The neighbourhood has grown
The Conde important cultural activities:
it’s a summer cinema, an
local nickname), which affords so much that, as well as Puente Duque Cultural exhibition space, a theatre, a
some spectacular views of the de Vallecas, the Villa de Vallecas show hall and more. Like other
city. At night, Vallecas is Madrid’s old town also now has its own new Centre has neighbourhoods in downtown
heavy metal capital with a large
number of bars and clubs playing
housing development. One of the
area’s most popular celebrations
revitalised this Madrid, its older establishments
now compete with newly opened
hard rock. In terms of food, consists of the simulation of a neighbourhood businesses. But they all share
you’ll find a bit of everything naval battle, which sees people
take to the streets with water
close to Malasaña similar characteristics: friendly
service, artisanal products a long
pistols and balloons. It’s also a big way from those you find in the
footballing area, home to Rayo big high-street chains (there’s
Vallecano’s ground. no Zara here) and thoughtful
M: Villa de Vallecas, Congosto. decoration. You’ll find bars,
restaurants and shops you’ll be
Arganzuela
This district is made up of the
hankering to go back to, even
before you leave them, as well
as everything from vinyl and
Acacias, Paseo Imperial, Legazpi, menswear to gourmet food
Palos de Moguer, Delicias and stores and art galleries. The best
Atocha neighbourhoods. Its thing to do is surrender to its
historic buildings are almost all streets and discover everything
in the rationalist, neo-Mudéjar the area has to offer.
and industrial styles, including M: Noviciado, San Bernardo, Plaza España.
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The typical Madrid
sandwich is made with
a small baguette; ask
for one by saying Un
A practical bocata, por favor. A key
expression for ordering
glossary tapas in the city
of typical
words and
expressions
from Madrid
Tío/tía
No, in this case it’s not your Flipar
aunt or uncle. Among young Also common is flipar,
people, the words tío and or flipar en colores. A
tía can be used at random synonym of alucinar,
at the end of almost every it expresses (huge)
sentence, in the same way amazement.
you might say ‘mate’, ‘man’,
or ‘love’. Tío is directed at
Daily life in Madrid means learning its language and forms men and tía at women, and
of expression. The city is famous for its colloquialisms phrases like ¿Qué pasa tío?
and Joé, tía are common
and very peculiar slang that set it apart from other Spanish parts of the everyday
towns, and knowing some of these words will help you informal conversations you
feel part of the city, and give the locals a happy surprise hear on the street.
Molar Mazo A pachas Pasar No te rayes Chulapo
Molar is something that’s said a
lot, especially by young people.
If mola is ‘I like it’, mazo is
‘a lot’. So to say you ‘like
Guay In Madrid a pachas is used
when you share something with
You don’t always use the verb
pasar when you’re talking about
No te rayes is a phrase that has
nothing to do with lines (rayes),
Currar You might not hear this word every
day, but you should know it. The term
This means ‘cool’, Ir a currar is a
It means that something pleases something a lot’, it’s mola and it’s used when someone else or several other throwing a ball to someone or but is instead used to tell less formal way of chulapo comes from the Spanish
you greatly, and is more informal mazo – one of the most Madrileños like or people. For instance, when you’re entering a room. If you hear someone not to get annoyed, saying ir a trabajar zarzuela light operas of the late
than the normal Spanish verb common local colloquial are impressed by eating out with a group of people a Madrileño say yo paso in upset or stressed by something. – ‘to go to work’. nineteenth and early twentieth
gustar. For example, if you see expressions. The word mazo something. It’s a and the time comes to pay the a conversation, it probably If a friend has a problem, you El curro means el centuries, particularly the well-
something nice, that surprises has several meanings, though, word that’s been bill, you might hear someone say means they don’t fancy doing can use the expression to try trabajo in Spain, known ‘La Verbena de la Paloma’.
you or makes you smile, the so you need to be careful. It’s used by several ‘pagamos a pachas’, which means whatever’s being talked about to make them feel better or but watch out, It’s the name of the typical suit worn
thing to say is ¡cómo mola!, ¡me also a mallet, and can mean a generations ‘let’s split it (equally) between – they’re passing on it. It’s the to play down the situation. If because ‘Curro’ is at some of Madrid’s most popular
mola!, or ¡mola mucho!, instead disappointment or a negative of locals but us’. You can also make a bet a most informal way to decline an someone’s worried about an also a shortened festivals, but it’s also used to describe
of ¡cómo me gusta!, which action. Dar un mazazo is to continues to be pachas, which means sharing invitation or say you don’t want exam, for example, you could form of the name an archetypal Madrileño – a bit
sounds less natural. It can be disappoint or upset somebody, popular and very any winnings. Or when you go for to join in with something. It’s say, tío, no te rayes, to calm Francisco. arrogant and brazen, but amusing
used for almost anything, and or cause them a problem. But common. drinks, you can use a pachas to also used in card games: to pass them down and cheer them and polite. You will see chulapos
a simple mola is all you need to the most common slang use of mean you’re splitting the price of on the betting for the round if up. But no te rayes if you take a and chulapas at the celebrations for
express that something is cool. mazo is to mean ‘much’ or ‘a lot’. the rounds among everyone. your hand isn’t good. while to get the hang of it! Madrid’s patron saint, San Isidro.
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