Guide in Madrid and rest of Spain
by Jerrykl
We just spent three weeks in Spain -- visiting Madrid, Toledo, Bilbao, San Sebastian and Barcelona -- and loved it.
A major reason for our successful visit was our guide: Kelly O'Donnell, a transplanted Chicagoan who has lived in Spain for a number of years. For two days, Kelly walked with us through Madrid neighborhoods, pointed out major attractions and some lesser-known sites, and introduced us to some charming restaurants (and the best paella we've ever eaten). On the third morning, she drove us to Toledo for a memorable day. Kelly is a terrific person, a great companion and a wonderful guide. We highly recommend her to anyone visiting Spain for the first time. To see if she's available when you're in Spain (she gets booked up way in advance, we learned), here's her e-mail address: odkelly2002@yahoo.com/
Architecture: highlights (1)
by ger4444
As i was in Barcelana all the time i found Barna the walhalla for architecture. Since however i got acquainted with Madrid i definetely am in big doubt of that since this town has some offer of architectural beauty too. It has a hughe variety on architecture. In the old Madrid you find around the plaza del villa 16 th century glorious buildings. In the bourbon's period we find barroque style which is very decorative. And with Carlos the 3th the natural neo-classism style got introduced.
La Movida
by ger4444
After the death of Franco in 1975 a peroiod of personal and artistic freedom started. By the youth this got translated into experimenting with drugs, drinking and going out late. This phenomen is called la movida. the movement brought a lot of culture and one of the icons of the movement was film maker Pedro Almodovar, known for his satirical art movies such as tode sobre mi madre.
What most of travellers use...
by ctv881
What most of travellers use to miss are the surrounding areas. I highly recommend The Pedriza Park just in the village Manzanares el real. This Park is magnificent. One of the best of Spain.
Another place to visit is the northern mountain range of Madrid (Lozoya, Rascafría, El Paular and Montejo´s hagues close to Guadalajara)
Bourbon Café
by Propermark about Clubs
I was with my friends in Puerta Del Sol Square waiting for other friends to join us, we already had dinner that night, when a German girl approaches me and ask me in a confused Spanish " lo siento pero estoy buscando un club acerca de Puerta del Sol que se llama Bourbon Café y pensaba que tu siendo espanol puede ayudarme"... well actually I'm not Spanish I replied :))) but we went together to look for it and then spent a wonderful dancing night! Bourbon Café is nice and it may get packed after 1 am. Casual
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Puerto del Sol, Madrid
Casa de los Lujanes & part of it's tower (left)
Retiro park
Chocolateria San Gines in Madrid, Spain
