Hotel Puerta de Toledo

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The Spanish Civil War is a chapter in Spanish history that garners a lot of interest and curiosity among the youth and adults who didn’t physically live through it but experienced it through their parents’ or grandparents’ anecdotes.

Many believe that it’s a chapter that isn’t completely closed while others think it should never be opened again. Read full article

If anything has become really trendy lately it’s people’s awareness of the need to lead a healthy lifestyle. All of a sudden, consumers have opened their eyes and are eager to know what they are eating, where it comes from, how it was processed and a whole string of other information they had no idea about until quite recently. Read full article

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Indeed, Banksy was brought to the city of Madrid not long ago and will be staying until 10 March at an exhibition in IFEMA which, according to the artist, has little to do with him and he has not authorised. At least that was what he said when the exhibition was shown in Russia.

Though few know his true identity, Banksy has risen to fame amidst great controversy – a fact that can be inferred from the name of this exhibition showing his most famous works from private collections, Read full article

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Would you like a Ribera or a Rioja? This is the most common answer you’ll get if you ask for wine in most restaurants in Madrid. So, doesn’t Madrid do wine? As a matter of fact, it does.

October means autumn and autumn means grape harvest time. In some regions, harvest time comes earlier than in others and climate change is driving everyone slightly mad. Read full article

Madrid wakes up from its summer dream slowly. Its roads start to fill with cars and the metro starts to look like a sardine tin once again during rush hour. It’s time to go back to school.

It is the return to school that many were waiting for after having spent the first few weeks of summer putting their children in urban and rural camps and camps of all kinds just to keep them entertained. Read full article

“Wherever you want as long as it’s easy to park”. This is one of the most commonly heard phrases in Madrid when you arrange to meet with someone. People who don’t live in the city centre usually drive everywhere, sometimes to save time and mostly for comfort.

You can beat comfort by changing your mindset and trying to generate new habits, Read full article

Segovia is one of the many cities near Madrid which are worth visiting. Perhaps it is a city that you should visit in winter instead of summer because Segovia is famous for its cochinillo (suckling pig), a dish that tastes better when the weather is cold outside. However, walking around this city in spring or in summer -despite the overwhelming heat- is also a pleasure and a breath of fresh air in comparison with the 100 degrees you experience walking on the asphalt in Madrid. Read full article