Madrid Travel Blog

London’s West End is well known for its musicals, but how about Madrid’s Gran Vía? The Spanish capital is now a hot new destination for musical theatre. Madrid has historically had a strong performing arts scene, but in the last 15 years musicals have become one of the city’s most important pillars...

The sheer variety of things to do and stuff to buy in Madrid is outstanding. I like to say that Madrid has everything. Everything I could ever want… except a beach that is. Yet for a week Madrid could pretend that it had a beach in the city too. In what is popularly known as Plaza de La Luna–a square...

The beloved Gran Vía, one of the city’s main commercial arteries, is officially 100 years old. While the crush of pedestrians, the variety of shops, and the traffic noise tend to command one’s attention down to eye level, when you look up along the Gran Vía you’ll be in for a pleasant...