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TRAVELLER
Spain
Dialling Code
+34
Currency
¤
Time Zone
GMT+1
La Caña
€15
(8 Calle Alburquerque, tel:
911 250 020)With its gourmet food and
reasonable prices, this is a restaurant you’ll want
to eat in at least once. Highlights are the vegetable
tempura and risotto.
Anema e Core
€30
(2 Calle
Donados, tel: 915 422 253) The hungry hordes
happily munching on the wood-fired pizzas in this
centrally located Italian restaurant are a sure sign that
the food is tops. Specialising in Neapolitan cuisine,
Anema e Core also offers some unusual dishes,
including the tasty, and very cheesy, stracciatella.
Wash it all down with chilled Italian beer or wine.
El Mirador del Thyssen
€50
(8 Paseo del Prado,
tel: 914 293 984) Dine on-high and enjoy the
spectacular city views from this sophisticated open-
air restaurant. The modern Spanish menu includes
delectable offerings such as Iberian ham, cod with
white garlic sauce, and smoked salmon with pear
compote. Perfect for a romantic dinner.
Mercado SanAntón
(24 CalleAugusto
Figueroa) One of Madrid’s coolest rooftop
terraces,Mercado SanAnton attracts a lively crowd
and boasts great views. Come in the late afternoon or
Madrid
early evening and relax on the chill-out sofas under the
potted olive and fig trees as you sip a gin and tonic, icy
mojito or glass of wine.
The Roof
(14 Plaza SantaAna,
tel: 917 016 020) No one shouldmiss a visit toMadrid’s
most elegant rooftop terrace atop theME Hotel. Dine
on tapas and thenmove on to enjoy designer cocktails
such as the blackmojito.There are regular special
events and late-night shows.
Ecomanía
Chueca neighbourhood has
dozens of small quirky shops with cool fashion
items and gifts. Ecomanía (4 Calle Belen), for instance,
has beautiful tablewaremade of recycled glass,
jewellerymade fromused Nespresso capsules and
clothes woven fromorganic fibres.
See Carmen
Spanish flamenco dance at its
best hits the stage in this dazzling production
of Bizet’s
Carmen
performed at theTeatro Nuevo
Apolo.Twenty-five dancers bring the passionate story
to life.Tickets fromentradas.comuntil 2 September.
Pedal Power
Hire a bike and head down to the
riverside parkMadrid Rio to enjoy the 5kmof pathways
which take you through landscaped gardens.There are
plenty of cafés here to relax and refuel.
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FromtheAirport
Visit the Europcar desk
for special car hire rates.
Taxi
Pre-book your taxi at
easyJet.com.A journey to the city
centre costs about €30.
Bus
Number 200 connects to
Avenida deAmerica Metro and bus
station.The airport Express goes
toAtocha Train Station.Tickets €2.
Train
Metro line 8 connects to
many other lines and suburban
trains.Tickets €4–5, depending
on stops.
TRAVEL INFO
@
writer’s tip
“
Boasting the title in
the Guinness Book of
Records of “The World’s
Oldest Restaurant”,
Sobrino de Botín (17
Calle de los Cuchilleros)
has been feeding hungry
hordes for more than
390 years. Francisco de
Goya worked there as
a waiter while waiting
to get into art school,
and the restaurant’s
speciality, roast suckling
pig, is mentioned in
Hemingway’s
The Sun
Also Rises
.
”
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