One day in MadridHabsburg Madrid, from sun to shadow
Start around nine at Puerta del Sol with “Madrid for the first time”: Plaza Mayor, San Miguel Market, Almudena and the Royal Palace, unhurried and ahead of the queues. Have a cocido madrileño for lunch; it works wonders after the morning. In the afternoon, “From Habsburg Madrid to the modern city” leaves Plaza de la Villa and ends at the Congress of Deputies; the centre is so compact you hardly need transport. As the sun drops, “A Madrid of shadows and secrets” sets off from the House of the Seven Chimneys and finishes on Calle de la Cabeza. Round it off with a bocadillo de calamares.
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Morning
Madrid for the first time
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Afternoon
From Habsburg Madrid to the modern city
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Early evening
A Madrid of shadows and secrets
- The House of the Seven ChimneysA 16th-century building, a death shrouded in unanswered questions and the white figure that, according to tradition, walks across the roof.
- Linares PalaceLuxury, tragedy and voices in the drawing rooms.
- Plaza MayorExecutions and echoes of the past.
- Church of San GinésOne of the oldest parishes in the town.
- Calle de la CabezaA street whose name was born of a legend.