While three days may seem at first not too much time, a full weekend can make for a great time in a city like Madrid. From these lines we dare to suggest three slightly different plans with respect to those things which the city is famous for and you’ll find featured in most guidebooks.

To begin the evening of Friday, few things are better than to have a traditional vermouth on tap along with a tasty snack in the beautiful traditional Corps Tavern, located in the beautiful Plaza of the Corps Guards , next to the huge Cultural Center Conde Duque (http://www.esmadrid.com/condeduque/portal.do), a walk along the imposing Baroque architecture is always advisable to open your appetite.

Not far from there, we suggest a cozy dinner at Gumbo restaurant which specializes in cocktails and New Orleans style meals before going to see any of the six daily sessions of the 5 functions of less than 15 minutes of less than 15 people offered at the Microteatro project for money, close to the club ocho and one of the temples of modern indie-pop-rock in Madrid.

As expected on Saturday it is hard to get up early, a good way to awaken can be by taking walk in the West park to the University and eat in the gorgeous modern building restaurant in the always seductive Museum of Costume  worth a visit just for its fantastic collection of Fortuny y Madrazo gowns. Often semi-deserted, the Zen atmosphere of the museum, emphasized by its most serene,  hypnotic gardens can be an excellent anti-hangover prescription .

In this idyllic setting the elegant Palacio de Cristal in the Retiro Park, fits in perfectly and where we can extend our sluggish state of trance surrendering to the mixture of geometric order and organic sensory experience that the installation of Soledad Sevilla offers to then descend the Moyano slope to enjoy sharing the view of the long afternoon vanishing  and turning into night from the terrace of the extension of the Reina Sofia Museum with its futuristic views of the south of the city.

And before going to bed, take advantage of the opening until eleven at night of the Thyssen Museum’s temporary exhibitions to familiarize yourself with the seminal Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot.

You should not rise late on Sunday afternoon to enjoy the magic of the Rastro flea market  and the extraordinary culinary magic of La Latina when the market is over, for they are few better places for tapas in a big way that the environment formed by the Plaza of the  Humilladero The Plaza de la Cebada and the Plaza de la Paja and, above all the adjacent streets, including the famous Cava Alta, Cava Baja and Almond Street.

 

 

Paul Oilzum

Theatre, music, drinks, museums, flea markets and tapas are a very comprehensive plan for an intense weekend when renting apartments in Madrid whether you follow the suggested routes or you decide to alter them.

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