Join me for a rainy day stroll along what is probably Madrid’s iconic street. We start off at the bottom end of Gran Vía where it joins Calle Alcalá and follow its 1.3 kilometres all the way to Plaza de España.
Forget chain stores, hotels, and touristy restaurants! Along the way we’ll take in the street’s most famous buildings and landmarks and explore the fascinating stories behind them. Think clocks, bombs, cocktails, neon lights, theatres, skyscrapers, and a Phoenix.
Semana Santa: Easter in Spain, processions, passion & pointy hats
Colourful Spanish expressions – A class in streetwise slang & vulgar vocab
Top Spanish products – A shopping list of food, drink, fashion & a mop
Learn to Speak Spanish Fluently : 8 tips to master Spanish – WIS029
Nine Spanish culture shocks: Habits in Spain I can’t get used to
Valentine’s Day in Spain – Latin lovin’, traditions & soppy vocab 101
Hiking ‘El Caminito del Rey’ – The scariest footpath in Spain! WIS026
A very Spanish Christmas! Festivities, food & traditions – WIS025
Spain’s most famous market: El Rastro de Madrid, sights, sounds & history – WIS024
Are Spaniards vampires? Shutters, bars & balconies – WIS023
Trains, planes & automobiles – Transport in Spain WIS022
A weekend in Asturias, a cow, a puncture & the most local bar in Spain – WIS021
Alternative things to do in Madrid & moving to Barcelona – WIS020
Trains in Spain and a trip on the AVE from Madrid to Barcelona – WIS019
Bullfighting. Art or bloodsport? A trip to Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring – WIS018
Ben Curtis and Marina Diez from Notes in Spanish – WIS017
Siesta & fiesta! What’s up with Spain’s crazy daily routine!? – WIS016
Desperate Literature – Books that explain Spain WIS015
Shops, shopping Spanish style and opening hours – WIS014
Spanish Beer – Brands, Bars and how to order like a native – WIS013
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