How to make Paella? Cooking class in Madrid

Posted on September 4, 2014November 21, 2022 by Madrid Guide

If you planned to have a vacation in Spain and you would like to try yourself out at a cooking class where you can learn how to cook classical Spanish dishes, Madrid is the perfect holiday spot for you.

The Madrid cooking class offers you a memorable program where you can learn how to make some delicious authentic Spanish meals such as the Spanish omelet or paella, all the food comes with some of the best Spanish wines. The class is led by a local instructor who will let you know the secrets of the Spanish gastronomy. The number of the group is limited to maximum 10 persons/class.

First you will meet your local instructor at Torrijos Market in central Madrid, after a really quick look around at the food market you will be ready to go to your cooking class and start making some Spanish food. During the class the local instructor will let you know about the history and all about the traditions of Spain. The Spanish cuisine is world wide known and for a good reason, the recipes has a really old history, they are simple, combined with local ingredients handed over to the new generations over and over again creating a rich and world wide known cuisine.

The cooking class starts from 10.00 in the morning and each class costs 70 euros, it includes eating the food with the group.

For more information on the cooking class, dates and prices visit the following site.

Madrid Segway tour

Posted on September 3, 2014November 21, 2022 by Madrid Guide

Have you ever tried Segway before? If the answer is no then in Madrid there is a perfect time to roll around. It is one of the most exciting city on the world and Segway offers you an easy-going and fun sightseeing.

Attending this city tour will let you see the city’s most famous parts such as the Royal Palace, the Almudena, Templo de Debod or the Mayor and the Espana Plaza’s. The size of the group is limited to 10 persons which gives a personalized attention from your tour guide.

The tour will start first with some safety training and some basic training before hitting the roads and streets of Madrid. During the tour you will see the Almudena Cathedral which was recently completed after years of constructions on the way you will pass the Royal Palace which is based in the Western side of the city, it has approximately 2800 rooms and it is the official resident of the Spanish Royal Family however they only use it for ceremonies. The next stop will be the Templo de Debod which is a really beautiful Egyptian temple from the 4th century-BC. The tour ends at the Plaza Mayor which was built in Herrerian style in the heart of Madrid.

The price of the tours start from 35 euros to 59 euros depends on the tour you choose.

For more details about the tour and the prices, visit Viator.

Small-Group Madrid Running Tour

Posted on September 3, 2014November 21, 2022 by Madrid Guide

If you like exercising and sightseeing then the Madrid running tour is the best choice on a vacation in Madrid, Spain. The running tour is led by a local fitness-expert guide.

The tour takes approximately one and a half hours where you can see Madrid’s most famous attractions such as the Royal Place of Madrid or the Temple of Debod. The pace of the tour is set on the group’s slowest runner, so everyone can freely attend any of the groups no one will be left behind. There are five different routs at different times a day you can choose from. The size of he group is set on a maximum 15 persons that provides a personalized attention from the tour guide.

Meet the tour guide in the central of Madrid and start with a quick chat about the basic experiences at exercising and about your general level of fitness. All the tours are included with warm up and stretching sessions. As it said before there are five different routs you can choose from the first one is the City Highlights, the second one is the Temple of Debod but you can choose the Buen Retiro Park route, Casa de Campo itinerary or you can also choose to jog at the banks of the Manzanares River. One tour costs 25 euros.

For more information on the running-tour, visit the following site.

Is there a good gym near Puerta del Sol?

Posted on September 2, 2014September 2, 2014 by Madrid Guide

Question: I am ooking for a good gym near our apartment on calle cadiz near puerta del sol. Can you help me?

Gym in Madrid — Picture from the Gym mentioned in this article

Thank you for your question! There are not a lot of good gyms in the very heart of Madrid, but if you want to enjoy life and and do some sports in the heart of Madrid near Puerta del Sol and your apartment on Calle Cadiz, then our recommendation would be Palacio Santa Ana Sport & Spa. This is a brilliant complex with fitness opportunities, good machines for exercising and also group practices. If you want to relax as well they have a very nice SPA area.

Their website can be found at: http://www.clubmetropolitan.net/gimnasio/palaciosantaana (unfortunately only in Spanish at the moment).
The full address of the complex is: Plaza del Ángel, 6 – 28012 Madrid.

If anyone has further insight, comments or experience, please write a comment!

American Impressionism in Thyssen-Bornemisza

Posted on September 2, 2014October 7, 2014 by Madrid Guide

After the exhibition of the French impressionism in New York in 1886 which was organized by an art dealer called Paul Durand-Ruel, many American artist were inspired by the new techniques seen on the paintings. Many of the artists decided to go and visit the home of the new trend, Paris.

The first exhibition will take place in Spain to focus on the spread of the impressionism in the USA. The exhibition has approximately 60 paintings which will be analyzed how the American artists discovered impressionism in the 1880s and 1890s and how they interpreted their own new style they developed around the 1900.

The exhibition will be open first at the Musèe des Impresionnismes Giverny in France in the spring of 2014 then it will move to Edinburgh, Scotland to the National Galleries of Scotland in the summer. From November it can be seen in Madrid, Spain at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemissza.

The exhibition will be shown from 4th November until 1st February in 2015.

If you come to Madrid before this time and look for another cool exhibition, read about the Pop Art exhibition currently on display in Thyssen-Bornemisza.

Pop Art Myths in Thyssen-Bornemisza

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Madrid Guide

Pop art first appeared in the late 1950 and the early 1960s and it was one of the most liberating moments of art. It was a new way of expressing art by demolishing the heroic vision of the previous avant-garde movements in the new culture and technology at the time.

Pop art brought an end to the division between ‘low’ and ‘high’ culture. In pop art everything could became art and every image could be recycled. It offered a new meaning of the images and art in the contemporary culture.

Pop art was an innovative movement, on one hand it led to a new path to post modernity and on the other it was oriented towards the past. It had the desire to connect tradition by using new artistic ways with images from the television, advertising and comic books.

The exhibition takes place in Madrid in the Mueso Thyssen-Bornemissza from 10th June until 14th September 2014. The museum is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00 to 22.00 and from Sunday until Monday from 10.00 until 19.00 in the evening. The entrance fee for the exhibition for adults is 11euros but there are reduced tickets for children, students as well.

As you notice it is only 14 days left of this exhibition, so if you want to see it, make sure to visit the Thyssen Bornemisza museum within the coming two weeks!

El Greco in the Prado Museum

Posted on August 5, 2014August 5, 2014 by Madrid Guide

The Museo del Prado is the main national museum of Madrid and it is among one of the best museums of art. It has a great collection of the European art from the 12th century until the 19th century. The museum gives home for other art works as well like sculptures and drawings. The collection is based on the formal Spanish Royal Collection.

El Greco

In the last third of the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century the rediscovery of El Greco had a great influence on many painters and also had a very important development on painting. El Greco’s work also had a big part in the spread of Cubism through the works of Derain, Modigliani and the Czech avant-garde. He had also big effect on Picasso’s art work who considered him one of the most outstanding painters ever. The first exhibition of El Greco’s art work was in the Museo del Prado in 1902. The Laocoön or his other famous work the Toledan landscapes were inspiring many artists like Ignacio Zuloaga who painted several landscapes of Toleda too, but El Greco had a big impact on Henry Moore as well who was inspired by the Vision of Saint John.

If you want to know more about El Greco’s work or you are interested in more exhibitions visit the official site and check for more information about the museum.

The exhibition will be on display until October 5th, 2014.

Real Madrid – Atletico Madrid: Spanish Super Cup

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Madrid Guide

Ready for one crazy football game in the end of August in Madrid? Then you will want to buy tickets for the match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, a match to be played at August 27th, starting at 21.00 at Estadio Vicente de Calderon.

What makes this match a total winner game, is that both teams origin from Madrid. So, as these teams play the Spanish Super Cup final against one another in Madrid, then it simply has to turn into a fantastic match with lots of goals, lots of fun and hopefully some moments we will remember for a long time.

If you want to be there at the game you can buy tickets using the link further down. If you would rather watch the match online, and maybe more Spanish matches online, then the www.watchworldcup.net site has an article dedicated to watching Spanish football online.

Toni Kroos - new Real Madrid player — Toni Kroos, a new Real Madrid player.. probably already in the match against Atletico Madrid on August 27th.

Real Madrid – Atletico Madrid: Spanish Super Cup
Tickets: WorldTicketShop

Pictures from Madrid

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Madrid Guide

Madrid is a city that never sleeps, except from during the siestas. The city has some really amazing attractions worth visiting, and here you can see some pictures from some of the most famous and nicest attractions in Madrid.

We hope you will enjoy the five pictures from Madrid shown beneath, and if you like them, why not press the like button and share them in your social networks to show your appreciation?

Pictures from Madrid

Madrid - Plaza de Cibeles — Madrid – Plaza de Cibeles

Where can I watch Spain – Netherlands in Madrid on June 13th?

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Madrid Guide

I will be in Madrid on June 13th and I am desperately longing to see the match between Spain and Netherlands on June 13th. Can I watch this on a normal TV station in Spain? Can I watch it online? Will it be shown in pubs and restaurants in town?

The answer to your question is yes! What do we mean? You asked three questions, and the answer to all of them is simply yes. In Spain there will be a combination of pay TV channel and public TV channels that will broadcast from the World Cup, but luckily all matches with Spain playing will be available on normal free public TV, meaning that you can watch the match just about anywhere, in your hotel room, in your apartment, or where you are. This also means that you can watch the match between Spain and the Netherlands on June 13th in almost any restaurants, bar or pub around Madrid, so it will rather be impossible not to notice and to watch this match, which will be a “repeat” of the World Cup final in 2010.

If you are out running somewhere, or just sitting on the train or somewhere else and want to watch the World Cup match between Spain and the Netherlands on your Android device or maybe somewhere else, then you can watch it online. Read more about watching Spain – Netherlands online in this article.

We hope you have found this answer useful, but if you have further insight or maybe a question, just write a comment! And, may the best team win (Spain!).