Visiting Madrid, Spain

8/18/2019

A couple of months ago we took a road trip to Madrid.

My husband managed to get tickets to the champions league final, which was the main reason for going. But also, we has been to celebrate New Year's a couple of years ago and I came away feeling like Madrid was somewhere that I didn't love.

Black dress here

In it's defence, it was cold (surprisingly to us) and a little fact we didn't know at the time is that much of Spain tends to close down over the holidays. So I felt like perhaps we hadn't chosen the best time to visit. I very rarely come away from a city without finding something to love about it. So this was a second attempt to love Madrid.
So after 7 hours in the car we arrived in Madrid, breaking up the journey with a stop off at The windmills of La Mancha (more here, and defiantly worth a visit)

We stayed at a really cute boutique hotel, called Only You which Id definitely recommend.

We started our day with breakfast at Zenith cafe. They have a really great menu with all kind of yummy options! But I just cannot resist pancakes when the are on the menu. A few cappuccinos later, we were ready to explore the city.

Madrid has some of the best street art iv seen, really beautifully done. Its not always something that I'm a fan of but I felt that here it was quite special.

It is a much more vibrant place in the summer months, than in the winter. Its very busy and bustling and truly feels like a capital city.
We took a walk around Mercado de San Miguel, which like most Mercado's in Spain is utterly beautiful. They always have the most beautiful vaulted ceilings, and are a great place to pick up fresh local produce.

I found the architecture to be very diverse in Madrid. Many of the buildings have an imperial and almost art deco feel to them which is very different to other Spanish city's we have visited. There is a real mix of historic buildings along with more modern architecture.