https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en Blog about Madrid Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:50:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/09/16/architecture-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/09/16/architecture-month/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:24:27 +0000 Ignacio Vleming http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1609

Exhibitions, conferences, guided tours and, in particular, the opening of some of the city’s most interesting buildings are activities that form part of Architecture Week, Open House and MOM, three initiatives that throughout October give people the opportunity to discover part of Madrid’s secret heritage. The 13th edition of Architecture Week (29 September – 9 October) will welcome New […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/09/16/architecture-month/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2015/06/03/faro-de-moncloa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2015/06/03/faro-de-moncloa/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:46:14 +0000 Ignacio Vleming http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1066

Only 20 minutes away by metro from Puerta del Sol stands the Faro de Moncloa, a 110-metre tower with 360 degree views across the urban landscape of Madrid and the Guadarrama mountain range. This former lighting tower, designed by architect Salvador Pérez Arroyo, was built in 1992 to mark Madrid’s year as European Capital of Culture. It’s easy […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2015/06/03/faro-de-moncloa/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/01/17/the-palace-and-the-ritz-100-years-of-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/01/17/the-palace-and-the-ritz-100-years-of-history/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:15:09 +0000 Carlos Menéndez http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=507

When visiting a city, the first thing you need is somewhere to stay. But that’s not what this post is about. Yes, the Palace and the Ritz are two hotels. Two centrally-located, comfortable, exclusive, classic, punctilious and perfect establishments. But the aim of this post is to help us understand why these two emblematic hotels, […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/01/17/the-palace-and-the-ritz-100-years-of-history/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2012/10/04/de-puro-capricho/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2012/10/04/de-puro-capricho/#respond Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:20:17 +0000 Silvia Roba http://88.84.77.135/blog/es/?p=186

At the last Madrid Fashion Week, Josep Font, designer of the Jesús del Pozo collections, chose El Capricho Park for his runway show. As a result, many people discovered one of the city’s prettiest, most romantic and idyllic parks. A great unknown. It’s hard to imagine Francisco de Goya painting his Witches’ Sabbath to hang in […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2012/10/04/de-puro-capricho/feed/ 0