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/2022/08/01/art-around-their-shoulders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/08/01/art-around-their-shoulders/#respond Mon, 01 Aug 2022 06:57:44 +0000 Silvia Roba https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=2586

Despite the origins of this garment being traced to the Far East, the Manila shawl is one of the capital’s most representative items of clothing. Seen draped around the shoulders of all traditionally dressed chulapas at the city’s verbena festivities, the shawl forms part of the city’s history. Purchasing one is the perfect way to […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/08/01/art-around-their-shoulders/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/05/24/timeless-jewellery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/05/24/timeless-jewellery/#respond Tue, 24 May 2022 09:22:34 +0000 Silvia Roba https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=2544

Much more than simple a form of adornment, pieces of jewellery are dreams come true in the eyes of these makers who, in their studios in Madrid, uphold an artisan tradition deeply rooted in our city. Visit any archaeological museum around the world and you’ll see how men and women from prehistoric times used shells, […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/05/24/timeless-jewellery/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/05/17/gourmet-shops-no-two-are-the-same/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/05/17/gourmet-shops-no-two-are-the-same/#respond Tue, 17 May 2022 10:25:31 +0000 Silvia Roba https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=2528

Ultra-specialisation is here to stay. This month, as Madrid hosts Gastrofestival, its most important culinary event, we’ll be taking a look at some of the shops in the city devoted to a single product. There’s an endless range of flavours and aromas! Tell me what you buy and I’ll tell you who you are. Or […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/05/17/gourmet-shops-no-two-are-the-same/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/04/19/artisan-bookbinders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/04/19/artisan-bookbinders/#respond Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:46:31 +0000 Silvia Roba https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=2517

We can find some of Madrid’s master artisans working among leather, papyrus scrolls, book looms, and presses, determined to make the hands of time stand still as we turn the pages of the books they bind. Madrid is home to book presses where age-old hand-binding techniques are used to make truly unique editions. These guardians […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/04/19/artisan-bookbinders/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/03/11/madrids-new-potters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/03/11/madrids-new-potters/#respond Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:27:04 +0000 Silvia Roba https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=2462

Feeling clay between your hands can be quite an experience. Madrid has numerous studios where master artisans work with it to express themselves, but also to make their knowledge of a centuries-old trade accessible to others. Their lives unfold against a backdrop of kilns and potters’ wheels. Improvements to ovens during the Roman era allowed […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/03/11/madrids-new-potters/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/01/25/playing-with-chocolate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/01/25/playing-with-chocolate/#respond Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:32:07 +0000 Silvia Roba https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=2434

No one can resist a sweet treat, and even less one made from cocoa. Dotted around the city are plenty of artisan chocolate shops and patisseries that use only the finest ingredients. Read on to discover master chocolatiers whose creations are pure indulgence guaranteed to send your taste buds into overdrive. Valle-Inclán called chocolate the […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/01/25/playing-with-chocolate/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/01/18/a-cup-of-coffee-brimming-with-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/01/18/a-cup-of-coffee-brimming-with-history/#respond Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:15:59 +0000 Silvia Roba https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=2422

It all began over a century ago in a small shop on Calle de Preciados. To this day, the aroma of fine coffee still fills this same street. Cafés La Mexicana forms part of life in Madrid, the city also home to its roasting plant. Here coffee beans are roasted every day of the year, […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2022/01/18/a-cup-of-coffee-brimming-with-history/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2021/12/28/cloaked-in-tradition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2021/12/28/cloaked-in-tradition/#respond Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:09:26 +0000 Silvia Roba https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=2391

No winter will ever be as cold with a Casa Seseña cape draped over our shoulders. To this day, this Madrid-based century-old tailor continues to handcraft these exquisite garments worn by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Luis Buñuel and Bruce Springsteen. This is a story we’ll be telling for years to come. “I wish and […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2021/12/28/cloaked-in-tradition/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2021/12/21/centurys-old-patisseries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2021/12/21/centurys-old-patisseries/#respond Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:44:35 +0000 Silvia Roba https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=2372

Their eating areas and display cases have seen a veritable parade of literary greats, figures from our city’s history who were captivated by their wonderful smells and tastes. Just as they did back then, these establishments with over a century of history still put a smile on our faces, especially at Christmas when they become […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2021/12/21/centurys-old-patisseries/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2021/11/02/masters-of-leather/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2021/11/02/masters-of-leather/#respond Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:42:54 +0000 Silvia Roba https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=2341

Leather tanning is one of the oldest trades still practised in Madrid. Today the city is home to many an artisan who works with leather using age-old techniques to create handbags, rucksacks, wallets, and more. In these workshops and studios, you will find products brimming with passion, small works of art of which no two […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2021/11/02/masters-of-leather/feed/ 0