Feliz Año Nuevo en España
A fun way to spend your holiday with a heartwarming is to spend your New Years Eve at Madrid. It offers you a warming way to celebrate during the winter. Either at home or in the many bars and discos there are some Spanish traditions that are observed and maintained with almost religious devotion by the party happy Madrileños. Head over to Plaza Santa Ana w ry the Moderna, Cerveceria Alemana and Naturbier. You may want to explore the bars around c/ Principe, such as Viva Madrid. here you will find plenty of nightlife and in the nearby streets such as calle Huertas.
The actual countdown is primarily followed from the clock on top of the Casa de Correosbuilding in Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid. It is traditional to eat twelve grapes, one on each chime of the clock. After a very nice dinner, Parties usually last until the... Continue reading
Feliz Navidad a Todos
Spending your holidays in Madrid, Spain is delightful and exciting. Many locals buy Christmas trees and hand-made decorations here, and generally mill about in their winter finery, savouring the festive spirit and wishing each other ?Feliz Navidad y Prospero A?o Nuevo? (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year). It is by far that along the busy street of Madrid, lights and decorations are very spectacular especially in the streets of Calle Preciados, next to Puerta del Sol, where in they form huge decorations arches right across the street.
The Plaza Mayor market also sells the nativity figurines that Spaniards use to make a ?Belen?. The Belen?s are like giant cribs depicting the nativity scene and there are enormous ones created throughout the city. The most extravagant Belen is the 18th century Neapolitan display found within the Almudena Cathedral in the Royal Palace of Madrid, Palacio Real. Another Christmas market worth visiting... Continue reading