→ the Best Areas
→ Sol–Preciados–Carmen This is a major shopping area. On Calle Princesa Felipe II then you just have to take a stroll through pedestrian street), you’ll find a succession of shops → Conde Duque SHOPPING CENTRES and Calle Alberto Aguilera, as well as on the small- the stalls of the rather curious permanent market selling the latest styles and accessories. In the area, → The best areas METRO: San Bernardo, Ventura Rodríguez, METRO: Sol, Callao, Gran Vía er surrounding streets, you’ll find a wealth of shops, known as The Hippies of Goya (clothing, leather you’ll also find lots of bakeries selling typical pas- Plaza de España, Noviciado El Corte Inglés is Madrid’s department store par ex- including leading fashion brands, shoe stores, jew- goods, bags…). tries. Coin and stamp collectors rendezvous every cellence. The chain has stores dotted across the city In this lively area you’ll find high-street staples and ellers, and department stores. The usual hustle and Sunday morning from 9am to 2.30pm at the tra- Just beside Malasaña, spreading out from the cul- (you’ll find them on main thoroughfares like Goya, department stores. Right in the heart of Madrid, bustle of these thoroughfares contrasts with the → Barrio de Salamanca ditional Stamp Market in Plaza Mayor. The square tural centre that gives it its name, this is one of the Serrano, Orense and Preciados), selling everything just beside Gran Vía avenue and Plaza del Callao, tranquillity and the rather more leisurely pace of casts off its usual appearance in December when neighbourhoods with the most character in Madrid, from clothing and books, to furniture, decorative Calle Preciados and Calle del Carmen –both now other streets in the neighbourhood such as the Pa- METRO: Serrano, Colón, Velázquez, Retiro the traditional Christmas Market comes to town.
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