Madrid

Madrid has 12 neighbourhoods and 302 places. Malasaña is where the evening starts late and runs later, Las Salesas is the tidy-streets neighbourhood for a long lunch, and Sol is the tapas crawl that begins near the Plaza Mayor. Malasaña has the most on 42, then Las Salesas on 32 and Sol on 31.

Start here

Busiest neighborhoods first.

42 places

Malasaña

Malasaña is where Madrid goes to buy a second-hand jacket and then stay for a drink.

32 places

Las Salesas

Las Salesas is the best afternoon in the centre if you like coffee and a shop.

31 places

Sol

Sol is Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayor, and you will walk through both whether you plan to or not.

Where you eat

1 guides

Chueca

food markets, tapas taverns and Madrid's gay bars

1 guides

Salamanca

white-tablecloth dinners, Basque cooking and the Mercado de la Paz

1 guides

Cibeles

the fountain, a rooftop above the Círculo and a run of good lunches

1 guides

Retiro

the park, the Palacio de Cristal and lunch with a terrace

1 guides

Nuevos Ministerios

tasting counters, wood-fired pizza and a tapas bar worth the wait

Days out

1 guides

La Latina

the Rastro flea market, old tapas bars and flamenco

1 guides

Recoletos

the Archaeological Museum, steakhouses and a late jazz club

Everything else

2 guides

Chamberí

neighbourhood bakeries, specialty coffee and the Vallehermoso market

1 guides

Huertas

old bars, live jazz and cocktails in the Barrio de las Letras

A neighborhood shows up here once we hold enough places in one category to make a guide out of it. Madrid has 12 of them today.