he Museum of the Queen Sofia (Museo Reina Sofía) concludes the triangle of the most visited museums in Madrid. As you may remember from our previous posts, together with the Prado Museum and Thyssen Museum, the Reina Sofia Museum constitutes “the Golden Triangle of Art”. If you are a true art lover, you can purchase […]...

Calsot is a special kind of white onion from Cataluña. It is grown in a special way so as to make it longer. Initially, you could find calsot only in Tarragona, but thanks to its growing popularity nowadays, it is found all around Cataluña and even in other Spanish provinces. The highest sales of this […]...

Last year, in Bordeaux (France), the International Wine Competition took place. Spain was awarded the prize for the best quality of wine in the world. Such esteemed praise confirmed the well-known truth, the quality of wine in Spain is so high that there is no need to pay extra for it. This means that despite […]...

The success of the Spanish medical system has lasted for several decades by now, thanks to which Spain is always in the top-10 of the best countries in the world regarding their health care. According to statistics, Spanish medicine has especially considered in the areas of treating respiratory diseases and also in pre- and postnatal […]...

Spain is known for its fiestas, and Christmas is no exception. Unlike many other European countries, Spain does not limit itself with December 2 and January 1. The main Christmas holiday in Spain takes place on the night of January 6, when the three wise men come to newborn Jesus. However, even before December 25, […]...

Jazz was born in the USA at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, New Orleans was one of the fastest-growing ports where varied cultures mixed up. It was here where European classical music met American blues and South American rhythms, and together they created a unique musical phenomenon, jazz. One of the […]...

One of the curious peculiarities of modern Spanish lifestyle, which is often missed by tourists, is a great popularity of the local food and department shops that the Spanish usually refer to as “chinos” (Chinese). What is the secret of these humble-looking shops? The boom of these shops happened at the beginning of the 1990s […]...

Churros with chocolate are one of the favourite Spanish dessert, which is particularly popular in Madrid and the region of Castile. Churros are also known as Spanish doughnuts as the dough and the cooking process (deep frying) are almost identical. The main difference lies in the size as churros are of small size and visually […]...

In one of the previous publications, we talked about the Prado, one of the largest and most visited museums in the world. However, Madrid possesses many more impressive treasures. Together with the Thyssen Museum and the Reina Sofia Museum, the Prado forms the so-called “golden triangle of art”. In the Prado alone you can easily […]...

The wine produced in the region of Madrid is nurtured by the shores of the rivers Albeche, Guadarrama, and Tajo. The most common here varieties are Tempranillo, Garnacha, Merlot, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon (regarding red wine), and regarding white wine: Moscatel, Malvar, Albillo, and Viura. As for the history of Madrid wine, it started not […]...