We’ve spent a number of days in Madrid. Linda did an event for Michelin here in the late 1990’s and we have stayed here either getting to the Camino and/or coming from the Camino in 2014, 15, 17, 19, 22 and now 2024. We have stayed at the MAD Airport Hilton or in three different places all near the Atocha train station.
Most of our stays have been 2-4 nights, to adjust to the time zone before walking a Camino or using it to wind down after a Camino before flying back home.
Madrid is a great city to walk in. We have walked usually in a radius of a mile or two from our accommodation to just explore, exercise, eat out or shop. There are safe, beautiful parks nearby, a wide range of architecture, museums and historical monuments, bars and restaurants. The merchants and service providers as well as residents, as a rule, are welcoming and helpful.
A wide variety of modern public transportation options make it easy and inexpensive to get around beyond walking distances. It’s a great place to visit and Jim fantasizes, especially during this visit, about living here.
(2 blocks from our apartment).
Jimandi 