Madrid in 2 weeks

Anything worth checking out? going for a few days...

If you're there on a Sunday then definitely check out The Retiro Park. Seems to be where most people in Madrid head to on a sunny Sunday arvo and is filled with singers, musicians, puppet shows, bongo players.

Apart from that all I did was drink there There's some awesome bars and clubs. When I get my head together I'll try and remember a few of them for you (just woke up)

I went for a weekend and I was really bored.. there's not much to see there tourist-wise. There's a hop-on, hop-off bus you can go on but after about an hour I realised I was going to see all the sights in about half a day so I had to try and space the sights out over 2 days.. I ended up sitting around in parks or eating from bakeries to fill in the time.

Although if you're with friends you could go drinking. I was by myself. Barcelona is way better, lots more things to see.

Cool, My friend speaks spanish so we should be sweet I think he knows a few good spots too.

I'm sure i'll ammuse myself.

Yeah definitely a drinking town

Check out Costellos on Caballero de Gracia, just off Grand Vía. Great bar with a club downstairs. Out the back they have a room that is pretty much one big bed with cushions everywhere and grape vines growing over head. Great way to meet the locals!

You should go to Fabrik, not been but apparently it is just amazing!

http://www.grupo-kapital.com/fabrik/

If I had to pick one gallery/museum type thingy in the whole world that was my favourite, it would be The Prado in Madrid.... I loved it there, be sure to get an audio-guide, it all makes more sense with one

I let you know how we get on.

Well Madrid was a blast.. in fact getting out of the shitty weather in the UK was good enough. So I bit the bullet and finally went to a club after being over here 9 months. annnnnndd.... was entirely average.. Resident Djs were crap and they only served spirits and mixers, no cocktails or beers. So I had to surfice with the great 4:1 ratio girls(hot) vs guys... Club was set out well with good sound system and was about 4 storys.

Played mostly house/electro... still was amusing talking with the locals.. some guy proceeded to dance around like a monkey.. only then when i worked out he was trying to do the Haka.....ahah

went to a few other clubs playing minimal techno... but they were shit.

Still worth a look if you are over those ways.

Madrid 6/10

Thanks for the report Ryder, I'm planning a trip over there soonish so this will be useful.