{"id":7644,"date":"2018-10-27T23:58:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T21:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=7644"},"modified":"2018-10-27T23:58:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T21:58:01","slug":"neighborhoods-of-madrid-what-not-to-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/neighborhoods-of-madrid-what-not-to-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighborhoods of Madrid &#8211; What Not To Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madrid is a lively, innovative city full of surprises, which is reflected in the life of its various neighborhoods. In this collection of articles in which we discuss the various neighborhoods of Madrid, today we want to focus on three very different neighborhoods, some well-known and others less so, each of which contribute their own idiosyncrasies to the identity of the city as a whole. Today in this article from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/shmadrid.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>ShMadrid<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we\u2019ll be talking about the neighborhoods of<\/span><b>\u00a0Paseo del Arte<\/b>,<b>\u00a0Princesa <\/b><strong>and<\/strong>\u00a0<b>Malasa\u00f1a. <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Related article: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/top-5-family-friendly-neighbourhoods-in-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where to Discover Family Friendly Neighborhoods in Madrid<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/neighborhoods-of-madrid-what-not-to-miss\/#paseo-del-arte-emblem-of-the-citys-culture\" title=\"Paseo del Arte, emblem of the city\u2019s culture\">Paseo del Arte, emblem of the city\u2019s culture<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/neighborhoods-of-madrid-what-not-to-miss\/#princesa-the-tourist-center-of-madrid\" title=\"Princesa, the tourist center of Madrid\">Princesa, the tourist center of Madrid<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/neighborhoods-of-madrid-what-not-to-miss\/#malasana-madrids-trendy-neighborhood\" title=\"Malasa\u00f1a, Madrid\u2019s trendy neighborhood\">Malasa\u00f1a, Madrid\u2019s trendy neighborhood<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"paseo-del-arte-emblem-of-the-citys-culture\"><\/span>Paseo del Arte, emblem of the city\u2019s culture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_7646\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/prado.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7646\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/prado-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/prado-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/prado-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/prado-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/prado.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Ted&#8217;s photos &#8211; Back Friday via VisualHunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Culture is what most characterizes <\/span><b>Paseo del Arte<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, keeping in mind that it is one of the neighborhoods in the world with the most Museums of International Importance per square meter. Over a distance of just two kilometers, you can find three of the best portrait art museums in Spain. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/permanent-exhibitions-at-the-prado-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Prado Museum<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose origins date back to 1785 and became a portrait museum in 1819, is one of the best museums in the world for Spanish, Flemish and Italian art, where you can see works of such magnitude as <\/span><b>Vel\u00e1zquez\u2019s<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las Meninas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Jard\u00edn de las Delicias<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by <\/span><b>El Bosco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span> <b>Goya\u2019s <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las Pinturas Negras<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Close by, we also find the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/museum-of-thyssen-bornemisza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Museo Nacional Thyssen Bornemisza<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, another cultural emblem with a private collection of unimaginable value, featuring paintings from the Middle Ages through the end of the 20th century, as well as an interesting collection of Impressionist art. Finally, we find the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/museo-de-la-reina-sofia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Reina Sofia Museum<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, inaugurated in 1990, which houses an exceptional collection of modern and contemporary art from the end of the 20th century to today. <\/span><b>Dal\u00ed, Mir\u00f3 and Picasso<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with his iconic work <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Guernica<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are the stars of the gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"princesa-the-tourist-center-of-madrid\"><\/span>Princesa, the tourist center of Madrid<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_7647\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/templo-de-debod-ii.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7647\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7647\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/templo-de-debod-ii-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/templo-de-debod-ii-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/templo-de-debod-ii-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/templo-de-debod-ii-640x424.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/templo-de-debod-ii.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by cashacker1980 via VisualHunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t go any further until you visit this other emblematic area of the Spanish capital. Let\u2019s start on calle <\/span><b>Princesa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of the most famous avenues in Madrid, where the offering of leisure and restoration is limitless. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/best-plazas-in-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>plazas<\/b><\/a><b> Espa\u00f1a <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> Moncloa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are other important areas in the capital that always ring with the symphony of passing pedestrians. Points of interest worth seeing in <\/span><b>Princesa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include <\/span><b>Cuartel General del Ej\u00e9rcito del Aire, el Faro de Moncloa, el Edificio Espa\u00f1a, the Torre de Madrid, the monument to Cervantes, the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/royal-botanical-garden-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Jard\u00edn Bot\u00e1nico<\/b><\/a><b>, the Templo de Debod<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and of course, the <\/span><b>Palacio de la Moncloa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Related article: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrid-neighbourhoods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Neighborhoods of Madrid<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"malasana-madrids-trendy-neighborhood\"><\/span>Malasa\u00f1a, Madrid\u2019s trendy neighborhood<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/malasana-madrids-most-modern-neighbourhood-and-its-bars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Malasa\u00f1a<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has become a reference point of culture in Madrid, where the bohemian and trendy flock to enjoy and live in its avante-garde environment, something that makes it one of the most fashionable neighborhoods in the Spanish capital. Situated close to the center, the area is flanked by <\/span><b>Gran V\u00eda, Fuencarral, Carranza y San Bernardo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The name of <strong>Malasa\u00f1a<\/strong> comes from the last name of a historical figure, a woman named\u00a0<\/span><b>Manuela Malasa\u00f1a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who was regarded as a hero during the uprisings of 1808 against the French troops in Spain. As a result, the origin of the neighborhood has a bit of a subversive air, where a woman was turned into the icon of a conflict typically commandeered by men. The <\/span><b>plaza del 2 de Mayo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or Plaza of May 2, representing the date of the uprising, has become the heart of the neighborhood, where you can see the arc of the old barracks located there, where the soldiers who participated in the uprising now rest. <\/span><b>Malasa\u00f1a <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also one of the sites of the Movida Madrile\u00f1a, or Madrid Movement, a counterculture movement \u00a0that look place in the capital during the 80s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Main photo by\u00a0Jim the Chin via VisualHunt<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>What do you like the most about each of these neighborhoods?<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-center kksr-disabled\"\n    data-id=\"7644\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\"><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madrid is a lively, innovative city full of surprises, which is reflected in the life of its various neighborhoods. 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