Chueca & Malasaña Wander

1. 1

   Plaza del Callao

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   Start at the Gran Vía's great crossroads — metro below your feet, cinema premieres on this square since 1926

   Start at the Gran Vía's great crossroads — metro below your feet, cinema premieres on this square since 1926

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2. 2

   Gran Vía

   The "Spanish Broadway" — a century of cinemas, neon and wedding-cake towers on Madrid's shop-window street

   The "Spanish Broadway" — a century of cinemas, neon and wedding-cake towers on Madrid's shop-window street

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3. 3

   Mercado de San Antón

   Three floors of food in Chueca — a market that has traded here since the 19th century, reinvented in 2011

   Three floors of food in Chueca — a market that has traded here since the 19th century, reinvented in 2011

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   Plaza de Chueca

   Named for a zarzuela composer, home to Madrid's LGBTQ+ heart and the colossal July Pride fiesta

   Named for a zarzuela composer, home to Madrid's LGBTQ+ heart and the colossal July Pride fiesta

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   Mercado de San Ildefonso

   The vertical street-food market where Madrid's very first covered market once stood — demolished 1970, homecoming 2014

   The vertical street-food market where Madrid's very first covered market once stood — demolished 1970, homecoming 2014

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6. 6

   Plaza del Dos de Mayo

   Malasaña's heart — where Daoíz and Velarde made their 1808 stand against Napoleon, Madrid's founding legend

   Malasaña's heart — where Daoíz and Velarde made their 1808 stand against Napoleon, Madrid's founding legend

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   Plaza de Santa Bárbara

   A leafy promenade that was once a convent gate — and, by local legend, a prison tunnel ran beneath it

   A leafy promenade that was once a convent gate — and, by local legend, a prison tunnel ran beneath it

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8. 8

   Calle de Fuencarral

   Finale on Madrid's trendiest street — independent shops, Ribera's Baroque Hospicio, and the city's next look

   Finale on Madrid's trendiest street — independent shops, Ribera's Baroque Hospicio, and the city's next look

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