Malasaña
Your explosive, hip, poetic playground
Overview
Do you love neon bars, culture-shock, and the backbeat? Does your heart beat faster to words like authentic, bistro, boutique, organic, vintage, and vinyl?
You'd best get down to Malasaña then.
It's got cool bars and it's dead central. Eclectic bistros, organic-food cafés, and vintage-gear boutiques are everywhere.
Malasaña is base camp for young adults in Madrid. It's a party, and you're invited.
What can I do here?
Get your party started at two of Madrid's best bars, Tupperware and Madrid Me Mata. One loves indie music, the other's a shrine to the 1980s cultural Movida.
If that sounds noisy, try Fábrica Maravillas or Irreale, two quality craft-beer bars.
Microteatro por Dinero is a tiny theatre in a basement. It's only 4 euros, and you're part of the show. There's a bar too. Naughty.
Conde Duque is a huge cultural space in an old guardhouse. You can enjoy an outdoor cinema, a DJ, and food and drink. It's a very chill, very comfortable place.
This has gone on too long. There's no space left to mention Mercado de San Ildefon…
Film fact
Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar lives in Malasaña. Visionary.
How affordable is this neighbourhood?
€€ (mid-range)
