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Torre del Oro - a bar you should not visit
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008As you can imagine Plaza Mayor is full of bars with terraces prepared to receive as many visitors as possible. Plaza Mayor is
not only a meeting place but probablu also the most visited place inMadrid. Many tourists spend hours here watching people pass by.
Many of these bars are quite expensive, butthis is somethign we all know. You pay for your drink and for the place you are staying. This is something everybody takes into account. But at least what you take should be good, expensive but good.
One of these bars in La Torre del Oro, located next to the Tourist Office (Casa de la Panaderia). There tapas are not only incredibly expensive but also of bad quality. For example, fresh fried anchovies cost about 18€; you get exactly 9 (yes, 9) and they are inedible.
So it is better to try anywhere else!
Events in Madrid: May
Monday, May 5th, 2008EXHIBITIONS
Palacio Real
until June 1rst
Museo del Prado
until July 13th
CaixaForum
until May 25th
Thyssen Bornemizsa
until May, 18th
Teatro Fernan Gomez
Plaza Colon s/n
until May, 11th
Egyptian Underwater Treasures
Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera, 14
until September 28th
until August 31rst
Caixaforum
Paseo del Prado, 36
Ouka Leele Unseen
Museo del Traje
Avda. de Juan de Herrera, 2
until June, 8th
Horacio Coppola
Gran Via, 26
until May, 25th
Documenta
May 2nd - 11th
more info: official webpage
MUSIC
May 9th
Telefonica Arena
Las Aves s/n
until May 18th
Nuevo Teatro Alcala
Jorge Juan, 62
Jesus Christ Superstar
until June 15th
Teatro Lope de Vega
Gran Via, 57
Madrid Flamenco
from May 27th
Teatro Reina Victoria
Carrera de San Jeronimo, 24
3rd Flamenco Festival in Madrid(on different stages)
May 15th
Palacio Municipal de Congresos
Avda de la Capital de España Madrid s/n
May 20th/21rst
Teatro Español
Principe, 25
May 23rd
La Riviera
Paseo Bajo de la Virgen del Puerto s/n
May 24th
Sala Heineken
Princesa, 1
May 26th - June 1rst
Teatro Gran Via
Gran Via, 66
SPORT
Real Madrid - Barcelona
May 7th
Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
Avda Concha Espina, 1
Villa de Madrid Trophy
May 10th
Polideportivo Barajas
Avda de Logroño, 70
FAIRS
May 7th - 10th
Parque Ferial
SEIN - Salon de Espacios Empresariales, Comerciales, Logisticos e industriales
May 21rst - 23rd
May 22nd - 24th
Paque Ferial
PdE - Puerta de Europa. Bridal Exhibitionl
May 23rd - 25th
Parque Ferial
May 23rd - June 1rst
Parque Ferial
America´s Fair
May 24th/25th
Recinto Ferial Casa de Campo
May 30th - June 15th
Retiro Park
Egypts Sunken Treasures in Madrid
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Franck Goddio has brought about 500 pieces of his collection to Matadero in Madrid.
He has recovered over 15000 arqueological pieces from under the sea in the last 16 years. They were found in the coast of Abukir and the port of Alexandria.
The exhibition is divided into three areas related to the cities they belonged to: Heraklion, Canopo and Alexandria. We can see parts of a temple, ritual items and even big statues.
Opening times: from Monday to Sunsay from 1000 to 2200.
The exhibition will be open until Semtember 28th.
Goya in Times of War - Prado Museum, Madrid
Monday, April 14th, 2008This year Spain, and specially Madrid, commemorates the bicentenary of the uprising against the French invasion in
1808.
One of the main events is the exhibition dedicated to the paintings and drawings Goya made related to this topic in the Prado Museum.
The two main paintings Goya painted are two big canvases about the events that took place on May 2nd and 3rd. Both have been restored.
There are also about 200 works by Goya, some of them belonging to privat collections.
During Jose Bonaparte´s reign the artist still worked as court painter, although at the same time he painted some drawings emphasizing the cruelty and violence of war.
It seems that his two most famous paintings about the events that took place in May were painted after Fernando VII´s return to Spain. Again he tries to show the madness of war.
This is the most important exhibition dedicated to Goya since 1996.
The exhibition will be open to the public until July 13th.
Opening hours:
From Tuesday to Sunday from 0900 to 2000.
Closed on Mondays and May 1rst.
Price: €9,-
Free entrance from Tuesday to Saturday from 1800 to 2000 and on Sundays from 1700 to 2000.
Events in Madrid: April
Sunday, April 6th, 2008FAIRS
Internacional Real Estate Exhibition
April 8th - 12th
Feria de Madrid (also open to public)
Nieremberg, 10 - 14
April 10th - May, 11th
International Club de Gourmets Fair
Recinto Ferial Casa de Campo
April 14th - 17th
Human Capital Fair
Palacio Municipal de Congresos
April 15th - 17th
April 22nd - 27th
Feria de Madrid (only professionals)
April 23rd - 25th
Feria de Madrid
Madrid Tuning Show
Recinto Ferial Casa de Campo
April 25th - 27th
Feria de Madrid (open to public)
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN´S BOOK DAY
The Brave Little Taylow workshop for kids
From Tuesday to Saturday from 1000 to 1400 - pre-inscription requiered - 91.550.47.00
SPORT
Spring Season At the Race Court
A-6, Autovia A Coruña, km 8
April 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th
3rd Week Devoted to Women´s Sports
April 14th - 18th
Different activities in Casa de Campo, Arganzuela, Valdebernardo and Vallecas
Palacio Vistalegre
April 19th
April 27th
MUSIC
until April 11th
Paul McCreesh directs Händel
Teatro Real
Plaza Isabel II
Carpa Blanca
Nudo de Manoteras
Moscow Classical Ballet
Teatro Gran Via
Gran Via, 66
until May 3rd
23rd Madrid en Danza International Festival
until April 29th
26 companies from different countries will perform on 21 stages.
Palacio de Congresos de Madrid
Paseo de la Castellana, 99
April 7th
La Riviera
Paseo Bajo de la Virgen del Puerto s/n
April 8th
Sala Heineken
Princesa, 1
April 10th
Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Plaza de Felipe II
April 23rd
EXHIBITIONS
Palacio Real
until June 1rst
Museo del Prado
until July 13th
CaixaForum
until May 25th
Thyssen Bornemizsa
until May, 18th
Picasso. The Collection from the National Picasso Museum in Paris
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
until May, 5th
Teatro Fernan Gomez
Plaza Colon s/n
until May, 11th
Egyptian Underwater Treasures
Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera, 14
until September 28th
Fernando Alonso´s Renault in Madrid
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 
If you want to see Alonso´s Renault, you just have to go to Paseo de la Castellana, 33. The insurance company, Mutua Madrileña, one of Alonso´s sponsors, presents the new Renault in its hall.
Unfortunately one cannot sit inside as the steeringwheel cannot be taken out, but anyway, it is an opportunity to have a close look at this Formula 1 car.
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