Just like in New York’s Times Square, crowds in Madrid fill on New Year’s Eve while the rest of Spain watches the action on ...
I’m standing on a tiny balcony overlooking the Times Square of all of Spain — Madrid’s Puerta del Sol. Within a 10-minute ...
Raboca The true center of Madrid, Puerta del Sol has been the heart of Madrid since ... zero," the point from which all distances in Spain are measured. The renowned plaque is undergoing a 21st ...
Madrid's city center, Puerta del Sol (or Gateway to the Sun ... Here you won't have any problem finding some of Spain's greatest staples: tapas, sangria and flamenco. For some magnificent ...
It all started with a couple of glasses of wine and a quick discussion on where to go for the next girls’ trip.
If 12 grapes are eaten at the stroke of midnight, Spanish tradition holds good luck will be by your side for the entire year.
The saddest thing is that those responsible are not aware of what they’re doing. Once again banality surrounds us,” ...
An iconic Spanish landmark near Madrid is undergoing an impressive £5.4 million renovation, revealing a previously hidden ...
Even today, the Puerta del Sol becomes crowded every New Years Eve with Spaniards eating their grapes in time with the chimes from the clock tower. Another theory suggests that people in Madrid were ...
Originally, Puerta del Sol was the site of one of the city ... A costume on the Day of the Dead (Halloween) in Madrid, Spain. (Lori Swanson / Pioneer Press) We returned to both squares to ...
The idea might have begun with grape farmers in Alicante, Spain ... the Madrid residents wanted to rebel against class distinctions and decided to mock aristocrats by going to Puerta del Sol ...