{"id":1018,"date":"2020-02-20T11:27:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T10:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2024-10-11T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T12:02:28","slug":"madrid-my-favourite-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/2020\/02\/20\/madrid-my-favourite-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid: My favourite places"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My name is Clara Giaconia and I am a first year Master student. I am Italian, from the beautiful island of Sicily, and I studied in Milan for my Bachelor. <\/amp-fit-text><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As soon as I got accepted to ESCP Business school<\/a>, I decided to spend my first year at the Madrid campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spain and its culture, traditions, weather and food have always fascinated me.  Now that I have been here for six months, I made a list of my favourite places that I think could be useful to anyone who wants to make the most out of their stay here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

#1. Parque del Retiro<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Palacio de Cristal<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

El Retiro<\/em> is the biggest park in Madrid\nand one of the favourite places for both locals and tourists. Located in the\nheart of Madrid, it belonged to the Spanish Monarchy until the late 19th century, when it became a public\npark.<\/amp-fit-text><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Retiro there are hundreds of places to visit\nand activities to enjoy: puppet shows, musicians, palm readers and fortune\ntellers are among the diverse attractions you can find there every day.<\/amp-fit-text><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once of the most iconic spots in the park is the Palacio\nde Cristal. <\/em>It is a beautiful domed glass and steel framed former\ngreenhouse with an astonishing play of light and shadow. It currently houses one\nof the galleries of the Reina Sofia Museum, hosting several temporary\nexhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a nutshell, the Retiro Park is a place where you\ncan go to have fun with your friends, to sit and reflect when you have to take\nan important decision or to take some time for yourself during the busy semester.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#2 Malasa\u00e0\u00b1a<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Teatro Lara, built in 1789<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Defined in recent years as a hipster neighborhood, Malasa\u00e0\u00b1a<\/em> is much more than just the nightlife area of the city. Today modern restaurants and second-hand shops live alongside traditional bars and markets people have been going to for ages. The best way to get to know the district is to enter through the Corredera Baja de San Pablo<\/em> and walk through its narrow streets. You can experience the life of the neighborhood in one of the many squares, such as the Plaza de San Ildefonso<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Plaza Dos de\nMayo<\/em> is the nerve centre of the district. All kinds of people pass through\nhere, from children playing football to the elderly, from young people who\nspend their afternoons listening to music to people of all ages who go out in\nthe evening, spending time sitting at the outside bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malasa\u00e0\u00b1a<\/em> is the perfect neighborhood to\nchill, to have great nights but also to live in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

#3 Tempio de Debod<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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At sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The perfect time to visit the Tempio de Debod, <\/em>an ancient Egyptian temple that was dismantled and rebuilt in Madrid, is sunset.  It overlooks a reflecting pool, which gives you the feeling of being on the peaceful and calm banks of the great river Nile. This is quite a contrast from the aperitivo<\/em> being enjoyed by visitors to the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you arrive at the temple with a frozen cerveza<\/em>,\nsit on the lawn to wait for the sunset amongst people sunbathing, doing yoga or\nsimply enjoying the view is a truly unique experience. On top of this, it also has\na great view of the Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#4 Amazing rooftops<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Rooftop view of Madrid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Madrid has some of the best rooftop bars that I have ever seen. The most beautiful rooftop that I have been to is the Circulo de Bellas Arte<\/em>: it has a spectacular view of Madrid and an unparalleled perspective of the city’s urban fabric, with the buildings of Gran V\u00e0\u00ada<\/em> very close by. To get there you take an elevator with glass doors directly from the lobby to the top floor. Tickets can be purchased at reception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another amazing rooftop is the Ginko Sky Bar. For\naround \u00e2\u201a\u00ac10 you can enjoy a signature cocktail and the best view in the city of\nthe Plaza de Espa\u00e0\u00b1a<\/em>. There is\nentertainment at all hours, but sunset is one of the busiest times. On\nWednesday nights the place transforms into a jazz bar and from Thursday to\nSunday they have live music. There’s always a good vibe there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#5 La Latina neighborhood<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Built on a medieval Islamic fort, Madrid’s La Latina<\/em> neighborhood is the city’s\noldest\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand one of its liveliest. If you’re looking for authentic Spanish\ncuisine, this is the place. Calle Cava\nBaja<\/em> is one of the neighborhood’s most famous places to get food and\ndrinks.  Casa Lucas<\/a><\/em> is a reputed wine bar, while Taberna Txakolina, a Basque-inspired bar,\nserves completely addictive pintxos<\/em>, or bar snacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will stay in Madrid for another two months. I hope I will have the time to travel around (I’d love to see Granada and Malaga, in particular) while studying and applying to consulting firms for an internship. I highly suggest the Madrid <\/a>campus – feel free to contact me to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clara Giaconia<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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As soon as I got accepted to ESCP Business school, I decided to spend my first year at the Madrid campus. <\/p>\n

Spain and its culture, traditions, weather and food have always fascinated me. Now that I have been here for six months, I made a list of my favorite places that I think could be useful to anyone who wants to make the most out of their stay here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151943165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6343],"tags":[6420,6351,6419],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-careers","tag-el-retiro","tag-madrid","tag-rooftop-bar"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"ESCP Blog","author_link":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/author\/escp-blog\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"As soon as I got accepted to ESCP Business school, I decided to spend my first year at the Madrid campus. Spain and its culture, traditions, weather and food have always fascinated me. Now that I have been here for six months, I made a list of my favorite places that I think could be…","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paFRf4-gq","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151943165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3808,"href":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/3808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/blog-masters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}