5 Things Every Kid Should Experience in Madrid

Posted on May 15, 2013 by gemma — No Comments ↓

So you´re travelling to Madrid with the kids and on the never-ending flight over, you´re thinking: “Why didn´t I leave them home with grandma and grandpa?” Don´t Panic!! There´s plenty of fun and excitement to be had in the capital of Spain and it´s a great opportunity to have some quality family time. Our most kids-Friendly guide Ana Ramos, whispers us some secrets: Retiro Park: The “Madrileños” favorite park, come discover why! Once the private leisure grounds of Spain´s Kings and Queens, it is now opened to all and with something for everyone: playgrounds, art expositions in the “Palacio de…

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Antonello and the Blue Background

Posted on April 26, 2013 by gemma — No Comments ↓

I would like to start by attributing some of my most profound inspirations and knowledge of paintings to my great Professor Isabel Alonso. She is responsible for having provoked curiosity in me; further deepening my passion for the art collections found in The Prado Museum. One of her favorite masterpieces is “Dead Christ Held by an Angel”, by Antonello da Messina, that today, thanks to the preparation of a new temporary exhibition, has been moved closer to Tiziano and shines with the deep blue background that it is placed before. Alexander Dumas (Villers-Cotterts, 1802-1870, Puys) tells a story of Michael…

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Crossing the boundaries between art and architecture

Posted on April 16, 2013 by gemma — No Comments ↓

In the most recent decade, Madrid played a strong role in contemporary architecture, and we can say, with pride, that the expositive outlook of the world´s best architects have been show-cased in the city. It is not easy to have the majority of observers agree on the final result of such work, especially when the language of art is not based on that which is ¨traditionally¨ beautiful. For this reason, I especially love the controversial pieces. As an example, we can take a look at The Obelisco of Santiago Calatrava. ¨This is a moving monument that participates in the vertical…

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5 Reasons to choose Madrid as your next destination

Posted on April 8, 2013 by gemma — No Comments ↓

The weather & outgoing people: Traditionally dry and hot weather in the city is usually bright and bolstering. That’s why the locals love to sit and talk on the beautiful outdoor terraces. Amazing Cultural Heritage: From historical buildings to new icons of architecture, Madrid is home to impressive buildings and monuments, Royal Palaces, hidden small churches covered with astonishing frescoes, monasteries that once upon a time were the Queen’s formal residences, the best Museums in the world such as the Thyssen or Prado Museum and more than 100 private art galleries. Family friendly destination: When traveling with toddlers, tweens, and…

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5 personal favorite Masterpieces

Posted on March 29, 2013 by gemma — No Comments ↓

Our country is a land of creative thinkers and makers. This city is brilliantly light, and it could be for this reason that such great painters – as Velázquez, Goya, Sorolla, Picasso – were inspired. It was in the past, and continues today, in the twenty-first, to be a city of light and thought. In Madrid, the cultural, artistic, vanguard, gastronomic and literary life is always alive and moving. Every day is full of surprises! It´s well known as a city that never sleeps. Perhaps, the Madrilenian muses come out at night? This is the city that I always come…

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