Category Archives: MADRID & CENTRAL

Spain’s big, royal, grand city! The Scoop on Madrid travel and Spanish dishes. Here you’ll find local info on Madrid attractions plus information on travel to villages around Madrid. Toledo and more!

An Unsettling Tradition: Impressions of My First Bullfight

Some say it's art, others say it's just plain cruel. Shawn from Madrid offers a view on bullfighting....
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11 Restaurants Rules You Need To Know-Customs In Spain

For restaurants, customs in Spain are different. Here are eleven restaurant rules to make travel easier...
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Expensive Coffee, Vertigo And A Fugitive Frog

A frog as a hot topic for another beautiful city in Spain? Robin Graham, our guest writer from Tarifa thinks...
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Chasing Bargains – Where Are The Best Flea Markets In Spain?

Your Scoopettes, Regina and I love a good flea market. We get up early...
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Top 10 Hoods In Madrid

How do you know where to go when you hit a big city? Our local expert in Madrid, Lauren...
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Flying The Bird to Atocha Station In Madrid

The Catholic Church wends its way even into Madrid travel as the station is named after Our Lady...
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Madrid Transportation Works – Why All The Cars?

Madrid Transportation Works - here's how to use it...
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Photo Scoop (no. 14): Wild San Juan Festival

Bonfires blaze all night on plazas and beaches. Devils run with long poles spewing fire...
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The Scoop: Events in Spain – June, 2012

The Scoop: Festival Events In Spain
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A Scoopometer 10! PhotoEspaña – Madrid Travel

Over 280 artists from 44 countries will shine at PhotoEspaña in Madrid...
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16 Bargain Gifts – Chocolate Anyone?

Traveling in Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, or Seville and want to take a gift back to Aunt Millie...
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Tips for Budget Travel in Spain – Save Some Euro Bucks!

Sites to check for cheapo travel in Spain. These are a few we use!
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The Scoop Interviews (no. 13): MadridMan

MadridMan, created his travel web site before most of us knew what a blog was. Fifteen years ago...
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Scoopette Bucket List 2: Itchy Feet, Hungry Heart

Life is short and must be lived to the fullest. Here's my list of things to see, do, learn, experience in SPAIN!
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How To Jump Around Europe From Spain

Tips for country hopping from Spain...Where do you want to go next?
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Chocolate Has Risen – Easter Info About Spain

The Easter Rabbit does not hippety-hop down the bunny trail for people in Spain so the godparents tote the load...
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The Scoop: Events In Spain – April, 2012

The Scoopettes remind you of the extraordinary Easter processions of Semana Santa in Granada, Madrid and Seville.
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The Scoop Interviews (no.10): Erin Ridley, La Tortuga Viajera

In our 'The Scoop Interviews' series, we meet Erin Ridley. In 2007, Erin moved to Madrid, met a Spanish man ...
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Train, Plane, Bus? How to Travel Around Spain

Should you fly, ride the train, or take the bus? Or maybe....
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name – Not Lonely In Madrid

Every ex-pat gets the blues, misses family and friends and wonders what the hell were...
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