Madrid: Midnight City

by Jules Stewart, Helen Crisp

Spain’s top city for tourism, Madrid attracts more than six million visitors a year. In this book, Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart not only place visitor attractions in their historical perspective, relating the story of a city and its people through the centuries, but they also offer carefully curated listings that give a nod to well-known attractions and sites, as well as hidden gems. Spain’s political and art capital, with its “Golden Triangle” of museums and myriad art galleries, Madrid is also a city of dazzling nightlife, with a profusion of cafés and bars. Offering in-depth insight into the history of Madrid along with a view—from fiestas to football—into life in the city today, this is the story of a vibrant, energetic metropolis, one that remains an enigma to many outsiders.

272 pages, Hardcover

Published April 15, 2020

Reviews

[Thomas P. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good, well-written short history of Madrid, with the bonus being that it is also an excellent travel book about the city as it is currently, with many interesting and detailed recommendations regarding sights restaurants, etc.