Madrid & Central Spain - Discover Spain: Experience the Best of Spain - page 356

Plazas
If you like the Plaza Mayor, we think you'll easily fall in love with these other central Mad-
rid plazas:

1 PLAZA DE LA VILLA
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( Ópera) Intimate square enclosed on three sides by 17th-century barroco
madrileño (Madrid-style baroque architecture: a pleasing amalgam of brick, ex-
posed stone and wrought iron) .

2 PLAZA DE SANTA ANA
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( Sol, Sevilla or Antón Martín ) A delightful confluence of elegant architecture
and irresistible energy, and the focal point of Huertas' intellectual life.

3 PLAZA DE ORIENTE
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( Ópera) An elegant and gloriously alive monument to imperial Madrid.

4 PLAZA DE LA PAJA
( La Latina) Feels like you've stumbled upon a village square in the heart of
the city.

Drinking
To get an idea of how much madrileños like to go out and have a good time, con-
sider one simple statistic: Madrid has more bars than any city in the world - six, in
fact, for every 100 inhabitants.