Navidad en Madrid: Mercadillos Callejeros

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Se acerca la Navidad y los distritos de Madrid se llenan de mercadillos de Navidad donde poder hacer algunas de las compras navideñas con regalos algo más originales de lo normal.


Las calles de Madrid durante la época de Navidad adquieren un gran ambiente, debido a la iluminación navideña ,  y al ambiente que dan los  mercadillos y las ferias de Navidad .

Tradicionalmente, desde hace muchos años las principales plazas del centro de la ciudad se ocupan con mercadillos donde puedes encontrar productos navideños, pero también ferias de artesanía y de regalos, que forman parte sustancial del programa de Navidad 2012 en Madrid .

Y tampoco faltan atracciones orientadas al disfrute de las familias, como ferias, pistas de hielo o espectáculos infantiles como el tradicional Cortylandia .

A continuación tienes la información, así como fechas y horarios de los principales mercadillos y ferias de Navidad 2012-2013 que puedes visitar en Madrid en estas fechas festivas.

Mercadillo de la plaza Mayor y plaza de Santa Cruz

El más tradicional de los mercadillos navideños de Madrid está abierto hasta el 31 de diciembre, en horarios de lunes a jueves, de 10 a 22 horas, y de viernes a domingo, hasta las 23 horas.
En este mercadillo que ocupa la Plaza Mayor y sus alrededores encuentras más de cien casetas decoradas con estilo austriaco, y asímismo, encuentras el ya tradicional tiovivo clásico para disfrute de los chavales.

Mercadillo de la plaza de Santa Cruz/plaza de la Provincia

Junto a la plaza Mayor, tienes en estas pequeñas plazas una extensión de su tradicional mercadillo, con los mismos horarios.

Mercadillo de la plaza de Benavente

En la cercana plaza de Benavente tienes el ya tradicional mercadillo de artesanía y regalos conocido como Feria de Navidad. Con más de 20 casetas con una decoración que emula un pueblo medieval.
Esta feria de Navidad puedes visitarla hasta el 6 de enero, todos los días de 10 a 22 horas.


Pista de patinaje en la plaza de Callao

En la céntrica plaza de Callao encuentras una pista de patinaje sobre hielo y la gran caseta para venta de adornos navideños que instala El Corte Inglés. De la decoración destaca el tradicional árbol de Navidad de 18 metros de altura.




Pista de patinaje en la plaza Santa Maria Soledad Torres Acosta


En esta plaza cercana a la plaza de Callao, hasta el 6 de enero tienes una pista de patinaje sobre hielo y una de esquí.
Los horarios de apertura son todos los días, de 10 a 22 horas.

Feria de Artesanía en la plaza del Carmen

También hasta el 6 de enero, en la plaza del Carmen encuentras una feria de Navidad con más de 30 casetas. Abre todos los días de 10 a 22 horas.

Feria de Navidad en la plaza de Santo Domingo

En esta plaza tienes una feria de artesanía hasta el 6 de enero, todos los días de 10 a 22 horas.

Feria de Artesanía en la Plaza de España
Esta feria de artesanía se inaugura el 15 de diciembre, y está abierta al público hasta el 5 de enero, de 11 a 21 horas. Cierra los días 25 de diciembre y 1 de enero, y los días 24 y 31 de diciembre cierra a las 15 horas.
Feria de Artesanía en la Plaza de Moncloa
Hasta el 13 de enero puedes visitar la feria de artesanía, que abre de 10 a 14,30 horas y de 17 a 22,30 horas.

Además, no olvides que alojándote en nuestros apartamentos, podrás recorrer  a pié todos estos mercadillos, ya que están situados en pleno centro de Madrid. Y, si puedes  venir a Madrid desde hoy 10 de Diciembre hasta el 28 de Diciembre puedes ahorrarte hasta un 20% en tu estancia, reservando uno de estos apartamentos que están en oferta:

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What´s on in Madrid- Exhibitions December 2012

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December is a good month to visit exhibitions in Madrid, so we safeguard us from the cold.

Here's a list of the most important exhibitions still time to visit. Follow the links to find all the details of each exhibition:

 

 

• Artaud's Spectrums: Language and Art in the 1950s (18 September to 17 December @ the Reina Sofía Museum): French artist and theorist of the Theatre of Cruelty, Antonin Artaud, is the star of this exhibition which revolves around his influence on poetry and performing arts in the years following his death.
• Imogen Cunningham (18 September to 20 January 2013 @ Mapfre Foundation, Azca exhibition hall): a show displaying 70 years of modernist photography.
• Portraits. Masterpieces. (25 September to 6 January 2013 @ Mapfre Foundation, Recoletos exhibition hall): 80 portraits by leading artists from the collection at Centre Pompidou / Musée National D'Art Moderne.
• The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk (6 October to 6 January @ the Mapfre Foundation): a retrospective show of the French fashion designer's work, featuring 140 haute couture dresses along with ready-to-wear items from the 1970s onwards.
• Gauguin and the Voyage to the Exotic (9 October to 13 January, 2013 @ the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum): works by Gauguin, Kandinsky, Matisse, Klee and Macke narrate the reconquest of Primitivism through Exoticism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Maria Blanchard (from 16 October to 25 February 2013 @ the Reina Sofía Museum): an exhibition devoted to the avant-garde and Cubist painter from Spain who rose to fame in 1920s Paris.
• The Art of Cartier (23 October to 15 February 2013 @ the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum): over 300 pieces of jewellery from the luxury jeweller's historical collection, including some belonging to Grace Kelly, Elisabeth Taylor and Coco Chanel, will be displayed in the Madrid museum.
• The Young Van Dyck (20 November to 3 March 2013 @ the Prado Museum): exhibition focusing on works painted by Van Dyck before he left for London in 1620, a period when the young Flemish artist worked under Rubens.
• The House of Alba Legacy. Patronage at the Service of Art (30 November to 31 March, 2013 @ CentroCentro): The largest exhibition of works from the private collection of the House of Alba Foundation will comprise over 150 items, including paintings by Goya, Titian and Rubens, and a first edition of Don Quijote.

In addition, we remind you that in December you can enjoy discounts of up to 30% in many of our apartments in Madrid. Do not hesitate to contact us for information

Christmas in Madrid

If throughout the year Madrid is well known by its fiestas that liven up its streets and welcome visitors to the city, in Christmas time you will find even more life in Madrid´s streets and much more cultural activities than in other times of the year.

When the Christmas lights are turned on, Madrid is filled with a magical air. The streets are dressed in all their finery, the trees take on a Christmassy look, and shops and markets are stocked up with all kinds of gifts.

If you start at Plaza Mayor you will see one of the best Christmas markets in Madrid, selling figures for Nativity scenes, decorations and even Christmas trees with all the accessories you could possibly want.

The Plaza Mayor is also a perfect departure point for the discover Madrid, which invite everyone, including children, to learn more about the history of Nativity scenes, seasonal traditions and sweets. Starting on Plaza Mayor is a wonderful way to discover some of Madrid's special spots.

You can enjoy easily all those Chistmas activities if you stay in our apartments which are located in the heart of Madrid and you will be able to walk through all the interesting  Christmas venues in Madrid.
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Traditions in Madrid: The Christmas Lotery

Christmas is widely celebrated in Spain as well as in other parts of the world. However, comparing with the Christmas celebrations in the Nordic countries, the differences are stark. In Spain, the celebration of Christmas begins on December 22, when the Special Drawing Christmas Lottery takes place.

The Christmas Lottery  is currently one of the events more intensely Christmas lives in Madrid. It has become probably the game that arouses sympathy and passion, and that is undoubtedly part of this cherished holiday, which is the "kick" from the beginning of the same

Every tenth costs 20 €, but the tradition also sends "share", and which share many interests, so that luck is dealt. And two are the "drums" of fate, of which the children of San Ildefonso excited will draw the numbers and awards.

The Draw takes place in the room draws the State Lotteries in Madrid. During five hours of radio and television broadcast it. Bars, offices and factories operating at a slow pace. Millions of people open their ears to hear the children of Madrid Colegio San Ildefenso sing the winning numbers.

The "Gordo"

Across the country we hear the echoes of the radio broadcasting the voices of children reading the magic number of winning tickets. There are many walking more or less hysterical wandering on the eve of the celebration of Christmas. Simultaneously, the children sing in radio and television speakers throughout the country the numbers of winning tickets.

Christmas lottery is the world's largest and more or less all the Spanish part. In addition, all dreaming the same thing, El Gordo, the highest prize. Since 2005, El Gordo is around 3 million Euro.

Origin of the Lottery

The initiator of the initiative and founding of the great national lottery was Charles III. Since 1892 he has held this Christmas Lottery so popular. Even took place during the civil war. Children singing the numbers of winning tickets are always students in the College of San Ildefenso of Madrid, a school established for orphaned children. This combines interest and charity in a Catholic spirit. The Christmas lottery is a popular tradition!

The sale of the draw period is the longest of the year. The government numbers are the first weeks of July. So perhaps the Christmas lottery is the best selling and most popular of the Sweepstakes.

Long queues are to be put up to get a tenth in some of the most traditional authorities in Madrid, as Doña Manolita o La Pajarita. The Plaza Mayor and Puerta del Sol are also strategic points of sale, where lotteries are those that encourage passersby to participate.

Locals, visitors and tourists are made with at least a few tenths in the hope that their number the children of San Ildefonso I sing with joy.

There's still time to book your apartment in Madrid to learn all the traditions of Madrid and enjoy the holidays in Madrid