The guide

The neighbourhood, from inside it

We live on the street where El Rastro sets up. These guides are not copied from other guides: they are the answers we message guests every week, written down once.

El Rastro

How to do El Rastro without wasting your Sunday

What time to actually arrive, where to start, what happens when it rains, and why most people turn up as it is closing.

Lavapiés

Where to eat in Lavapiés

The nine places we actually go to, on a map you can save to your phone in one tap.

Coming soon

A full Sunday in La Latina, hour by hour

From breakfast to vermouth, in the order locals actually do it.

Coming soon

Getting around Madrid from El Rastro

Which metro for where, what you can walk to, and how to get in from the airport.