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Walks in Barrio de las Letras.
One editor-picked walk through Barrio de las Letras, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.
Walks in Barrio de las Letras
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Sorted by distance from the start of barrio de las letras: the literary quarter. Good for stitching together a longer day.
quirkyfood-forward2.8 km · 75 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Lavapiés: the steep multicultural quarter
The corralas, an arts centre in an old tobacco factory, and the city's most international streets.
leafyliterary2.8 km · 75 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
The Botanic Garden & the Jerónimos: behind the Prado
The royal botanic garden, the king's old church, and a hill of second-hand books.
architecturemonumental2.6 km · 65 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Gran Vía: the great boulevard
Madrid's early-twentieth-century showpiece — the Metropolis dome, the cinemas, the rooftops, down to Plaza de España.
monumentalart5.2 km · 105 min · Strenuous· Claude-drafted
The Castellana axis: the great north-south spine
Cibeles to Nuevos Ministerios — fountains, Colón, and an open-air sculpture museum under a bridge.