GRAN VÍA

The coolest in plan in town could be to put on these amazing outsize earrings, get off the metro at Gran Vía and strut your stuff from Cibeles to Plaza España along this iconic artery of the city. The past and present of Madrid fused together on a unique road: from the Metropolis building and the Capitol to the Palacio de la Prensa and the Torre de España (which at thirty-two storeys was once the tallest building in Europe), passing by the theatres with spectacular neon lights and cinemas with traditional posters, and ending at the Museo Chicote, the mythical Madrid cocktail bar that has welcomed Lorca, Dalí, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly and Rita Hayworth. Convinced?