Plaza del Dos de Mayo, Malasaña. Nicolas Vigier · CC0
Plaza del Dos de Mayo
The square Malasaña is organised around, and the clearest picture of how this city uses an evening.
A brick arch, a statue of two artillery officers, a playground, and several hundred people sitting on the ground. Dos de Mayo is not a sight — it is the default meeting point for a whole generation of Madrid, and on any warm evening it fills with people who did not make a plan and did not need one.
Terraces line three sides if you want a table. Most people do not bother. The neighbourhood's street party at the start of May takes the same square and makes it ten times busier.
Before you go
- Best time
- From about 20:00 on any warm evening
- Early May
- The Dos de Mayo fiestas take over the whole neighbourhood
- Metro
- Tribunal or Noviciado
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