· Meeting place from Friday 5th May to Saturday 6th May HOSTAL PERSAL – Plaza del Ángel, 12, 28012 Madrid Lunch Friday 5th at 14.00 RESTAURANTE GINGER / HOSTAL PERSAL
· WELCOME DINNER- THURSDAY 4TH May at 20.30
PRADA A TOPE Calle del Príncipe, 11, 28012 Madrid
· Meeting point 19.00 Hostal Persal Madrid Walking Tour: Madrid’s Literary Quarter
Barrio de las Letras (Literary Quarter) lies in the heart of Madrid, between such attractions as Sol-Gran Vía and Paseo del Arte (Art Walk). Its boundaries are Calle de la Cruz, Carrera de San Jerónimo, Paseo del Prado and Calle Atocha. In the seventeenth century, the Golden Age of Spanish Literature, Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Quevedo, Tirso de Molina and Góngora, among other authors, had their homes here – hence the name. Some of the streets in this neighborhood pay tribute to this and other brilliant chapters of Spanish history, culture and art.
· We end the walk at with VISITING REINA SOFÍA MUSEUM
Located on the Art Walk, the Reina Sofía houses works by Dalí, Miró and Juan Gris as well as Picasso’s masterpiece: Guernica. The Reina Sofía Museum is housed in the Old Madrid General Hospital, which was built by Francisco Sabatini. In the early 2000s French architect Jean Nouvel led an expansion project which saw the erection of an auditorium, a library and new galleries inside a huge red building made from zinc and aluminium, which is adjacent to the old edifice. The Reina Sofía also has two other exhibition centres: the Velázquez and Glass palaces in El Retiro Park. They play host to temporary exhibitions and artistic installations devised specifically for these spaces
· 21.00 DINNER AT THE MUSEUM: NUBEL RESTAURANT
· Saturday 6th May – Lunch at 14.30: Restaurante SHUKRAN –CASA ÁRABE
