Barrio de Salamanca
Madrid's old-money quarter, where luxury retail meets white-tablecloth classics and the city's finest seafood.
Laid out on a strict 19th-century grid, Salamanca is Madrid's address for old money and serious appetite, where the luxury flagships of Calle Serrano and Velázquez sit above white-tablecloth classics and some of the city's best seafood and sushi. This is where the Pescaderías Coruñesas houses land Galician catch each morning and where a tortilla at Mercado de la Paz can matter as much as a tasting menu. For an Istanbul visitor it reads as the Nişantaşı analogue: composed, monied and quietly demanding.
Highlights
Restaurant
10 places
Shop
3 places
Cafe
2 places
Gallery
1 place
Hotel
2 places
A 19th-century Salamanca palace with two Michelin stars downstairs