Plaza de la Puerta del Sol
Plaza de la Puerta del Sol
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Lonely Planet review for Plaza de la Puerta del Sol
The official centre point of Spain is a gracious hemisphere of elegant facades that’s often very crowded. In Madrid’s earliest days, the Puerta del Sol (Gate of the Sun) was the eastern gate of the city. Plaza de la Puerta del Sol comes into its own on New Year’s Eve, when madrileños pack into the square in their tens of thousands, waiting for the clock that gives Spain its official time to strike midnight. Look out for the statue of a bear nuzzling a madroño (strawberry tree); this is the official symbol of the city.
Traveller reviews for Plaza de la Puerta del Sol (1)
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where everything happens, where the night start
pilicarrasco recommends this,
make sure to take all the "shots" tickets they give on the sidewalk, you don't know at what bar you'll ended up and they'll come on handy
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