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Sheraton Madrid - Shopping & Nightlife

The nightlife in Madrid is one of the city's main attractions. Tapas bars, cocktail bars, clubs, jazz lounges, live music venues, flamenco theatres and establishments of all kinds cater to all. Every night, venues pertaining to the Live Music Venues Association La Noche en Vivo host a wide range of live music shows. Everything from acclaimed to up-and-coming artists, singer-songwriters to rock bands, jazz concerts or electronic music sessions to enjoy music at its best.

Shopping in Madrid-- International Center of Fashion and Art - the best selection and the best products.

Madrid is a very interesting city for shopping. International brands mix with local shops opened until very late (normally from 10 am to 10 pm), where you can find almost everything: clothing, shoes, food, wines, souvenirs... from very different styles, at very different prices. Some of the most popular shopping areas in Madrid are:

- Salamanca District. This is one of the most upscale neighborhoods of the city centers, where you can find cool restaurants, fashion bars and expensive shops. The main avenues are Calle Serrano and Calle Velázquez, but it is recommended that you also explore the small streets of the area, as you can find some surprises in them. Calle Claudio Coello and Calle Lagasca are filled with a wide variety of shops.
Calle Serrano is a very long avenue that almost crosses the central part of the city north to south . However, the good part for shopping on the street is the part that goes from its beginning at Plaza de la Independencia (where the Puerta de Alcalá is) to calle Juan Bravo (where the U.S. embassy is).
Close to the American embassy, you can find the ABC Serrano shopping mall. As has been said before, it is not a big mall, but it is pretty exclusive and upmarket, with tailors, cafés... The building used to be the office of one of the most important and oldest newspapers of Spain, and the outside (especially the facade looking to Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid's largest avenue) is quite impressive.

Another very interesting street in Salamanca district, apart from Serrano and Velázquez, is Calle Jorge Juan (it starts at Colón square) and surrounding streets, with some international brands' boutiques, such as La Martina or Hackett, and some of the most fashionable restaurants at this moment, like Pan de Lujo or Sula. Subway stations: Serrano and Velázquez (line 4) for the beginning of Serrano and Velázquez avenues and also for Jorge Juan st. Rubén Darío (line 5) and Núñez de Balboa (lines 5 & 8) for ABC shopping mall, north part of Serrano ave. and the American embassy.
Calle Goya is filled with shops that are very good and not as expensive as shops on Calle Serrano. The shops are located between Calle Serrano and Calle Alcala. At the beginning of the street there is a small mall with many cafeterias. It is called El Jardin de Serrano.

- Gran Via. One of Madrid's main avenues, some tourists compare it with Times Square, probably not because of the architecture (very different styles), but due to the fact that many theatres and cinemas are there. Also, you can find shops such as Zara, H&M, El Corte Inglés, Cortefiel, Stradivarius, FNAC... and very renowned (and expensive) jewelery shops. There are some pedestrianized streets starting in Gran Vía that can also be interesting, especially Calle Preciados. Calle Preciados has the highest rents in Spain because this is one of the best locations for stores because of the large number of pedestrians who pass by.

- Department Stores. If you like dept. stores, the most popular one in Spain is El Corte Inglés, a place where you can buy everything you want: clothes, food, cars, electrical appliances... It is more expensive than other places. It has several locations in Madrid. The biggest one in the centre is at Paseo de la Castellana, close to the Real Madrid stadium (subway: Nuevos Ministerios, lines 6, 8 & 10). FNAC is a dept. store that only sells books, movies, discos and technology devices (tvs, dvds, ipods, computers...).

- Shopping Malls Apart from the already mentioned ABC Serrano, some of the most popular are:Príncipe Pío. Palacio de Hielo. Madrid Xanadú. Plaza Norte 2.

- Outlets. There are two famous outlets north-west of Madrid, very close one to the other. Las Rozas Village is built imitating a small and ancient town, with many of the most famous brands at great discounts: Burberry, Carolina Herrera, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, Levi's, Loewe, Adolfo Domínguez, Lottusse, TAG Heuer, Versace, Victorio&Lucchino, Tommy Hilfiger, Dockers, Roberto Verino, Diesel, Pepe Jeans.
The other one is called Factory and it is more informal, for casual clothing and sports, with Nike, Lee, Caramelo, Barrats, Pepe Jeans, Samsonite or Sun Planet.