Madrid, festivals and traditional tapas

The most traditional neighborhoods of the Capital celebrate their popular festivals these summer days with a very varied leisure and gastronomy proposal.

San Cayetano, San Lorenzo and La Paloma are synonymous with verbena in these first days of August.

Sandwiches of squid, tripe, chicken and churros to recharge your batteries until the next day, is the traditional gastronomic proposal of the neighborhoods of the center of the city of Madrid, to celebrate their festivities.

Chulapos y chulapas, has turned this meeting into a gastronomic event It is no longer just tradition, the nearby bars elaborate and create flavors that the culinary avant-garde perfectly competes with the more conservative tradition of the capital’s stews.

During two weeks, gastronomy and chotis, they will go hand in hand to give way to the different leisure activities that the municipal councils have arranged for the occasion, with pop concerts, music championships and sports and culinary competitions.

Companies that Vistillas, Cascorro, Plaza de la Paja and Calle de la Paloma will be the festive scenarios that together with the hospitality establishments that flank the places will participate in a very traditional tapas route.

Spanish Tapas Route Slow food Madrid

Due to the feast of San Cayetano, the best bites of the center are exposed to the visitor to regain strength in the obligatory breaks of the summer recreational activity of the festival program.

The event is organized by the a + non-profit eco-gastronomic association (Slow Food) that promotes and disseminates national gastronomic traditions and seeks that the culinary art and nutrition be the maximum exponent.

During the days 11 to 15 of August, in the market for organic and fair trade products  from Calatrava street, a variety of products that can be purchased will be exhibited, in order to collaborate in the maintenance of the search for a better world to live, eat and how not to trade.