Hidden gems - Tourist attractions in Arganzuela, Spain not to miss (Updated December, 2023)

Hidden gems: Tourist attractions in Arganzuela

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Arganzuela. This list contains 14 places from Tourist attraction category.

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ALTRIMENTI CI ARRABBIAMO

Tourist attraction

5.00 (6 reviews) (~1.91 km from centre)

Explora lo Desconocido

Cultural landmark

👍👍 La visita al Monasterio de las Descalzas fue b¡nuestra primera experiencia en Explora lo Desconocido y realmente nos sorprendió. Sobre todo nos llamó la atención el nivel de conocimientos de Fátima y Enrique, muy alto para una actividad divulgativa. Pero este alto nivel fueron capaces de transmitirl...

4.90 (128 reviews) (~1.58 km from centre)

Casa de Calderón de la Barca

Historical landmark

👍👍 This building now is the narrowest you have ever seen. Pedro Calderon de la Barca lived and died there. A playwright, poet, soldier. Pioneer of music sung in works, that is, Zarzuelas. He was born in 1600. He comes from a wealthy family. But the flow was reduced after the death of his father. He was...

4.70 (37 reviews) (~1.86 km from centre)

Cava Baja Gallery

Art gallery

👍👍 It is the most special gallery in Madrid. Beautiful, bright and cheerful, on a great street in Madrid. The painting on display there is wonderful. It is essential to enter if you like art

4.60 (69 reviews) (~1.49 km from centre)

Saint Isidore Chapel

Chapel

👍👍 A real surprise in the Madrid of the Austrias, this small chapel built on the stables where Saint Isidro worked and lived. It is worth visiting and evoking the attractive figure of the patron saint of Madrid. To access you have to enter through the neighbors' portal, a curiosity. I found the chapel...

4.60 (51 reviews) (~1.54 km from centre)

Bosque de los deseos

Tourist attraction

👍👍 An unexpected place that we found by chance, when going to see the nativity scene of the Community of Madrid. Right next to it, we decided to go in to see what it was about. After passing the access control you have several Christmas trees that you can decorate with a wish in the form of a card that...

4.60 (38 reviews) (~1.97 km from centre)

Plaza of San Miguel

Plaza

👍👍 Fabulous place

4.60 (19 reviews) (~1.86 km from centre)

Murales "Antigua Tabacalera"

Tourist attraction

👍 Proyecto Muros del año 2016, participaron 25 artistas los cuales han decorado con la idea de las diferentes Naturalezas Urbanas el muro que rodea la antigua Tabacalera. En la calle Mesón de Paredes el primer mural es un plano con el número y autor de los distintos murales.

4.60 (11 reviews) (~1 km from centre)

Esculturas y Monumentos de Madrid

Tourist attraction

4.60 (9 reviews) (~1.83 km from centre)

Torre de los Lujanes

Historical landmark

👍 Tower in the center of the center of Madrid where a gabacho king captured in the battle of Pavia was imprisoned there are buildings of different centuries. Highly recommended and essential in Madrid very close to the main square.

4.50 (139 reviews) (~1.82 km from centre)

Monument to Victoria Eugenia and Alfonso XIII

Sculpture

👍👍 Monumento en memoria de las víctimas del atentado contra Alfonso XII y Victoria Eugenia. El rey Alfonso XIII contrajo matrimonio en Madrid con la princesa inglesa Victoria Eugenia de Battemberg el 31 de mayo de 1906. Tras la ceremonia religiosa los reyes iniciaron un recorrido por las calles de Madr...

4.50 (91 reviews) (~1.81 km from centre)

Casa de la Vela

Historical landmark

👍👍 One of those magical facades loaded with stories that you may or may not know, but that are intuited. On the left side of the façade there is a sundial that perfectly marks the time and a legend of how it was made.

4.50 (57 reviews) (~1.14 km from centre)

Plaza Del Gral. Vara De Rey

Tourist attraction

👍 It is one of the reference squares of the flea market along with Campillo del Mundo Nuevo, you can find clothes, antiques and new things, it is like a place where time stops, it has that charm of the shops in Madrid from 60 years ago and you can find curiosities, it's worth it

4.50 (24 reviews) (~1.2 km from centre)

Fuente de los Caños Viejos

Drinking water fountain

👍👍 The oldest stone shield of the city of Madrid is located on Segovia Street next to the Viaduct. It was placed in the 17th century on the façade of the building known as the Casa del Pastor, where the Fuente de los Caños Viejos was attached. The fountain disappeared in the second half of the 19th cen...

4.50 (12 reviews) (~1.66 km from centre)

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Hidden gems: Tourist attractions in Arganzuela, Spain