The Salamanca neighborhood and its famous Milla de Oro

The inauguration of the new look Serrano Street has opened a world of possibilities in the commercial artery of the city par excellence. The windows gain prominence in it thanks to wider sidewalks why it is especially nice to walk ... and look. The Salamanca district and its famous Golden Mile look better than ever. The perfect place to make the best buys.

FASHION. Glamour and Passion

A great fashion show. Here's Serrano Street and with it, the Salamanca district, created in the mid-nineteenth century by the Marquis that gives name. Equipped with wide streets and elegant buildings, soon gave shelter to the most illustrious personalities, especially around Avenue now debuts new look, one of its main emblems.

The streets of José Ortega y Gasset and Claudio Coello frame an area where large firms and most prestigious domestic and foreign designers exhibit their latest proposals. Among them, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Carolina Herrera, Chanel, Gucci, Loewe, Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu. Your windows are a temptation, as is also the Manolo Blahnik store. & quot; Los Manolos are better than sex and last longer. The phrase is Madonna and serves to demonstrate the true devotion to the big stars have for the most famous shoes in the world.

Other purchases are those that can be performed on Isolée, a multi with the latest international fashion (Comme des Garçons, Manish Arora, APC, Filippa K ...), exclusive areas like Taschen and a glamorous champagne -bar of Moët & amp; Chandon. More traditional are the malls El Jardín de Serrano, housed in a nineteenth century palace, and ABC Serrano, in a beautiful building of the nineteenth century, based on their time of publishing Spanish Newspapers, which happens to be one of the best exponents of modernism in Madrid.

DINING. For gourmets.

The Salamanca district has always been distinguished for their good work at the stoves. Homes lifelong food, wine, tapas bars Dining, cafes history, Michelin star (Kabuki Wellington, Ramón Freixa Madrid) ... And many possibilities to satisfy the palate of all types of public restaurants. Not only at the table. Also proliferate in the overflowing pastry area real quirks, like shop chocolatier Oriol Balaguer or Holy chocolates, sweets whose artisans were the favorites of the Madrid bourgeoisie of the early twentieth century. Among his proposals highlight the rocks almond and hazelnut, curly, logs, old wood and dark chocolat bars with cinnamon or vanilla.

An essential direction for dining shopping is the Mercado de la Paz (Claudio Coello, 48), one of the two markets nineteenth century preserved in the city -the other is San Miguel, with iron structure . Their positions are especially dedicated to those gourmets looking for different products. The bakery Cosmen & amp; Keiless has branch in this pleasant space, where there is also a sushimarket and shops with the best cheeses and Iberian products.

JEWELRY. Silver and gold

La Milla de Oro is also the Milla de la Plata. And diamonds and other precious stones from the windows give sparkle and glamor to the most exclusive heart of the city. Serrano Street is the artery with the highest number of jewelers in the neighborhood of Salamanca. The most important Spanish homes share the limelight with the most prestigious international firms, which at the time chose this avenue to be undisputed symbol of luxury in Madrid.

Rabat is the latest jewelry opened in the area, where competition is named Suarez, Cartier or Tiffany & Co. Audrey Hepburn skip breakfast each morning with a croissant in hand while watching his window, but does anyone refuses to look at the jewels that shine on it?