Huertas, Madrid

Huertas in Madrid is a neighborhood that is located west of the Paseo del Prado north of the Calle Atocha. The place is also referred to as the Barrio de las Letras. Huertas, Madrid is famed for being the hub of the city that specializes in the arts, especially with its flavor of litterateurs and their works. It is said that Huertas was the place where lived many a well-known Spanish writer, novelist and poet, or spent their leisure hours. One of the popular landmarks of Huertas in Madrid is the house of the national icon, Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616), who authored Don Quixote, which was published in 1604. It was in the house at Huertas in Madrid that Cervantes lived all his life.

In recent times, Huertas, Madrid has evolved into one of the nightlife meccas of the city with thousands of Madrilenos and travelers from all across the globe walking around and moving about from one bar to the next along the Calle des las Huertas and the Plaza Santa Ana, which is one of the major spots of nightlife in Huertas. The name Barrio de las Letras literally translates into the Street of the Orchards of Madrid from the Spanish. There is everything here that you would need to make your entertainment scene complete - from bars and pubs to restaurants, hotels and discos.

Endearingly called by tourists as the district of the letters, Huertas in Madrid is adjacent to the Calle Atocha, a rather large area bordered by the Lavapiés district. Here at Atocha, there are the Reina Sofia Museum and the Atocha Railway Station, one of the two main stations of Madrid, the other being Chamartin. The area also contains a number of art galleries and restaurants that serve traditional food.