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The Retiro-edge canteen of Castellanos and Morales
Green-lung Madrid by the great park, with Pescaderías-group seafood, refined tables and the museum edge.
Set against the city's green lung, the Retiro barrio pairs the great park and its Palacio de Cristal with refined residential dining and the museum edge of the Reina Sofía and CaixaForum. The kitchens here lean classic and considered, including Pescaderías-group seafood houses and dependable neighbourhood tables, all at an unhurried, well-heeled pace. It is the place to fold a long lunch into a walk under the park's plane trees.
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The Retiro-edge canteen of Castellanos and Morales
1929-rooted tin-bar taberna by the Retiro
Small wine-led tapas tavern off the Retiro
Arzak-trained signature cooking on Doctor Castelo
Juanjo López's seasonal cocido house by the Retiro
Three-decade Galician seafood house near the park
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Herzog & de Meuron culture house with a vertical garden
The canonical Spanish painting collection — Velázquez, Goya, Bosch
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