Las Ventas

1. Arrival
2. Nights
3. Guests (Age 3 and Over)
4. Children (Under Age 3)

Many guests enjoying a stay in our Madrid apartments have taken the opportunity for a trip to see a Bullfight. All of our Madrid apartments are in easy reach of Las Ventas - Madrid's iconic bullring.

Bullfighting definitely divides our guests staying in our Madrid apartments. Some guests who have stayed in our Madrid apartments have told us the experience of a bull fight was exhilarating, exciting and extremely memorable. Other guests who have stayed in our Madrid apartments have told us the experience was harrowing and extremely upsetting. The consensus from guest staying in Madrid apartments is that this is definitely not an experience for the fainthearted.

Staying in a Madrid apartment means that a trip to the Bullring Las Ventas is a doddle. All our Madrid apartments are close to a metro station and Las Ventas has its own metro station. So all our Madrid apartments are just a 15 minute trip to Las Ventas. If you have already booked your Madrid apartment and would like to experience a bullfight then you can purchase tickets at the box office http://www.taquillatoros.com/ or by calling +34 902 15 00 25.

A trip to Las Ventas to see a bullfight is definitely on the list of most of the guests staying in our Madrid apartments. Many Spaniards feel that bullfighting is the most democratic sport since it is the audience waving white handkerchiefs to signal to the Chair their approval of a particular move by a matador that decides the points awarded. The highest achievement for a matador is to be carried on shoulders out of the bullring by his cuardrilla - the matador has made history.

Guests staying in Madrid apartments will see evidence of the cultural importance of Bullfighting all over Madrid. Many Spanish artists have depicted the art in many of their works. This includes Goya in his tapestries and Picasso in his paintings. Lorca mentions bullfighting in his poems and Pedro Almodavar in several of his films. Guests staying in our Prado Madrid apartments are just a short stroll away from Madrid's wonderful Prado museum where works by Picasso and Goya can be admired, several of which depict bullfighting.

Guests of out Madrid apartments who have previously studied the literary works of Ernest Hemmingway may have discovered that Hemmingway wrote an entire book on Bullfighting. Madrid apartments guests who have read Death in the Afternoon will know that the book discusses the metaphysics of bullfighting. Hemingway once considered becoming a matador himself - which may surprise our Madrid apartments guests!

Many of our Madrid apartments guests will have visited Las Ventas to watch a fight. Other Madrid apartments guests who do not support bullfighting might still be fascinated by the Museum at Las Ventas. Tours are available which give glimpses into the inner workings at the stadium along with talks on the history and future of the sport. Feedback on these tours from our previous Madrid apartments guests is very positive. Madrid apartments guests have found it to be fascinating whatever their feelings on the sport itself.

Some of our previous Madrid apartments guests have been surprised to see Oxtail on the menu in many restaurants surrounding the bullring. It is traditional that bulls killed in the ring are taken to the ring abattoir where they are prepared and sold to the local restaurants. This delicacy has not always been to the taste of some of our Madrid apartments guests but it is a tradition that continues to this day.

Bullfighting divides opinion but one thing is certain - the practice is as strong as ever here in Madrid and provides an alternative tourist attractive to our Madrid apartment guests. You don't have to see a fight to be impressed with the paraphernalia and cultural heritage of this unique sport.