Interesting Fact About Spanish Eating Hours

Madrid has an amazing and broad culinary culture, but something that shocks many students in Spain is our meal times.

Spaniards usually eat at around 3 pm, although you will find restaurants open from 1.30 pm to 2 pm. Dinner time in Spain is also later than in other European countries. We usually eat at around 9 or 10 pm, however, most restaurants will be open from 8.30 pm to 12 am.

If you happen to be hungry before dinner, don't worry! There are plenty of open bars that will offer you great tapas, ham or croquetas at any time of the day!

Metro Madrid

Most students take the metro to move around Madrid, so here is the metro map for you to avoid getting lost!

An interesting thing is that if you are under 26 years old, you can get a metro card for only 20 euros that will allow you to travel up and down in this wonderful city!

To get it, you can either order it online or make an appointment to get it in a physical place (make sure you bring a picture with you, your ID and 4 euros to pay the card then you will have to charge it at the machine):

 https://www.tarjetatransportepublico.es/CRTM-ABONOS/entrada_ttp.aspx