Christmas Lights Guide in Madrid

If you’re from Madrid, one of those who come to Madrid to see the lights, or if you can’t make it, here’s not only a guide so you know where to find each light, but also a few images to give you an idea of how beautiful our capital is.

Motifs and luminous arches

        • Gran Via, Chueca, Montera, Fuencarral and Hortaleza
        • Plaza Mayor and surroundings
        • Literary Quarter
        • Alcalá Street (Cibeles to Puerta de Alcalá)
        • Cartagena Street with Alfonso XIII
        • Usera neighborhood
        • Albufera Avenue (Vallecas Bridge – football stadium)
        • Moratalaz Avenue (Encuentro Square – Corregidor Alonso de Tobar Square)
        • Canalejas Square, Atocha Street, Toledo Gate and San Vicente Gate
        • Entrances to Plaza Mayor, Toledo Street Viaduct, Cibeles Square, Neptuno Square and Cuatro Caminos roundabout.
        • In addition, new designs will be displayed on Mayor Street, Montera Street and San Jerónimo-Canalejas Street.

Chains

        • Prado Avenue, Recoletos, Castellana Avenue, Alcalá (Cibeles-Gran Vía), Conde Duque, 20 (Children’s City)
        • Luca de Tena Roundabout, Legazpi Square
        • José Ortega y Gasset, Prince of Vergara (Catalonia-López de Hoyos Square), Eloy Gonzalo Street, Quevedo Roundabout
        • Intersection of Cardenal Herrera Oria Avenue with Nuestra Señora de Valverde Street and Llano Castellano Avenue
        • Extremadura Promenade (Segovia Bridge-Alto de Extremadura), Empress Square, La Laguna Street, Peña Gorbea Boulevard
        • Moratalaz Municipal Council, Hacienda de Pavones Street, Free Institution of Education Avenue, Alcalá (General Aranaz – Free Institution of Education Avenue), Canillas Road (opposite the market), Alberto Palacios Promenade, Ágata Square
        • Villaverde Municipal Council, Pinazo Square, Federico García Lorca Promenade, San Cipriano and Antonio de Andrés Square, Boltaña (Barbastro-Gobelinos Square), Amposta (Alberique-Carpintería), Fermina Sevillano Avenue
        • Area and surroundings of number 26, Plaza Mayor Ciudad Pegaso, Néctar Street, Inventores Street, Airport district (around Medina de Pomar Street), Logroño Avenue, Plaza Mayor de Barajas and Plaza del Navío.
        • Boulevards (Alberto Aguilera-Sagasta-Carranza-Génova axis), Alonso Martínez square, Bilbao roundabout, Ruiz Jiménez roundabout
        • Atocha (Carlos V to San Eugenio), Alcalá Street (section from Goya to Puente de Ventas), Conde de Peñalver Street (from Goya to Ortega y Gasset), Plaza de Oriente, Ferraz Street (section from Marqués de Urquijo to Bailén), Marqués de Urquijo Street (section from Princesa to Parque del Oeste)
        • Princesa (Alberto Aguilera to Plaza de España), Orense Street (section Raimundo Fernández Villaverde to General Perón), Sor Ángela de la Cruz Street (section Cuzco to Bravo Murillo), Poet Joan Maragall Street (section from Sor Ángela de la Cruz to General Perón) and Baja de la Iglesia and Pérez de Victoria streets.

Cherry trees

• Emperor Charles V Roundabout, Conde Duque Central Courtyard, Plaza de Oriente
• Clock House and Slaughterhouse
• Retirement: the municipal council of the district
• Salamanca: Marqués de Zafra-Rufino Blanco promenade
• Chamartín: esplanade of the board (Príncipe de Vergara. 142)
• Tetouan: Remonta Square
• Chamberí: Chamberí Square
• Fuencarral-El Pardo: Pardo Square
• Moncloa-Aravaca: esplanade of the board (circular area)
• Latina: esplanade of the board (General Fanjul Avenue, 2)
• Carabanchel: Old Leganés Road-Oporto Avenue
• Usera: esplanade of the board and Usera Library
• Vallecas Bridge: Albufera Avenue-Buenos Aires Avenue
• Moratalaz: surroundings of the board (youth center garden and social services)
• Ciudad Lineal: Ascao, 4-6
• Hortaleza: Gran Via de Hortaleza-Sandro Pertini roundabout
• Villaverde: roundabout in front of the board
• Villa de Vallecas: square next to the Villa de Vallecas metro station
• Vicálvaro: park at the beginning of San Cipriano Street, intersection of Minerva Street and Aurora Boreal Street, intersection of José Prat Boulevard and Indalecio Prieto Boulevard

• Barajas: Hermitage of the Virgin of Solitude roundabout
• San Blas-Canillejas: Mora de Rubielos square, Ciudad Pegaso main square (senior citizens’ center) and the Municipal District Council (Arcentales Avenue, 28)
• Emilio Castelar roundabout, Legazpi square, Montalbán street
• Cuzco Square, Lima Square, Rubén Darío Roundabout, Marquis of Salamanca Square, Ruiz Jiménez Roundabout
• Alonso Martínez Square and Quevedo Roundabout

Abetos

New locations: Atocha area, Plaza de Castilla, Paseo del Prado, Cardenal Cisneros Square, Plaza de Oriente, Opera House, Arturo Soria Street and Madrid Río.

Locations that will be illuminated again: Plaza Mayor, Fuencarral Street, Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz, Colón and Puerta del Sol.