The best plans with children for this Christmas

• In times of pandemic, many Christmas activities alter their schedules or their capacity, but they still maintain the magic of these important dates.

The dates for the enjoyment of children have arrived.

It will be a different vacation, where sanitary protocols will alter many traditions, such as visiting Cortylandia in Madrid.

But others

, although in most cases the activities will force adults to be proactive and buy tickets in advance.

Here is a selection with the most attractive plans.

Sweet Space Museum

The highly anticipated opening of the first sweet and candy museum in Madrid is now a reality.

Scheduled for October 8, the coronavirus crisis delayed it to December 3.

Located on the second floor of the ABC Serrano Shopping Center, the venue has nine themed rooms, decorated by artists and designers such as

,

and

.

The goal is to offer "

, full of innovative experiences through the universal power of taste."

Circo Price at Christmas

The Teatro Circo Price once again welcomes the magic of Christmas.

At this year's event, the endearing character of Comet returns, who a couple of years ago made young and old dream in

, a production inspired by

Christmas

.

In this 2020 production, Cometa becomes

with a new production inspired by the circus and the most current performing arts, always created exclusively for this holiday for 14 years.

'Nature On' in the Botanical Garden

One million colored LED lights

linked by more than 30 kilometers of wiring, two lasers and 20 state-of-the-art video projectors illuminate

.

After the success of 2019 comes the new proposal for the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid for this Christmas, an immersive experience that this time extends to the Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

An adventure that invites you to discover a dream space where nature and light try to forge a new Christmas tradition.

The Sweet Space Museum opens its doors at the ABC Serrano Shopping Center.

Market in the Plaza Mayor

In the seventeenth century, Madrid's Plaza de Santa Cruz already hosted a Christmas market where you could buy fruits, vegetables, gifts and decorations.

In the 19th century, the location in this space stabilized, with the Plaza Mayor focused on the sale of turkeys, nougats and sweets and the Plaza de Santa Cruz dedicated to the figures of Bethlehem, zambombas, toys and joke items.

This year he returns with

, whenever circumstances allow.

The 56 booths will retain a decoration similar to that of the Christmas markets in northern Europe with pointed red roofs.

They will have a new distribution that will comply with the hygienic-sanitary measures, as well as the 12 usual stalls selling Christmas fir trees.

'Saurians'

More than 100 dinosaurs arrive in Madrid in an open-air exhibition of more than 4,000 square meters in the Puerta del Ángel Stage, an ideal place to host one of the largest exhibitions in Europe.

There, an amazing one-hour tour takes place in the open air that allows you to

with the explorers of the territory Saurios, Amador, El Capitantán and Mini-mo.

They will accompany visitors during the tour telling them their stories and adventures with the Triceraptops, the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Velociraptors.

Banksy.

The Street is a Canvas'

The Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid exposes the artistic universe of one of the most influential creators of recent years.

Elusive, provocative, mysterious ... his identity is unknown, but his art

thanks to his unique works, executed with different techniques: oil or acrylic on canvas, spray, limited edition serigraphs, stencils on metal or concrete , painted or varnished bronze polymeric sculptures, installations, videos ... Most of the pieces, from international private collections, are exhibited in Madrid for the first time.

'One, two, three ... Magic!'

with Javi Rufo

Javi Rufo raises the curtain on the fourth season of

At the Small Gran Vía Theater

, show awarded in 2019 with the

.

Rufo maintains a surprising rhythm from the first minute, with a dynamic that seeks to leave all the members of the family stuck in the armchair, no matter how old they are.

Although the protagonists are clearly the smallest of the house, they will be able to enjoy various stories, both from spectators and protagonists.

More than 100 dinosaurs arrive in Madrid at the 'Saurios' exhibition.

'Vintage Christmas Lights' Tour

Touring the most beautiful streets of Madrid from an old car with

is possible thanks to Vintage City Tours, a company with a range of seven

vehicles

with panoramic roof.

The route follows the Christmas lights of Madrid through streets such as Paseo del Prado, Atocha, Plaza de Cibeles, Velázquez, Ortega y Gasset, Serrano, Puerta de Alcalá, Gran Vía and Recoletos.

Cableway

Inaugurated in 1969, the opening of the Madrid Cable Car was surrounded by great expectation and its launch had to be postponed several months from the scheduled date due to complaints from neighbors, who believed that the privacy of their homes was seen committed to the passage of the cabins near their windows.

Currently, it has 80 cabins with capacity for six people and makes a 10-minute journey that connects Rosales station with Casa de Campo.

It reaches

, during which you can enjoy a landscape that changes every minute.

Ice skating

Every end of the year, Madrid returns to dress in its best clothes at Christmas and an essential is the ice skating rinks.

At Matadero Madrid, within the Christmas meeting program, there will be a large

track until January 10

.

And since 2003, the Ice Palace of the Dreams Shopping and Leisure Center has a 30x60 meter Olympic track to practice this sport.

Since 2003, this facility also offers skating, hockey and curling courses during the week, becoming from Friday into a place of leisure for family and friends, where you can let yourself be carried away to the rhythm of the music ... or learn to stay on the skate blades.

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