The lighting of the lights this afternoon / night officially welcomes Christmas, as do those markets that begin to emerge throughout Madrid.
Details to decorate the house, gifts, typical sweets ... The offer is wide and growing, as there are where you can have some churros with chocolate or a delicatessen in the shade of a food truck.
Under these lines, the classics, the design ones and even some that are released.
MAIN SQUARE
There is not a tourist, nor a Madrilenian in his traditional Christmas walk through the center, who does not drop there.
In its 104 booths you can find accessories to set up a nativity scene, trees and decorations of all kinds, as well as joke and party items.
It opens this Friday (4:00 p.m.) until December 31.
Monday to Thursday and Sunday from 10:00 to 21:00;
and Friday, Saturday and the eve of holidays, from 10:00 to 22:00.
HOP HOME
This market, which opens this year, is focused on home decoration.
With brands brought from all over Europe, among its stalls you can find tableware and glassware, nightgowns, kimonos, pajamas, duvets, candles and even
gourmet
products
.
In addition, each week it will host a fashion brand.
Now open at Calle Velázquez, 61, it will remain active until December 23, from 12 a.m. to 9 p.m.
PASSIONE ITALY AND ITALIAN SOLIDALE MARKET
After a year in white for the Covid, they return this Friday together to the patio of the Italian Scuola (Agustín de Betancourt, 1).
The traditional Christmas stalls with the best of the culture, gastronomy and crafts of this country can be purchased in this enclave, which has a restaurant area, where you can have a pizza or the famous Spritz aperitif, and a games area with inflatables and workshops for the little ones.
With a solidarity purpose, the entrance costs between three (one day) and five euros (three days).
It opens this Friday, from 4.30 p.m. to midnight.
On Saturday, from 10.00 am and on Sunday it will close at 5.30 pm.
THE ENGLISH COURT OF CASTELLANA
Open for a few days, it combines stalls with Christmas decorations, nativity scenes, gifts, sweets or toys with the best of Madrid's gastronomy. There, in addition to finding Lego or Disney exhibitors, you can buy Vicens or El Almendro nougats. And also have a chocolate with churros at the San Ginés stand, a squid sandwich at El Brillante or a hamburger at one of the
Dabiz Muñoz
food trucks
. With space to sit and have those
delicatessen
, in the coming days there will be a light and sound show (with passes from 6:00 p.m. every half hour).
It will be open until January 5, from 12 noon to 11 pm, with special hours on December 24 and 31.
In addition, El Corte Inglés will open another market in Goya (Plaza de Felipe II) on December 2 -with stands of Cookie Lab, Maison de Palmiers, Lego, Playmobil, Migueláñez or Jolonch, among others- and a stall with decorations and gifts in front from the Serrano shopping center.
ART & DECO MAISON
This market has already arrived at the Monbull Corner space (Almadén, 19) thanks to the art agent Isabel Martín-Laborda, founder of ArtFull, and the furniture designer and alma mater of Calma Chechu, Cecilia Mallardi.
There you can find works by artists with a long history with other emerging artists such as Ángel de la Peña, Sara Janini, Paloma Ortiz, Elena Calonje, Covadonga Osset or Línea Lateral, as well as artisan furniture by Calma Chechu.
It will be open until January 5.
XMAS SHOP
The ephemeral market that florist Sally Hambleton sets up (from December 2 to 4 and from December 6 to 11, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.) returns in person after
last year's
online
edition
.
In The Studio (Gabriel Lobo, 11) you can find decorations for the tree, nativity scenes, advent wreaths and all the necessary details to make the house beautiful for Christmas, such as trays, chandeliers, candles, dishes, handmade lamps and antiques .
There is also an
online
edition
(until January 5).
CAT MARKET
It is one of the icons and this 2021 it returns with two editions.
The first will be at The Westin Palace Hotel (from December 3 to 12, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.) and the second, at Gran Vía, 13 (from December 17 to January 5 at the same time).
In both, more than 80 brands will meet where it will be easy to find an original gift, such as a natural silk kimono, a tablecloth, a
cashmere
sweater
, a jewel or a work of art.
It will have a space for the NGOs Aldeas Infantiles and Children Heroes.
CHARM MARKET
Three editions have prepared this market at Christmas.
From December 4 to 8, in Gran Vía, 13, the first one will take place, where there will be articles of fashion, design and crafts and decoration (from 11.30 am to 8 pm. On Wednesdays it closes at 3.30 pm).
From December 17 to 19 it will stop at the Santa Bárbara Palace, with handmade products, original brands and fashion and accessories designers, as well as stationery and educational games.
(Friday, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Saturday, from 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; and Sunday, from 11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.).
And from January 2 to 4 they will return to that same enclave with more than 30 signatures (at the same time as the previous one).
FOUNDATION A LA PAR
This organization celebrates one more year its FundaMarket in Monasterio de Las Huelgas, 15. There you can find products made by the professionals who work in it and more than 50 brands.
In addition to its
shopping
area
-with decoration, jewelry, fashion or gifts-, they also have a gastro space -with a coffee bar, creperie or food trucks-, a mini-fair for children -with a multi-adventure park and zip lines, climbing, ball house ...- and a raffle.
It will be two consecutive weekends.
It will open from December 10 to 12 and from December 17 to 19, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
MARKET OF THE SHELLS
From Nurbijou's oriental-inspired jewelry to Bruna y Olvido's handbags, Hello Green's cosmetics, Charlotte Aguirre's ceramics, Karum's felt nativity scenes or La galga marciana dog leashes.
This is what this market offers, among others, in the Green House of Torrelodones, where you can also buy French wines,
champagnes
and patés.
With
food trucks
and spaces to eat in the garden, the weekend of December 11 and 12 will arrive, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
CRAFTS FAIR
From December 1, this Recoletos market will become the main showcase for handicrafts.
Ceramists, potters, costume jewelery, leather goods, engravers, jewelers, goldsmiths, fabric decorators, hat makers, toy makers or artistic glassmakers will meet at the XXXIV edition, which will have more than 120 participants.
It will be open until December 30, from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
COLON
Yesterday, Thursday, this Christmas market opened its season, where in its more than 30 booths you can find Christmas decorations, gifts, leather goods, fashion, accessories, costume jewelery, jewelery ... Next to the stalls, there is a carousel installed for the little ones.
It will be open until January 9, between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., with special hours on December 24 and 31 (from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and on December 25 and January 1 and 6 (from 12 a.m. to 10 p.m.).
MADRID RIVER
Until December 1, we will have to wait to step on this market, another of the usual ones in the capital (Paseo de la Chopera, 10).
In its 20 booths you will find food and handicraft products, along with a children's attraction and a five-meter-high Christmas tree.
It will be open until January 8, Monday to Friday, from 12:00 to 00:00 and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, from 12:00 to 02:00.
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