Plaza Mayor Tourist Centre

The City Council's Tourist Centre is in the Casa de la Panadería, the building with the painted façade on Plaza Mayor. It is open every day of the year from 10:00 to 20:00; on 24 and 31 December it closes at 17:00, and on 25 December and 1 January it opens at 11:00. Staff speak several languages, and also answer by phone, email and WhatsApp (619 111 094). There are leaflets, free wifi and a shop with pieces by Madrid craftspeople, and the Madrid City Card is sold.

Inside is the box office for the municipal theatres: the Circo Price, the Teatro Español, the Centro Cultural Fernán Gómez and Nave 10 at Matadero. It is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 to 14:30 and from 16:30 to 20:00, and closed on Mondays, on 24, 25 and 31 December and on 1 January.

You get there by metro to Sol (L1, L2 and L3) or Ópera (L2 and L5), a few minutes' walk. The centre has sign-language interpreters, a hearing loop and braille material.