A lovely Day Trip... or a Free Marathon of Live Concerts!

 For those of you who stay in Madrid these days, two tips:

A lovely Day Trip very close to Madrid

(Original text and further information about tickets and prices here).

In spring and autumn, you can enjoy a unique experience that combines culture, leisure and rail travel. The Strawberry Train does the same Madrid—Aranjuez route that it has been doing since 1984. Departing from Madrid's Railway Museum, and after a short journey on the train, you'll arrive in Aranjuez, a UNESCO heritage site famous for its mouth-watering strawberries (...) Since 1984, the Strawberry Train (so called because during the trip hostesses wearing period dresses would conduct a strawberry tasting session) has paid tribute to this revolutionary invention, which symbolises the arrival of industrialisation in our country. 

Dates in 2026: 

• March: 22, 28 and 29
• April: 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26
• May: 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31
• June: 6 and 7

Times 2026:

• Departure from the Railway Museum: 10am / Arrival in Aranjuez at 11am
• Return: 6.54pm from Aranjuez train station / Arrival at the Railway Museum in Madrid at 7.45pm.
• Entrance doors to the museum open at 9.15am / Entrance control closes 10 minutes prior to the departure of the train.

Then you can spend the day in Aranjuez, which has an amazing palace and gardens (one of our little Versailles: tickets here): "Royal Site, which is part of the Aranjuez Cultural Landscape, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Surrounded by a total of 111.23 hectares of visitable gardens and located on a fertile plain where the Tajo and Jarama rivers converge, the Royal Palace of Aranjuez has been the country residence par excellence of the Spanish Kings and Queens".

A FREE Marathon of Live Concerts:

(Translated from Time Out): La Casa Encendida is once again hosting La Radio Encendida, one of Madrid’s earliest spring music events, featuring a marathon of more than 10 hours of free concerts. This new edition will bring together over 20 artists, including well‑established names and emerging talents such as El Kanka, Veintiuno, Ginebras, Maria Rodés, Los Vinagres and Repion, with performances taking place in both the Patio and the Auditorium of the cultural center.

The 22nd edition will run on Sunday March 22 from 12:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Admission is free, though it requires advance online ticket reservations in time slots, which can be requested on two different dates through the event’s website (https://www.lacasaencendida.es/conciertos/el-diablo-de-shanghai-repion-ginebras?eventId=9926). In addition to the main concerts, there will also be DJ sessions and small surprise performances. You need a ticket to access the concerts in the Patio and the Auditorium, but admission is free until full capacity is reached in the other areas of La Casa Encendida.

Location:

"La Casa Encendida" (this cultural and social space is very interesting for many other reasons, take a look!: https://www.lacasaencendida.es/en

Ronda de Valencia, 2

Metro Embajadores (L3)