Plaza de Jacinto Benavente — Attraction in Madrid

Plaza de Jacinto Benavente is one of Madrid's many open plazas in the city centre where you can find restaurants, bars and and outdoor cafe seating. It is found along Calle De Atocha and is where several other streets converge, including Calle De La Cruz, Carretas and Bolsa.

During our visit there was a food fair being held at Plaza de Jacinto Benavene. I'm not sure if this is a permanent setup or just seasonal but we enjoyed browsing by the stands and sampling some of the foods on offer. There was a large cheese stand that had some really nice products. Others were selling sausage, ham, nuts and cakes and other foods.

There is a bronze statue of a man sweeping the street at Plaza de Jacinto Benavente called the Madrid Sweeper. This is interesting to find if you enjoy statues and monuments. We took break at the Cafe & Te branch at this public square for a break from walking. There are a handful of other cafe options here and lots more available throughout the area.

In the end, not a critical area to visit in Madrid but a decent public square if you are passing by or simply browsing the...

This plaza in is named in honour of Jacinto Benavente, the Spanish dramatists and 1922 Nobel Prize winner for literature. As usual with plazas around Spain, there's plenty of restaurants and cafes around the square. This plaza is also in a busy part of Madrid and many of the size streets leading to and from the plaza also has plenty of of places to eat and shop.

As plazas in Spain go, there's nothing really notable about this plaza other than the aforementioned distractions. There's is however a rather interesting bronze sculpture in the square of a road sweeper replete with a a bronze sweeper and rubbish attached. A very popular selfie attraction...

What a place for those of you out there who live to craft!

My mum ♥️s quilting and dressmaking, so we could not resist popping in and marvelling at the thousands of metres of material on display. The shop was alive with Spanish women and imo if the locals love a place then shop/eat there with the locals.

I came away with three metres of material for €27... Not cheap maybe, but exquisite, very Spanish and...