Huertas street

Calle de las Huertas, in Madrid

Calle de las Huertas is the emblematic artery of the Literary Quarter of Madrid, where the great writers of the Golden Age lived. The Madrid audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this literary street, whose ground is engraved with quotations of the authors.

The literary street of the Golden Age

Calle de las Huertas is the soul of the Barrio de las Letras, the Literary Quarter of Madrid. It is in these streets that the greatest writers of Castilian literature lived and worked, in the Spanish Golden Age, like Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, Lope de Vega, Quevedo or Góngora. This quarter was then the home of the intellectual and theatrical life of the capital. In tribute to this glorious past, the ground of Calle de las Huertas is adorned with quotations of the great authors, engraved in gold letters in the pavement, that you read while strolling. Today lively with bars, taverns and terraces, the street mixes the literary memory and the festive and convivial atmosphere proper to Madrid. Calle de las Huertas is a must-see promenade of the Literary Quarter.

What to see

Here you wander in the literary street where the great writers of the Golden Age lived, Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Quevedo or Góngora, reading the quotations of the authors engraved in gold letters in the pavement, among the lively bars, taverns and terraces. Calle de las Huertas is the soul of the Literary Quarter of Madrid. It is a must-see stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

Calle de las Huertas crosses the Literary Quarter, in the heart of Madrid, reachable on foot. It is a public street freely accessible; the bars, taverns and terraces have their own hours. It is particularly lively in the evening.

Why is Calle de las Huertas a literary street in Madrid?

Because it is in the heart of the Literary Quarter, where the great writers of the Golden Age lived like Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Quevedo or Góngora; its ground is adorned with quotations of these authors, engraved in gold letters in the pavement.

Where is Calle de las Huertas?

In the Literary Quarter, in the heart of Madrid, in Spain.