Plaza Mayor, Madrid, June, 2022
Everywhere you go in Europe, there’s a central plaza that is super jam packed full of tourists and surrounded by rip off cafes and restaurants. You’ve got Piazza Navona in Rome, Piazza de San Marco in Venice, Praca do Comercio in Lisbon, and the Grand-Place in Brussels to name just a few. In Madrid, you’ve got Plaza Mayor. This massive plaza is actually in its fourth iteration as it had previously burned down three times. It used to host executions…