La Pérgola

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Ático

Citorah says The Principal Madrid, a five-star now in the Único Hotels group, stands on the corner of Gran Vía, at Calle Marqués de Valdeiglesias 1. Its public terrace is Ático, the restaurant and terrace on the sixth floor.

The catch The seventh-floor garden, El Jardín de la Gran Vía, is for hotel guests

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La Pecera

Citorah says If the roof is full, the Círculo’s own café-restaurant, La Pecera, opens every day from 9:00.

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Azotea del Círculo de Bellas Artes

Citorah says The Círculo de Bellas Artes is an arts centre founded in 1880. Since 1926 it has occupied Antonio Palacios’s building at Calle de Alcalá 42, and its rooftop, the Azotea, is 56 metres above the street. A lift with glass doors runs from the lobby to the top, and Juan Luis Vassallo’s bronze Minerva, the Círculo’s emblem, stands over the building. esmadrid calls the view “one of the most spectacular views of Madrid”, with the buildings of Gran Vía “just a stone’s throw away”. If you only go up one rooftop, make it this one.

The catch Your entry ticket doesn’t guarantee a table.

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Mercado de San Antón

Citorah says At Calle de Augusto Figueroa 24, it was rebuilt in 2011 and refurbished in 2021, esmadrid says. Fresh food and a few tapas counters fill the first floor, and ten show-cooking and takeaway stands the second.