What are safety and crime like in Madrid?

Madrid is a wonderful, bustling city – alive; singing with it, even brimming with it on every street and on every corner. Whether seen in the day or at night, Madrid is street after street of nooks and crannies begging to be explored.

In the morning, see the solitary figures, even in winter, on terraces taking their cafe-con-leches and their tostadas or their churritos with chocolate, watching the world go by, huddled up in their colourful scarves and smiling, as the wind pinches their rosy cheeks.

At night, music, laughter, singing and deafeningly loud and animated conversation spills out of every open doorway. But know one thing: the Spanish don’t mince their words; directness is key here, so you might want to leave the over-polite niceties at home.

Madrid. Come for the weekend, and it might just steal your heart.