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Christmas at Palacio de Cibeles: Ice Rink and the City Nativity
- When
- Dates to be announced
- Ages
- All ages
- Price
- Nativity free, from €6.50
Upcoming: Christmas at Palacio de Cibeles: Ice Rink and the City Nativity
Christmas at Palacio de Cibeles: Ice Rink and the City Nativity
FestivalRetiro
Where
Retiro, Palacio de Cibeles (CentroCentro)
Ages
All ages
Setting
Indoors
Plan for
1-2 hours
Ice rink
Galería de Cristal, skates included
City nativity
Patio de Operaciones, free with timed ticket
What you need to know
- Skates come with the ticket, and last season the rink rented walkers for wobbly first-timers
- Indoors under a glass roof, a plan that holds up on a cold or rainy day
- The nativity is free but timed, with 30-minute entry slots and no visits on Mondays last season
About
City Hall turns its own building into a Christmas stop. Under the glass roof of the Galería de Cristal there's an ice rink, with skates in the ticket and walkers for kids finding their feet. In the old post office hall next door, the city's big nativity runs from the cave to a waterfall and lake. Both are indoors, so it holds up on a cold or rainy day.
Where it is
Palacio de Cibeles (CentroCentro)
Plaza de Cibeles, 1, 28014 Madrid
Getting there
- Metro
- Banco de España (3 min walk), Retiro (7 min walk)
- Bus
- Cibeles (2 min walk), Cibeles (2 min walk), Puerta de Alcalá - Retiro (4 min walk)
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