A super-cool terraza set in its own small park. The plentiful tables in the front bar are filled by midnight and the overflow swells on to the surrounding gentle slope of...

There's nothing funny about Bar de la Comedia. Instead expect a welcome change of pace on this frenzied strip. An international crowd do their thing to a steady soundtrack of...

As well as a sizeable summertime terrace outside, Corto has a great vibe inside, with a troupe of guest DJs spinning a varied selection of deep house, electro and...

A firm fixture on the scene, this frenetic flamenco bar plays a mixture of flamenco and rumba tunes, often to thundering effect as the crowd dance, stamp and clap both on and...

Progressive and tech-house with an edge. This is not one for the handbag housers out there, rather this is a hard session; like Spinal Tap's amplifiers, the volume here goes up...

Known as a hang-out for artists, musicians and the in-crowd. Quieter midweek when the sounds are rock 'n' roll and blues, the weekends see the English resident DJ take the...

The flyers let you know what you're in for - an elegant figure reclines against a backdrop of flock wallpaper in a juxtaposition of the übertrendy and the super-cheesy. This...

This is the nerve centre of the fetish scene in Madrid. For a visit to the Eagle, boots, leather chaps and handcuffs are all that the well-dressed devotee need worry about...

A cosmopolitan crowd, buzzing to the sound of flamenco and rumba, throngs the Moorish arches, amid Andalucian tiles and a rogues' gallery of bullfighters. Upstairs the rumba...

Spacious, friendly and soothingly decorated, this is an oasis of calm in the desert storm of Madrid's nightlife. With a café-style air, the easygoing crowd partake of whatever...

A sumptuous red velvet curtain separates the chilled front bar from two spacious candlelit chambers at the back where a swirling wash of intensely coloured psychedelic...

A tiny and rough fetish club whose denizens get down to some hard cruising. Tuesday nights are nude, while Saturdays are given over to kinky underwear parties. Wednesday is...

Hot, hairy, homo heaven at this fun bear den for hirsute late thirty- and fortysomethings. Things get even hotter downstairs in the darkroom. Two drinks for the price of one,...

An unprepossessing and easily missed little hideaway, Kappa is amiable and intimate and, despite its complete lack of decor, somehow cosy. This chameleon of locales has built...