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Cava Baja

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14 reviews of Cava Baja

For tapas after El Rastro

Cava Baja is one of the main streets of the La Latina neighborhood and it is currently known for its various tapas places, bars and amazing restaurants. It is very busy on Sundays after El Rastro with locals and tourists.

The origin of Cava Alta and Cava Baja comes from the old moats located outside the wall to avoid surprise attacks. These old caves made it possible to go in and out even if the doors were closed. The legend tells the Arabs escaped from there when Alfonso VI reconquered Madrid.

Cava Baja goes from Plaza de Puerta Cerrada to Plaza del Humilladero. Most of the boarding houses, taverns and hostels which hosted the stall-keepers coming from Castile and selling their products at the Cebada or San Miguel markets settled there.


They started in the 17th century, and in principle they would house only travelers and their horses. The inn business was an incentive for the proliferation of handicraft workshops dealing with the stall-keepers.

Five of the old inns still exist, even though they do not host people anymore: San Isidro, El Dragón, El León de Oro, San Pedro (Mesón del Segoviano), and the Posada de la Villa.

Among the current establishments, the very famous restaurant Casa Lucio (Cava Baja, 35) stands out. It opened in 1974 and is known for its fried eggs.
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The most mysterious street

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We left Puerta Cerra and on the way to two emblematic squares, Plaza de los Carros and Plaza de la Paja, we enter a street that is without a doubt a fundamental part of the history of Madrid: the Cava Baja.

You cannot leave this great city without going to this street first, where more than 500 years ago you could see "knights with their horses", "young people of the black market", "whores" "go-getters and light-fingered"... They would go and get the water from the nearest fountains and streams, or see what else they could possibly get on the trip there and back.

Make sure to be careful of the "light-fingered" while on this street in modern times. It has the most typical taverns and restaurants of the city; renovated taverns where you can have old and excellent soups and very famous restaurants like Casa Lucio, honored with the presence of some member of the Royal family once in a while.


To me, this restaurant is without a doubt the best in the area and of almost the entire city of Madrid, with the best "huevos estrellados" (fried eggs) that I have ever eaten.

Among the dwellings of the street, some were renovated and others are more than a 100 years old. In one of them, exceptional case, on can see a plaque in remembrance of the origin of the building in 1624.
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