Museo del Pan Gallego

BEST PLACE IN MADRID TO BUY BREAD. Simply that. Plus empanadas, embutidos from León and Galicia, some selected cheeses, muffins, canned food. It really deserves a visit and buying an hogaza de trigo de 1 kg, you can buy it sliced then freeze it and you will have great bread with olive oil every morning. I recommend together with salt D'Estrenc.

Got the Tarta de Santiago, which was really good but also had an unexpected lemon-y flavor to it. It also wasn’t as dense as I thought it would be, and seemed to lack a strong almond flavor, but overall it was really good and would get again! Disclaimer: I added my own raspberries to this, it doesn’t not come with lol

I got a Calamari sandwich from another place but I knew that wasn't going to be as satisfying for me because I am not a huge calamari guy so I saw a place with pastries in their glass counters. This place was called Museo del Pan Gallego. Looking for a savory snack I saw they had the Spanish Empanadas. The one I ordered was the Tuna but they also had egg, meat and a couple other options. The only interesting thing was there was no lights on lol. I took my order to go and enjoyed it in front of the Royal Palace.

Empanada is spot on just like the way we make it at home. Lovely little spot frequented by the older locals. Go here every time we are in Madrid. It's not the cheapest bakery- but love the atmosphere and they deserve to make a living!

During our stay in Madrid we had an opportunity to visit this bakery. After the struggles of conversing with laughter we ordered chocolate filled croissants. Absolutely wonderful!! If you have the opportunity go here.

The bread. My god. THE BREAD. VISIT. Go. The tarta de Santiago wasn't my fave. Too much lemon and it tasted like magdelenas. But the empanada de atun was delish. Though the barra was nice (1.15,) go for the 2.50 loaf. Worth it. Soooo much better!

Oh how I miss this shop's pan! Wish I had had time to try every single one of their rustic creations. The staff too were very kind, even allowing me an "emergency" use of their private bathroom.

Very good bread, all natural. I recommend "Pan del país" last for a full week and is delicious. Also lots of other traditional food goods. Nice honey, empanadas, chorizo and so on. Must try.