Café Belén in Madrid

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Café Belén

Top choice in Chueca


Café Belén is cool in all the right places – lounge and chill-out music, dim lighting, a great range of drinks (the mojitos are especially good) and a low-key crowd that’s casual but classy. It’s one of our preferred Chueca watering holes.


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