¨Hemingway never ate here¨ - Taberna Victoria. Plaza Mayor, Madrid, 27 December 2025.

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Nobel Prize–winning writer Ernest Hemingway spent a large part of his life in Spain. He was a regular in Pamplona during the San Fermín festival, a chronicler of the Spanish Civil War from Madrid, and a loyal patron of bars, cafés, and hotels such as the Florida. He enjoyed wine, long conversations, and celebration. He passed through so many establishments that finding one he never visited is worth noting.

Plaza Mayor.
Madrid, 27 December 2025.

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Video transcript:

 

"For my US friends, I am in Plaza Mayor in Madrid and Hemingway was in so many places that you go to many bars, many restaurants and it says Hemingway was here, Hemingway this, Hemingway that. So, if you want an authentic place in Madrid, the place that you need to visit is Taberna Victoria because in Taberna Victoria Hemingway never ate here. So if you are looking for something different, you need to come here."