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Museo Chicote

This is not a museum but simply Madrid's most famous cocktail bar. It's classic retro chic, with the same 1930s interior design it had when the foreign press came to sit out the Spanish Civil War. Long a favorite of artists and writers, the bar became a haven for prostitutes in the late Franco era. It's back in the limelight again, a sophisticated and much-frequented place for a rendezvous. Drink prices can be high, but the waiters serve them with such grace you don't mind.