Bruce Taylor

Review of Casa de America

This Cultural and Business Centre for the Americas...

This Cultural and Business Centre for the Americas has an extensive programme of events, presentations, cinema....

It is housed in the impressive Palacio de Linares, one of the few palaces still standing on the Castellana and it had to be saved from demolition ! See Palacio de Linares for details of guided tours.

TIP: If you go to the cinema here, make sure it's paid entry. We made a mistake the other night and went to a free one. Never again ! It's the Ryanair psychosis of queuing. Tickets are available from 6pm for a performance at 7pm. Everyone comes early for tickets and then has to hang around. There's a waiting list /(once they've run out) for tickets set aside for the 'elite' (enchufados). We did get in but couldn't sit together. Neither an efficient nor democratic ticketing system.