My Favorite Nativity Scene

Is it the Town Hall? I chanced upon this near Puerta del Sol. The belen is so detailed, weaving in "village life" in Bethlehem. Lovely!

The Belens, Christmas Bus, Luces de Navidad, Doce Uvas y Cabalgata in Madrid

January 5th 2014
Spending Christmas in Madrid? There is much to explore, to discover, and to enjoy, while homebased in the capital. Homebased In Madrid I should get a prize for visiting so many belens (Nativity Scenes) and riding on the Navidad Bus (NaviBus) passing Madrid streets decorated with Christmas lights. Christmas here in Madrid is all about Nativity. The Infant Jesus. Bethlehem. Mo ... read more

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8th January 2014

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Fabulous lights and nativity scenes!
How wonderful that they had the navibus to take you around to all those incredible light displays! Nativity scenes are also popular here (called nacimientos) but they include figures are widely varied sizes and so are pretty funny. Madrid's belens are really works of art. Thanks for the great holiday blog!

10th January 2014

liliram
liliram

Belens
I like this tradition of setting up belens more than a Christmas tree. The Christmas lights were awesome. Imagine me freezing doing all those 3 navibus rides!

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