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"Based on Madrid's Calle Alcala, the Círculo de Bellas Artes offers all kinds of cultural activities: movies, exhibitions and Castillian intellectuals carrying copies of Cervantes. It's all very high brow and grand, the atmosphere enhanced by the 1920s décor. Head to the popular cafe-bar for a post show drink or simply to people watch. Be sure to bring a battered paperback and a friend capable of discussing the finer points of world cinema."-www.worldsbestbards.com