Madrid
Bodega de los Secretos - Cool wine cellar transformed into a restaurant near our Airbnb. The duck was amazing!
In 17th century, the winery was at the border of Madrid. At that time, to sell products in the city, you had to pay at the entrance a tax called "SISA". In the winery restoration, we found 3 clandestine passageways, 2 of them communicating with the outskirts of Madrid and they were used to introduce goods in town avoiding the payment of taxes. When clearing one of the passageways, bayonets appeared from Napoleon war the time and weapons from Spanish Civil war, which suggests these passageways were used to escape the troops in war times.
