Letters from Madrid

About the letters

Once a month I'll sit down and write you a real letter about Madrid: its streets, its people and the small things that never make it into a guidebook. I'll post it myself from the Palacio de Cibeles, the post office where Homingway began. No feed and no notifications, just paper, ink and a stamp.

The post office

The Palacio de Cibeles was built as Madrid's main post and telegraph building and opened in 1919. Since 2007 it has been Madrid's City Hall. A post office still works inside, at Paseo del Prado 1.

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What’s included

• One letter a month, in English
• Signed by hand
• Posted at the Cibeles post office between the 1st and the 7th of each month

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Things to know

• When it starts

  Subscriptions open in November 2026. The first letters go out in December.

• Monthly

  A monthly subscription: one letter every month.

• Paper only

  The letters exist on paper only and come to your mailbox.

Open post offices

Nobody writes from these cities yet.

• Paris

  France

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• London

  UK

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• New York

  USA

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• Tokyo

  Japan

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• Lisbon

  Portugal

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