Chueca is the easy answer. Here is what a local would actually show you, from Lavapies to the river.

Country-level rankings tell you almost nothing about the street you will be standing on. Here is a better way to research a trip.

Going alone does not have to mean eating alone every night. A few things that make a solo trip better.

The Gothic Quarter at midnight belongs to stag parties. The rest of the city is having a much better time somewhere else.

It is not charisma and it is not a script. It is the small stuff, and it is learnable.