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Buy tickets for the best flamenco show in Madrid

10) UNADORNED FLAMENCO

There is nothing fancy about the small flamenco club called Cardamomo(Calle Echegaray, 15). The dancing here is raw, sweaty and fun; the costumes, working class; the crowd, younger and cooler than the other clubs in town. One recent night the male dancer was Kelian Jiménez, who sported shoulder-length hair and high-heeled red patent leather boots. Two drummers sit on wooden boxes that also serve as their instruments. Reservations a must.