Teatro Kapital - The Most Famous Club in Madrid

Kapital is a giant on the Madrid party scene; 7 floors of music, dancing and drinking that make up the most famous club in the city. It's something that any visitor to Madrid must see at least once and as it was Annabel's 21st birthday we decided there would never be a better time!

After an hour or so at Annabel's flat in Opañel we headed to La Lupe, a smaller club full of Erasmus students, to get our free tickets to Kapital (free entry was brilliant as normally it can cost up to 17 euros to get in).

The club itself is pretty understated on the outside - I actually went to a flat viewing in the same building last month and missed it completely!

We arrived at about 1am which in England would be considered quite late to be arriving anywhere but in Spain was incredibly early. The main dance floor was deserted except for a single dude holding his beer aloft and dancing like a mad man.

Heading up to the top of the club we decided to work our way down through the floors. The 7th floor is the smoking floor with a kind of strange caribbean design scheme and lots of little round tables which we took advantage of later in the night when a rest and some air were desperately needed! As it was so early we were still in search of some actual people to dance with which we eventually found on the Latino and Pop floors. These, together with the ground floor, were definitely the most popular among the punters on that particular Thursday night. We spent a few minutes on the other floors which include cocktail bars and karaoke corners but always found our way back to the main dance arenas.

I was a little disappointed with the Latino floor that seemed to just play rap and reggaeton with no salsa to be heard. The music on the ground floor wasn't really to my taste either but the sheer spectacle made up for it. I have never been in a club so big with so many people; the lasers were spinning, confetti showers fell from the ceiling and spouts of dry ice would whoosh into the crowd. There were also a couple of gyrating girls on podiums behind the DJ but they seemed pretty obsolete with nobody paying them much attention.

We eventually left at about 5am getting taxis home from the rank outside. I'm definitely glad I've experienced Kapital once in my life and I had a brilliant time dancing madly all night, but with a 17 euro entry fee and around 12 euros a drink I'm not sure I'll be rushing back.

Teatro Kapital can be found at Calle de Atocha, 125. Atocha is the closest metro.