AREAS:
For me the best is Plaza Santa Anna its got everything: tapas bars, jazz club, and a semi jazz club that had on one night a Buena Vista Social Club type group from Cuba, the “TIPICO ORIENTAL CUBANO” they were excellent and with free entrance you cant beat it, although the drinks are around 1000pts.

The worst area starts just east of Puerto del sol with prostitutes littering the main street. The area continues to degenerate over the Gran Via and reaches its peak at Chueca. Chueca, I only have one thing to say about it: dump.

Most of the Puerto del sol area is excellent and contains a wide variety of attractions: discos, bars, and the lot in fact.