Madrid Teacher

Guadalajara is about a 20 minute drive from Alcala de Henares and probably an hour from Madrid.

If you want a very Spanish night out then Guadalajara is a good place to go although the nearest reasonable discoteca are in Alcala (reasonable !!! depends on taste), but in the fiestas the nights out are crazy, everyone is in fancy dress (unlike Alcala where only a few seem to be, it is getting a tiny bit more suburbian everyday)and the drink is cheaper than Madrid. The music is varied but you must like Spanish music to enjoy it apart form the rare twenty minute sets where there is a bit of dance.
There are a few nice restaurants.
However I recently went during the day and was suprized how tranquilito it is. there is a nice church (see above9 which is next to a park which has a duck pond in something I haven´t really seen in Spain.



There are a few nice bars and there seemed to be a few good restaurants to visit during the day (well they seemed full and the people were smiling)

I think Guadalajara is worth a visit for typical inland Spain fiestas epecially if you like fancy dress, and also a nice sunday day out for a bit of site seeing and relaxing. I would say May or early June just to laze in the park ( a few spliffs would be an asset)

You can catch the train from Madrid Atocha and Chamartin about once every half hour