[nhnyem]

Hi there, I'm going to be living in Madrid, Spain and I am allergic to gluten. I speak spanish fairly fluently so language should not be a problem, but where can I go to buy food and what kinds? How do I manage it while I'm there? Any info would be helpful!

[SydneyGF]

nhnyem, on Mar 13 2007, 03:19 PM, said:

Hi there, I'm going to be living in Madrid, Spain and I am allergic to gluten. I speak spanish fairly fluently so language should not be a problem, but where can I go to buy food and what kinds? How do I manage it while I'm there? Any info would be helpful!

Hi I recently found this website which is in Spanish but list via regions where to buy Gluten Free products. I'm going to Spain for a months holiday later this year so thats how I came across this site. Its the only one I found so far but it appears to be a main Celiac society of Spain. Hope it helps

http://www.celiacos.org/puntos.html
-----------------------------------------Ceoliac since May 2004

[Swiss]

Hi

I've been to Spain last fall. There are two big super markets mit gluten free products. I prefer El Corte Ingles . They have bread, pasta and many other things. Even beer. The other is Mercadona . You can find these shops in every city in Spain. In Madrid I know you'll find a Corte Ingles at every second corner.

Have fun

Swiss

[DrWong]

Although it's a very old post, I'm gonna update it.
I'm Spanish and I live in Madrid. My wife and my son are both celiacs. There are gluten-free restaurants in Madrid where you can go:

Pizza-Jardin (only gluten-free pizza)
Vips (you need to check locations with gluten-free menu)
Da Nicola (italian restaurant with the biggest gluten-free menu all around Madrid)
El Corte Ingles Cafeteria (including gluten-free desserts)

If you wanna purchase gluten-free products there are a few supermarkets where you can go:

Mercadona (the owner's son is celiac so every single product labeled "SIN GLUTEN" is 100% gluten-free)
El Corte Ingles (maybe is too expensive but there are a lot of available products)
Alcampo (highly recommended Schar products -best gluten-free bakery and pastry in Europe-)
Carrefour (with only 3-4 different kinds of bread and muffins)

Hope it can work you.