Madrid
Madrid
+ Madrid
Sights
* Basilica de San Francisco El Grande
* Basilica de San Miguel
* Botín
* Calle de Serrano
* Casa de América
* Casa Museo de Lope de Vega
* Casa de la Villa
* Casón del Buen Retiro
* Catedral de La Almundena
* Catedral de San Isidro
* Centro Cultural Conde Duque
* Convento de las Carboneras
* Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida
* Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (Bernabéu Stadium)
* Iglesia de las Calatravas
* Iglesia de Las Salesas
* Iglesia de San Andrés Apóstol
* Iglesia y Convento de las Trinitarias
* Mercado de San Miguel
* Monasterio de la Encarnación
* Museo Arqueológico Nacional
* Museo Nacional de Antropología
* Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
* Museo De La Real Academia De Bellas Artes De San Fernando
* Museo Cerralbo
* Museo Chicote
* Museo del Ejército
* Museo Naval
* Museo Romántico
* Museo Del Traje
* Palacio de Comunicaciones
* Palacio de las Cortes
* The Paseos
* Plaza de la Cibeles
* Plaza de Toros de las Ventas
* Puerta del Sol
* Puerta de Toledo
* El Rastro (Rastro Flea Market)
* Real Fábrica de Tapices
* Real Jardín Botánico
* Teleférico
* Telefónica
Excursions
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Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Highly Recommended )
Madrid is split down the middle, from north to south, by a series of paseos or boulevards: the Paseo de la Castellana (4km), the Paseo de Recoletos (1km) and the Paseo del Prado (1.5km, Walk). These are interspersed by grand roundabouts, often graced by imposing statues and fountains, such as the Plaza de la Cibeles.
Most visitors enjoy the stretch of the Paseo del Prado linking the three great art museums: the Prado, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Trees shade strollers along the eastern side of this paseo, which borders the Real Jardín Botánico.
The Paseo de Recoletos has echoes of Paris, with its glamorous cafés. The most famous is the Gran Café Gijón, known as a meeting place for writers and artists in the 1920s. Today, actors, agents and directors still meet to read scripts and clinch deals. In the evenings a pianist tinkles away.
The Paseo de la Castellana, which cuts through the modern part of the city, is lined with imposing office blocks and, to the north, the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, home of Real Madrid football club. In summer, the Castellana is known for its terrazas (open-air cafés), which open late and close in the early hours. Locals have their favourite terraza where they meet to chat and drink, often to a background of music.
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