Central Spain Culture and Sights

One of the world's most important picture galleries. The architect Juan de Villanueva began to construct the Prado in a neoclassical style in 1785. Works from the 12th century through to the middle of ...

An imposing setting for contemporary art featuring Picasso's "Guernica". One of the most important collections of contemporary, mainly Spanish art from the start of the 20th century through to the pres...

The symbolic emblem of Madrid - the traffic-plagued marble fountain of the goddess of fertility. The plaza is a crossroads where the twelve-lane Calle de Alcalá meets the equally wide Paseo de Recoleto...

A royal residence. In the mid-18th century, Philipp V wanted Italian architects to build a new royal palace and bring some of the glamour of Versailles to Madrid - there is a lavish baroque splendour a...

While visiting Madrid, it is likely that you will be staying in the vicinity of Peurta del Sol. While visiting Madrid it is quiet likely that you will be staying in the vicinity of Puerta del Sol. Apar...

The charming Old Town district. This district owes its unofficial name to the Habsburgs who with Charles V acceded to the Spanish throne in the 16th century before they were replaced at the start of th...

A testimony to Christian faith, this pilgrimage route encouraged many cultural exchanges between the Iberian peninsula and the rest of Europe during the Middle Ages. Santiago de Compostela was proclaim...

There is always lots going on in Madrid's most famous park. A crisp clear spring sky hovers over Madrid - time to go for a stroll with the whole family through Retiro. The chestnut trees have all their...

The result of 2,000 years of impact between three major religions-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. . Successively a Roman municipium, the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom, a fortress of the Emirate of...