- 1city / town
201 votes
Spain's "Big City". Madrid is perhaps best described as being the New York City of Spain; Spaniard...
- 2neighborhood
25 votes
The charming Old Town district. This district owes its unofficial name to the Habsburgs who with C...
- 3sight
11 votes
An elegant square, as one would expect in the direct vicinity of the Palacio Real, with equally e...
- 4sight
43 votes
A royal residence. The royal palace forms a closed quadrant of granite and opens out towards an in...
- 5sight
5 votes
You would not know from looking at it that Madrid's cathedral is a contemporary structure, only c...
- 6sight
1 votes
The architect of the Palacio Real dreamed back in the 18th century of linking the royal palace an...
- 7sight
2 votes
A small park south west of the Viaducto where you can enjoy moments of reflection and a magnifice...
- 9park / zoo
37 votes
There is always lots going on in Madrid's most famous park. A crisp clear spring sky hovers over M...
- 10
- 11park / zoo
3 votes
An open garden for over 200 years. In 1781, Karl III had the botanical gardens created right next ...
- 12café
32 votes
A Madrid tradition: churros and chocolate in the heart of the city. A nightly ritual - first go da...
- 13shop
20 votes
An old, attractive market in the Old Town. Madrid's most attractive market, constructed from glass...
- 15sight
1 votes
These elegant gardens behind Palacio Real with their generous lawned areas are largely ignored by...
- 18sight
6 votes
The center of political power during the last years of Philip II's reign. . Built at the end of th...
- 19sight
19 votes
The temple in honour of the Gods Amun and Isis is the oldest building in Madrid. The Egyptian gov...
- 20sight
6 votes
Situated at the western end of the Gran Vía. Striking buildings include the 26-storey Edificio de...
- 21
- 22sight
1 votes
A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows abo...
- 23museum / gallery
2 votes
Madrid's most important church in terms of art history, built between 1761 and 1768 in a neoclass...
- 24sight
1 votes
A town square is an open area commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for communit...
- 25
- 27
- 28museum / gallery
0 votes
The carpet factory is still in the hands of the same Flemish family (Stuyck) that Philipp V broug...
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32sight
2 votes
Those who are particularly good with a camera manage to get the Puerta de Alcalá into the backgro...
- 33sight
0 votes
The twelve-lane boulevard divides the city from north to south into two halves. It is a smart roa...
- 34sight
6 votes
The first bullfight took place here in 1934. 23,000 people can fit into the giant round square. T...
- 35sight
0 votes
Until its consecration, Madrid's most monumental baroque church was the city's temporary cathedra...
- 36sight
0 votes
In this small baroque church dating from 1645, you really must see the Capilla del Santo Cristo w...
- 37neighborhood
3 votes
Nowhere is accommodation more expensive than in this district of the city. With streets arranged ...
- 38neighborhood
0 votes
Chamberí is a delightful residential district for people with money. Here you will still find pop...
- 39neighborhood
7 votes
About 20 per cent of the residents in the Old Town district of Chueca are homosexuals. Half of al...
- 40
- 41sight
0 votes
The Faro de Moncloa is a 100 metre high transmission tower with an observation deck at the Plaza ...
- 42
- 44
- 45
- 46sight
1 votes
On Madrid's main square time moves somewhat slower than elsewhere in the city. Visitors sit on th...
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51restaurant
22 votes
Chicken and sidra - Asturian cuisine in Madrid. Restaurant with international cuisine. A real clas...
- 52restaurant
6 votes
Madrid's most renowned flamenco venue. Restaurant with international cuisine. A popular restaurant...
- 53restaurant
12 votes
Restaurant with international cuisine. Especially pleasant atmosphere. Attractive vaults on the g...
- 54
