Madrid 2012
4 day trip to Madrid end of March 2012
- 1museum / gallery
58 votes
One of the world's most important picture galleries. The Prado is one of the world's oldest and mo...
- 2sight
82 votes
Harmony in a square. Time passes more slowly in Madrid's "main square" than it does in the rest of...
- 3sight
43 votes
A royal residence. The royal palace forms a closed quadrant of granite and opens out towards an in...
- 4sight
41 votes
Nowhere in Madrid city centre has more of a big-city feel than this boulevard stretching for almo...
- 5park / zoo
37 votes
There is always lots going on in Madrid's most famous park. A crisp clear spring sky hovers over M...
- 6sight
37 votes
The plaza is a crossroads where the twelve-lane Calle de Alcalá meets the equally wide Paseo de R...
- 7museum / gallery
31 votes
An imposing setting for contemporary art featuring Picasso's "Guernica". The Reina Sofía houses on...
- 8sight
30 votes
A stroll through Madrid's colourful and chaotic flea market is simply a must. A visit to the Rastr...
- 9sight
19 votes
The temple in honour of the Gods Amun and Isis is the oldest building in Madrid. The Egyptian gov...
- 10sight
11 votes
An elegant square, as one would expect in the direct vicinity of the Palacio Real, with equally e...
- 11sight
9 votes
Real Madrid's stadium was officially opened in 1947 and has undergone renovation several times si...
- 12sight
6 votes
Situated at the western end of the Gran Vía. Striking buildings include the 26-storey Edificio de...
- 13sight
6 votes
No visitor to Madrid can miss this boulevard - it comprises Madrid's golden triangle of museums w...
- 14sight
5 votes
You would not know from looking at it that Madrid's cathedral is a contemporary structure, only c...
- 15sight
6 votes
The first bullfight took place here in 1934. 23,000 people can fit into the giant round square. T...
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- 17museum / gallery
3 votes
A glimpse of prehistoric times. Every Spaniard is familiar with the "Lady of Elx", a stone sculptu...
- 18sight
3 votes
The city palace, which was redesignated as a Franciscan monastery in 1557, was a venue for baptis...
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- 20sight
3 votes
Architectural gem, renowned cultural centre and elegant café all rolled into one. The "Círculo de ...
- 21museum / gallery
2 votes
Madrid's most important church in terms of art history, built between 1761 and 1768 in a neoclass...
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- 23sight
2 votes
On the south side of the Retiro Park, one can see the Fuente del Ángel Caído (Fountain of the Fal...
- 24neighborhood
3 votes
Nowhere is accommodation more expensive than in this district of the city. With streets arranged ...
- 25sight
2 votes
A small park south west of the Viaducto where you can enjoy moments of reflection and a magnifice...
- 26sight
4 votes
The "Main Street" is nowadays a lively street of apartments, offices and shops in the heart of th...
- 27sight
2 votes
Those who are particularly good with a camera manage to get the Puerta de Alcalá into the backgro...
- 28sight
2 votes
Those who miss that big city feeling in Madrid should go to the Plaza de Castilla in the north of...
- 29sight
2 votes
These buildings, made of black glass criss-crossed with steel and aluminium, are widely known as ...
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- 34museum / gallery
1 votes
Holds the best collections of paintings in Spain . This museum is home to a small, fine collection...
- 35park / zoo
1 votes
The park was created in 1910 on former royal premises in the style of an English garden with clum...
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- 38park / zoo
3 votes
An open garden for over 200 years. In 1781, Karl III had the botanical gardens created right next ...
- 39sight
1 votes
These elegant gardens behind Palacio Real with their generous lawned areas are largely ignored by...
- 40sight
1 votes
On Plaza de Castilla, the American architects John Henry Burgee and Philip Johnson created the Pu...
- 41park / zoo
1 votes
In the southwest of the Retiro Park the "Remembrance Forest", comprising 192 cypresses and olive ...
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