10 things to do in Madrid
- Palacio Real
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- Museo del Prado
- Las Ventas
- El Retiro Park
- Plaza Mayor
- Toledo
- Valley Of The Fallen (El Valle De Los Caidos)
- Puerta del Sol
- La Alhambra
Madrid Suggested Restaurants
- El Chaflan
- La Broche
- Botín
- Bauza
- La Terraza del Casino
- Santceloni
- La Quinta de los Cedros
- Diego's Restaurant
- Restautante Zalacain
- Arola Madrid
"Madrid has the highest altitude of any European capital - at 600m"
More on Madrid
Madrid is considered one of the top European destinations concerning
art museums. The most famous one is the Prado Museum,
the most popular Golden Triangle
of Art member known for such highlights as Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas and Francisco
de Goya's La maja vestida and La maja desnuda. The other two museums are the
Thyssen
Bornemisza Museum, established from a mixed private collection, and the
Reina Sofia
Museum, where Pablo Picasso's Guernica hangs since being returned to Spain from
New York more than two decades ago.
Madrid is noted for its nightlife and night clubs. On weekends, Madrilenian youth are famous for dancing all night long, stopping only to have some chocolate con churros at dawn, go home, take a shower, shave (or not), and go to work. What is also popular is the practice of meeting in parks or streets with friends and drinking alcohol together (that is called 'botellón', from 'botella', bottle), but since a few years ago, drinking in the street is sanctioned with a fine and now young madrileños drink together all around the city instead of in some well known places.
Madrid Bullfighting
Las Ventas is considered by many to be the world center of bullfighting and has a seating capacity of almost 25,000. Madrid's bullfighting season begins in March and ends in October. Bullfights are held everyday during the festivities of San Isidro (Madrid's patron saint) from the middle of March to the middle of June, and every Sunday, and public holiday,
