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Madrid
Why visit
- Enjoy the most important Art Walk in the world from the great royal collections to the very lastest the modern art world has to offer.
- Experience a night life that never stops, with one of the richest and most comprehensive leisure options in Europe.
- Sample the charm of Madrid of the Hapsburgs, the old city around the Plaza Mayor.
- Experience the city's wide range of cultural life with activities and ideas for everyone.
- Discover the great Madrid of Carlos III, in the area around the Paseo del Prado, Cibeles and la Puerta de Alcala.
- Explore the world of flavours and tastes of Spanish cuisine which finds an international showcase in Madrid.
- Wander through the streets and enjoy the conversation in the bars, clubs and pavement cafes in this ever-lively city.
- Shop in the modern commercial centres where the latest fashions and avant-garde trends are always available.
- Discover, in the middle of this vast modern city, the eternal, traditional face of Madrid's San Isidro and the Rastro.
- Admire the symbols of the great business city to be found on the Castellana- Azca axis.
- Be dazzled by the light and pure blue of the sky above the capital. The locals say, "De Madrid al cielo" - "From Madrid to the heavens," and it truly seems a small step.
- View the regal beauty of the Royal Palace and the Madrid of the Borbones in the area around the Plaza de Oriente.
- Visit the Retiro park, perhaps or the wide open spaces of the Casa de Campo, and breathe in the scents of Nature of the greenest capital of Europe.
- Enjoy the architecture and the continuous daily flow of life of the Gran Via, the Puerta del Sol and the calle de Alcala, the living, growing heart of Madrid.
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