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We’ve compiled the best of the best in Madrid - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Spain’s National Museum of Contemporary Art houses works by all the major 20th-century Spanish painters and sculptors. The new collection breaks...Read More
Named for the arrastre (dragging) of animals in and out of the slaughterhouse that once stood here and, specifically, the rastro (blood...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesOne of the world's top museums, the Prado is to Madrid what the Louvre is to Paris: an iconic city landmark that merits a visit by every traveler...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesSee the world through the exceptional eye of Spain's most famous impressionist painter, Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923), who lived and worked most...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesOpened in 1992, the Thyssen occupies spacious galleries filled with natural light in the late-18th-century Villahermosa Palace (itself finished...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThe Palacio Real rests on the terrain where the Moors built Madrid's first defensive fortress in the 9th century. It overwhelms with its sheer...Read More
Once the private playground of royalty, Madrid's crowning park is a 316-acre expanse of formal gardens, fountains, lakes, exhibition halls,...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesAustere, grand, and often surprisingly quiet compared with the rest of Madrid, this public square—finished in 1619 under Felipe III, whose equestrian...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesIn 1760 Carlos III built this basilica on the site of a Franciscan convent, allegedly founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1217. The dome, 108...Read More
Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, who transformed a former London power station into that city's Tate Modern, performed...Read More
Below the Sabatini Gardens but accessible only by an entrance on the far side by Madrid Río is the Campo del Moro, a park large enough for a...Read More
A contemporary and adversary of Cervantes, Lope de Vega (1562–1635) wrote some 1,800 plays and enjoyed great success during his lifetime. His...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThe first stone of the cathedral, which faces the Royal Palace, was laid in 1883 by King Alfonso XII, and the resulting edifice was consecrated...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesMadrid's most popular tapas street is crowded with excellent (if overpriced) tapas bars and traditional tabernas. Its lively, and rather touristy...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesBuilt by Pedro de Ribera in 1717–30 to accommodate the Regiment of the Royal Guard, this imposing building (the facade is 750 feet long) was...Read More
Built between 1792 and 1798 by the Italian architect Francisco Fontana, this neoclassical chapel was financed by King Carlos IV, who also...Read More
A steel-and-glass hangar, Madrid's main train station was built in the late 19th century by Alberto Palacio Elissague, who became famous for...Read More
This UFO-like tower is 360 feet tall and an excellent viewpoint from which to gaze at some of the city’s most outstanding buildings including...Read More
The meticulously manicured gardens to the north of the Palacio Real, located where the royal stables once were, are a pleasant place to rest...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesTo get to the local tourist office, cross the arch that's across from the visitors' entrance to the monastery. ...Read More
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