Things to See and Do in Madrid

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Recommended Attractions in Madrid

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  • Oct 3, 2006: ... for you, there's always the enchanting Retiro Park, the monumental, the estanque and the Palacio Cristal brilliant - the game ...
  • Aug 27, 2006: ... in the mid 30´s. I visited the Prado museum, which had a good Picasso exhibition. The Buen Retiro Park was also nice.
  • Apr 8, 2001: ... around, so ladies hold on to your handbags. - Retiro Park, nice boating lake and Crystal Palace. Good place for a picnic. ...
  • Apr 26, 2009: ... interesting... Here are some other pictures from Madrid taken in Retiro Park, which was really nice. Nothing like that ...
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  • May 26, 2009: ... to find the cave bar I read about on trip advisor, meson de la guitarra. It looked kind of sketchy, so we just went back. ...
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  • Jun 14, 2006: ... Walter mentioned he planned on going to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, just as Ed and I had talked about. We arranged to meet ...
  • Feb 22, 2007: ... touristy stuff, we've already seen the Prado and the Thyssen-Bornemisza museums along with the Palacio Real and old "Austrian ...
  • Dec 10, 2008: ... ; as well as many French, Dutch, and German artists. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum had a special exhibition called 1914 The ...
  • Oct 1, 2008: ... Buen Retiro ˇ Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Museum) ˇ Parc Guell ˇ El Teleférico de Madrid ˇ Museo Sorolla ( ...
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  • May 15, 2006: ... So this public holiday Monday I bring my camera and head for the famous Prado Museum. Being a Monday, the Prado is of course ...
  • Aug 27, 2006: ... though, with temperatures in the mid 30´s. I visited the Prado museum, which had a good Picasso exhibition. The Buen Retiro ...
  • Apr 18, 2007: ... juxtaposition, we followed that up with 4 hours in the Prado Museum. Bosch and El Greco until we were bloodshot. What a ...
  • May 28, 2008: ... , we consoled ourselves with making the best of Madrid by visiting the Prado museum, which is world-class. We also roamed the ...
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  • Jun 4, 2006: ... of the Royal Sites of the Madrid surrounding area. We were to visit the Royal Palace of Aranjuez which is a palace located ...
  • May 22, 2008: ... post some pictures. My favorite part of the your was The Royal Palace of Spain. It only had 2,800 rooms.... :) Yeah, it ...
  • Jun 8, 2007: ... watch the crazy tourists. we then went to the royal palace of spain and strolled through the armory, the living quarters of ...
  • Oct 16, 2007: ... city 7.5/10 Highlights ; Plaza De Toros,Bernabeu,Royal Palace Of Madrid,Great Underground(Metro) Lowlights ; Not The ...
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  • Oct 11, 2007: ... the city. Only steps from the famous Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayor. We couldn´t have picked a better spot. Similarly to ...
  • Aug 28, 2007: ... ceiling pattern that illuminated the place). We ate lunch in Plaza Mayor, walked around the city, I bought a new dictionary ...
  • May 19, 2007: ... night. Our walkabout led us to Plaza Mayor, a large and beautiful plaza in central Madrid. The plaza's perimeter is lined ...
  • Nov 11, 2007: ... Oktoberfest, but they didn't understand my German. Next up was Plaza Mayor. This was how I thought Puerta Del Sol would be. ...
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  • Dec 10, 2008: ... and there are 6 barrels of sherry lined up alongside. La Venencia is nearly always full and it's hard to get a table so most ...
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  • Oct 1, 2008: ... ) ˇ Parc Guell ˇ El Teleférico de Madrid ˇ Museo Sorolla (Museum) ˇ Museo de América (Museum) The ...
  • Oct 16, 2008: ... ) ˇ Parc Guell ˇ El Teleférico de Madrid ˇ Museo Sorolla (Museum) ˇ Museo de América (Museum) The ...
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  • May 24, 2009: ... I realized I forgot about my plan to go to the Convent of the Royal Barefoot Nuns. I got there at 2:25, but it closes at 2: ...
  • May 26, 2009: ... looking trees. Then it was time to go the Convent of the Royal Barefoot Nuns. I got there and the guy told me that they only ...
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  • Jun 7, 2009: ... most famous flamenco bars, Cardamomo and Los Gabrieles are right outside our front door.  Madrid's most picturesque bistros are ...
  • Jun 20, 2009: ... bullfighters, gypsies, and artists. Spain's most beloved bullfighter, Manolete, was a regular at Los Gabrieles. The head of ...
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  • Jun 7, 2009: ... most famous flamenco bars, Cardamomo and Los Gabrieles are right outside our front door.  Madrid's most picturesque bistros are ...
  • Jun 3, 2008: ... dancers... this is a must see Bar, when you are in Madrid Spain........ you will never forget this place~ I have spent many ...
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  • Jun 20, 2009: ... Or perhaps at one of the world's most famous restaurants, Sobrino de Botin. Botin is the oldest restaurant in the world (1725 ...
  • Jul 23, 2006: ... evening several of us went to the "Restaurante del Sobrino de Botín." It claims to be the oldest continuously open restaurant ...
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  • Apr 12, 2006: ... stay! I just wandered around the El Corte Ingles shopping centre for a bit, bought some lunch and then decided to return to ...
  • Mar 4, 2008: ... palabras para describir lo contento que me siento, en el Corte Ingles encontre salsa Valentian, ya tenemos una botella por ...
  • Mar 13, 2002: ... eyes) and about 99 varieties of cheese. El Corte Ingles, the largest grocery store in Madrid, is the only place you can buy ...
  • May 17, 2007: ... with the rude 'Carmen' from fruit and veg in the supermarket of El Corte Ingles. She had the whole store staring at me!!! ...
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