ARTICLES OF Culture and Art
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ART WALK ROUTE. DISCOVER THREE MAJOR ART MUSEUMS OF EUROPE
Culture and Art - Tourism
The artistic offer of Madrid can be considered as one of the best in the world. El Prado Museum, Thyssen and the Reina Sofía Modern Art Museum make up this cultural offer. You will discover works from all styles and by the best painters in history.This route, known as t ...
CONTEMPORARY AND MODERN ART AT THE REINA SOFIA MUSEUM. THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM IN SPAIN
Culture and Art - Tourism
On the 10th of September of 1992, their Majesties King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía opened the Permanent Collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. What had before only been host to temporary exhibitions was now a true museum, with the task of looking a ...
CULTURE AND ART IN MADRID. ENJOY THE BEST PLACES, MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITIONS
Culture and Art
In the 18th century, Carlos III decided to expand Madrid to give it a layout worthy of a capital city. Once the wide avenue, the Paseo del Prado was built, it soon became the haunt of the high society of the day. This avenue was extended in the 19th century into the Pas ...
GUIDE OF NATURE, HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF MADRID
Culture and Art - Leisure - Tourism
Download this guide to know the most important things about the nature the history and the architecture of madridThe following points could be found in the guide:Nature Urban natureSierra de GuadarramaHayedo de Montejo and El Pardo History Origins of MadridMadrid, cour ...
GUIDE OF SHOPPING ITINERARIES
Culture and Art - Fashion and Shopping - Tourism
Shopping in Madrid is irresistible for anyone no matter their age. There are so many shops and shopping centres that open all day long.From beautiful antiques through the latest designs, furniture, fashion, the most prestigious trademarks, gifts, to souvenirs or select ...
GUIDE OF TERRACES AND CAFES IN THE HISTORICAL AND CENTRE AREAS OF MADRID
Culture and Art - Gastronomy - Leisure - Night life - Tourism
You are spoilt for choice when it comes to having fun in Madrid, but perhaps one of the most typical ways to enjoy yourself is being out in the streets. There are always people in the streets, at any time of the day and anywhere. Sites are crowded: people meet, chat and ...
GUIDE OF THE BEST SHOPPING MALLS IN MADRID
Culture and Art - Fashion and Shopping - Tourism
Madrid has a great very many different Shopping Malls. Some base their offer on both Spanish and international first-class trademark stores. Others focus on leisure and eating out and usually combine stores with other facilities such as cinemas, bowling alleys, sports f ...
GUIDE OF THE CHARMING, TIPICAL, TRADITIONAL AND OLDEST SHOPS IN MADRID
Culture and Art - Fashion and Shopping - Gastronomy - Leisure - Tourism
There are a great many establishments full of tradition in Madrid. They are family - run businesses whose secrets and good practices in their manufacturing of products have been handed down through various generations or new businesses that have recovered the old ways. ...
MADRID, A CITY OF ARCHITECTURE. ENJOY MAIN MONUMENTS, SQUARES AND BUILDINGS
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Madrid offers visitors a wealth of great art emerging from the different architectural styles that have left splendid examples in the region throughout the centuries. From old Moorish and medieval remains to works developed under the Catholic King and Queen.But the real ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: ALCALA AREA
Culture and Art - Tourism
This route is devoted almost entirely to a place which, together with the Rastro and the Casa del Campo, attracts a good proportion of the city's residents every Sunday: the Retiro park. An immense garden which was originally designed exclusively for use by the Hapsburg ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: BANCO DE ESPAÑA AREA
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The worlds of politics,finance and art meet in this route along streets packed with history,art and bars.The national monuments of politics -the Congreso de los Diputados (Congress/lower house building) - and finance - Banco de España - can be found here, together with ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: CIBELES AREA
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The most elegant avenue in this city, the Paseo del Prado stretches from the fountain of Cibeles to Atocha railway station. Althoughit dates back to the C16th, it was Carlos III who, two centuries later, ordered the architect Ventura Rodríguez to build the famous founta ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: CONDE DUQUE AREA
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A lengthy route through the northern part of the historic centre, from the district known as Bourbon Madrid (the area around the cuartel del Conde-Duque, or Conde - Duque barracks (click here) - to the paseo de Recoletos. In between there is a fascinating labyrinth of n ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: FROM RECOLETOS TO CASTELLANA AREA
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The fountain of Cibeles and the KIO towers, two symbols of Madrid with two hundred years of history between them, and thelongest thoroughfare of the city, the paseo de la Castellana, form the boundaries of this route. The best way to travel between them isby bus (we rec ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: GRAN VIA AREA
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Madrid's Gran Vía (or High Street) is the most modern street in the central area, and its main commercial thoroughfare. The largest civic project of the beginning of the C20th, its construction was intended to modernize the city, and to link the newer district of Salama ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: MONCLOA AREA
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Located on one of the terraces of the Manzanares river from which the Casa de Campo can be seen, surrounded by extensive green areas and featuring one of the pleasantest avenues in the city, that of Pintor Rosales, the district of Argüelles is one of the privileged encl ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: PLAZA MAYOR AREA
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The triangle between the Royal Palace,Plaza Mayor and the Basilica of San Francisco el Grande coincides roughly with the city centre created by the kings of the Hapsburg dynasty from the time when Felipe II established his court in Madrid in 1561 up until the death of t ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: RASTRO AREA
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Traditional Madrid,as popularised in the zarzuelas (Spanish folk opera),  had its main centre in the Lavapiés district. But today there is no trace of the Madrid men and girls about town,stock  zarzuela characters,except when they are revived for annual saint's day cele ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: SALAMANCA AREA
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The Marquis of Salamanca was the driving force behind the creation of this upper-class district, the first of the city to be meticulously planned, inthe second half of the C19th. The symmetrical lines of its streets, squares and buildings are the antithesis of the old d ...
MADRID CULTURAL ROUTE: SOL AREA
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The best starting-point for getting to know the city of Madrid is undoubtedly the Puerta del Sol. The four cardinal points of this gateless square lead us to four different cultures. To the north, the commercial streets; to the south, the popular and authentic Madrid of ...
MADRID ROYAL SITES GUIDE
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Apart from the incalculable value of the works of art kept in its museums, exhibition rooms and art galleries, the Community of Madrid boasts of an incomparable wealth of heritage: magnificent buildings located in natural spaces that enhance further, if possible, the ap ...
MAIN PLACES TO ENJOY FAMILY LEISURE
Culture and Art - Leisure - Tourism
Every day Madrid welcomes thousands of visitors that come not only to see for its monuments, exhibitions and museums, but also to enjoy its entertainment scene. Entertainment is also a main attraction and it can be found anywhere. There are a great number of leisure par ...
PRADO MUSEUM. ONE OF THE BEST MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD
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It was constructed during the reign of Charles III in 1785 and it was directly assigned by the king to architect Juan de Villanueva. The Prado Museum has survived all sorts of changes and disputes, and has converted itself in one of most important art galleries in the w ...
THE RASTRO MARKET. A MARKET PLACE TO EVERYONE'S TASTE
Culture and Art - Fashion and Shopping - Tourism
Madrid's most traditional items can be bought, sold and enjoyed in the plaza de Cascorro and its surrounding streets. The medieval market known as "el Rastro" is not only one of the oldest ones of Madrid, but it is also one of the most modern market places of the city. ...
THE WALK OF THE ARTS ROUTE
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El Prado Museum, Thyssen and the Reina Sofía Modern Art Museum make up this cultural offer.This route, known as the "Paseo del Arte" or Art Walk, is unique in the world, and takes visitors on a path through paintings and sculptures, architecture and nature, in one of Ma ...
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