MADRID & Area.
Madrid, capital of Spain, is one of the cities where most cosmopolitan mix with history and spanish traditions. Madrid offers a wealth of opportunities to learn about its history, architecture, art, cuisine and people: Gran Via; the commercial and cultural heart of the city, surrounded by theaters, cinemas and shops. Plaza Mayor ; one of the best known places in Spain ; a meeting place, discussion, cafes & terraces with the best services in the gastronomic capital. Royal Palace ; now a museum, have spent the nobility and kings of Spain: an authentic beauty. Retiro Park ; a magnificent and huge public-park with a majestic lake in the center of bustling Madrid. Fountaing of Cibeles and Neptune ; the most emblematic sources in Madrid, a meeting place for the football fans. The walk of Art ; Prado Museum, Thissen – Bornemisza, Comtemporary Art Center Queen Sofia; three of the most important museums and collections in the world, in all ages and artistic trends from Velazquez, Caravaggio, Goya..to Picasso and Miro… a real delight for the senses in three square kilometers. Botanical Garden ; near the Prado Museum, plants and flowers everywhere you in to a dream trip for the beauty and exuberance. Malasaña District ; was the neighborhood where he began the “Madrid 80’s move” and most popular bands of the moment. Chueca District ; boutiques, trendy shops and dining, from 90’s in the neighborhood became “gay” in Madrid. Stadium Santiago Bernabeu Museum ; Museum of all the trophies won by Real Madrid Football Club and visit the magnificent football stadium. Salamanca District ; known as “the golden mile”, a mecca of luxury fashion and glamor of Madrid, the first international fashion and fine jewelry. Alcalá de Henares ; (30 km from Madrid), birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quixote). Cenvantes Museum. Historic city. San Lorenzo del Escorial ; (59 Km from Madrid), a municipality of combining nature & history with its majestic and royal monastery and basilica. Valley of the Fallen ; (58 km from Madrid), vast basilica carved into the rock of the mountain by republican prisioners after the spanish civil war from 1940 till 1958; pantheon of dictator Franco. Toledo ; (71 km from Madrid), castilian noble city, ancient, real and superbly preserved since the Middle Ages, a city in Spain with more history: jews, muslims, christians… Segovia ; (87 km from Madrid), the best preserved roman aqueduct in the world and the best spanish cuisine: roast suckling pig. Avila ; (100 km from Madrid), noble and former hometown of Santa Teresa de Jesus; religious, writer and philosopher of the sixteenth century; walled city since the Middle Ages, every street and corner of the old city breathes history and culture.