There's so much to see in this...
by DCsalsera
There's so much to see in this city. It all depends on your tastes...but to get a quick glimpse of the city, I recommend taking one of the tour buses on your first day. They will take you to all of the hot spots and describe a little about each, allowing you to get off at each spot if you so desire. You can get on an off the bus all day, as often as you wish. This way you'll find out what you want to see first if your time is limited (as it usually is!) My fondest memory is the family I was 'adopted' into while I was there. Merche, te echo de menos muchisimo!
A view from the top
by SirRichard
If you wanna see south Madrid from the top, you can do that from the crystal walls elevator of the Reina Sofia Museum.
If you go on a weekday or saturday morning, you will have to buy the museum ticket to enter, but is free on saturday evenings and sundays, and is a nice view from 4th floor.
Running in Madrid
by kikito_sp
I love running in urban environments, and Madrid is a great place for that. Here's a list of my favorite places for running:
- Parque de El retiro: It's the second biggest parc in Madrid (first one's La Casa de Campo). In summer trees protect you from the sun most of the time. It's never crowded, but there's always people there. And it's very nice. I don't recomend La Casa de Campo because sometimes is not safe.
- La Castellana: One of Madrid's Main Avenues. It's good if you're looking for an urban race (don't enter the Picasso square at night) and it doesn't have any ramps.
- University District: If you like ramps, go to the parc near the university district, on the western part of Madrid. The best thing about running is that you don't need special equipment. Just a pair of running shoes, and sport clothes adapted to the climate. Maximum temperatures reach 45 C in summer (run early in the morning or at night!), and the minimum is -5 in winter, at night.
Arquitectura en Metro/Architecture by Metro: L6
by Redang
There are dozens of emblematic buildings and monuments in Madrid, famous and less famous. I bring here the possibilty of seeing some of them linked to each other by metro.
* Metro: Ciudad Universitaria
Name: Ciudad Universitaria (the University itself)
* Metro: Puerta del Angel
Name: Puente de Segovia
Address: Over Manzanares river, between calle Segovia and glorieta del Puente de Segovia
Architect: Juan de Herrera
Year: 1.577-1.584
Name: Ermita de la Virgen del Puerto
Address: Paseo de la Virgen del Puerto, s/n
Architect: Pedro de Ribera
Year: 1.716-1.718
Important notices:
1. Some buildings or monuments are very close to the metro station and easy to be found whilst some others are a bit far and it's not so easy to get to them, you only have to look for the correct street or square.
2. The link shows the list of the stations of the different metro lines.
3. As I said before, there are many buildings/monuments, but I only bring here a few of them.
Flamenco Dance and Music
by cheapskate about Las Carboneras
Not the most authentic around but perhaps not as commercialised as.. can't really remember.. is it called the little china dolls? gosh!
But this was good.. small cosy restaurant.. cost about 25Euros i think Casual
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Carlos V fountain - station on right
garden at Sorolla Museum
Instructions on the back of the cart
