go to Royal Palace (Palacio... by myrk
go to Royal Palace (Palacio Real) and Plaza de Oriente, where is a statue of Philip IV (which was designed by Velazquez), visit 3 museums: Museo del Prado (with paintings of Bosch, Goya, El Greco, Diego Velazquez, Tiziano and Rembrandt's 'Artemis'), Museo de Thyssen-Bornemisha (where are works of Caravaggio, Canaletto, Carpaccio, Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Miro, Picasso, Liechtenstein) and Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (where are paintings of Miro, Salvador Dali and Picasso's 'Guernicca').After all day (or few days!:)) in museums it's good to rest a bit in Parque del Retiro. If you want to buy some presents for your friends or family (or just for yourself:), lots of shops are situated in Gran Via Street. The biggest department store in Madrid is El Corte Ingles (between Gran Via and Puerta del Sol).
If u are tired of shopping, go to a bar and eat spanish food - e.g. Paella or Tortilla de patatas or if you aren't so hungry take a sandwich with special spanish ham (bocadillo con jamon serrano). When you will be bored of MAdrid (but I know you won't!:-)) you can go to Toledo - it's a very beautiful city with gorgeus defensive walls and 'Alcazar'(Moorish palace, stronghold) in the center.
(picture: Toldeo)
