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Weekend Breaks Madrid & Surroundings  -  Madrid is the Capital of Spain

Districts of Madrid : Centro, Arganzuela, Retiro, Salamanca, Chamartín, Tetuán, Chamberí, Fuencarral, Moncloa, Latina, Carabanchel, Usera, Puente de Vallecas, Moratalaz, Ciudad Lineal, Hortaleza, Villaverde, Villa de Vallecas, Vicálvaro, San Blas and Barajas.


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Car Rental Madrid

  Holiday Autos   -    
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

  Sixt   -    

Holiday Homes / Apartments

Holidaylettings.co.uk 

Way to Stay - Madrid apartments 
Wide variety of Madrid apartments at prime central spots.

  Interhome    -   Holiday homes / Apartments in Madrid
All properties are checked on a regular basis. All homes can be booked on-line. Properties are shown by destination.

Hotels in Madrid

  Booking  -  Hotels in the City of Madrid   -   Hotel Guide Madrid
Madrid Districts [ Centro, Arganzuela, Retiro, Salamanca, Chamartin, Tetuan, Chamberi, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Ciudad Lineal  ], Atocha´s Train Station, Estacion de Chamartin and Convention Centre IFEMA.

 
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

  30Madrid.com   -  
Madrid Cheap Hotels, Hostels, Apartments and B&B's.

Hesperia Hotels in Madrid (Spain) from 60 €

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

  easyJet holidays   -   Madrid City Breaks
As a centre of art, dance, food and fun, a Madrid city break offers is an excellent get away whatever you're looking for in a Spain holiday

Thomas Cook   -   City Trips Madrid

   -   Create your perfect trip to Madrid
Flight, Hotel and Car.



Travel Guides Madrid

Amazon.com - Travel Guides Madrid 

  Madrid    -   Michael Leapman (Author)
DK Eyewitness Madrid travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions this charismatic city has on offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations and maps of Madrid the guide includes in-depth coverage of Madrid's unforgettable sights from the charming Plaza Mayor to the magnificent Palicio Real unearthing the best of the city's stunning architecture, phenomenal musuems and art galleries in between. You'll find 3D aerial views of Madrid's most interesting districts, cutaways and floorplans of all the major sites, and detailed listings of the best hotels and restaurants in Madrid for all budgets.
Hardcover: 232 pages; Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (14 Jan 2010); ISBN-10: 1405346949.

Transport / How do I travel to Madrid

  Madrid Airport  [ Barajas Airport ]   -   see AENA [ Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea ]

 
Book cheap flights Madrid at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

  Airline Tickets Madrid / Bargain Flights 
Cheap Flight tickets Madrid.

  EMT - Madrid by Bus 

There is a good metro system in the city of Madrid, making it easy to get about.

  Madrid Metro
Map, Streetmap, Best Journey, Interchanges, Tickets and Passes, Timetable

  Consortio Regional de Transportes


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  The Municipality of Madrid
Madrid is a unique meeting point of both the modern and traditional. To visit Madrid is to experience the vibrant culture of the largest metropolis in the South of Europe. Madrid also has a vast artistic, urban and cultural heritage, housing some of the most important museums and art collections in the world.
The City : History of Madrid, Diary of Events, Madrid Information, Business in Madrid, Madrid's Theatres, Madrid Museums, Municipal Museums, Sports, Photo Gallery and Civil Security.
Tourism : Tourist Information, Madrid by Items, Find Accommodation, Find Gastronomy and Tapas, Enjoy Every Day / Enjoy Every Night, Go Shopping, Tourist Tours, Culture Tourism, Transport, Information of Interest, Send a PostCard, What´s on.

  Community of Madrid

  Alcalá de Henares
Located 30km from Madrid and is an urban complex full of artistic and historic sights. In the old part the former university is outstanding. It used to be the most important one in Spain and was founded by Cardinal Cisneros in 1496.
  Aranjuez
Aranjuez is located in the southern of Madrid, near the Tajo River. For this reason has a special vegetation and weather conditions.
  Botanical Gardens   -   Jardín Botánico
  Café Central   -   A famous jazz pub
  Casa de Campo
  Círculo de Bellas Artes
  Faro de Moncloa
  El Escorial
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 49 Km from Madrid by road and 1,000 above sea level, is one of the former royal residences.
  El Rastro   -   Huge open-air flea market
  Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
  Gran Vía   -   One of the traffic arteries of the city
  La Almudena Cathedral
  Las Ventas   -   bullring
  Madrid Zoo Aquarium
  Museo del Prado   -   works of Diego Velázquez and Francisco Goya
  Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Modern art and include Pablo Picasso's Guernica to be seen.
  Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza   -   a mixed private collection
  Oso y Madroño
  Parque del Oeste
  Parque del Retiro
  Puerta de Alcalá
  Plaza de Cibeles   -   Square in the Palacio de Comunicaciones and impressive fountains
  Plaza de Colon
  Plaza de España
  Plaza de Oriente
  Plaza Mayor   -   the main square of Madrid
  Puerta del Sol [ The Sun Gate ]
  Real Basilica de San Francisco el Grande
  Retiro Park   -   The largest in Spain
  Rosales 
  Royal Palace of Madrid
  San Isidro el Real
  Teatro de la Comedia
  Teatro de la Zarzuela
  Teatro Monumental
  Teatro Real [ Royal Theatre ]
  Torre de España
  Torres KIO   -    Two diagonal skyscrapers Chamartín

  Football Madrid   -   Real Madrid 
  News from Madrid   -   El Pais   -   National Newspaper
  News   -   El Mundo   -  National Newspaper
  Radio & TV  -  RTVE  -   Radio y Televisión Nacional de España

  Universidad Autónoma of Madrid
  Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  University of Alcalá
  Universidad politécnica of Madrid

Near Madrid are a number of other attractive smaller cities to find such as Avila, Alcalá de Henares, Toledo, Aranjuez and Segovia.

  Aboutmadrid.com
The capital of Spain, located in the heart of the peninsula and right in the center of the Castillian plain 646 meters above sea level, has a population of over three million. A cosmopolitan city, a business center, headquarters for the Public Administration, Government, Spanish Parliament and the home of the Spanish Royal Family, Madrid also plays a major role in both the banking and industrial sectors. Most of its industry is located in the Southern fringe of the city, where important textile, food and metal working factories are clustered. Madrid is characterized by intense cultural and artistic activity and a very lively nightlife.

Cuisine   -   Madrid recipes   -   Gastronomy Madrid

The cuisine of Madrid is an amalgamation of the cuisines of various regions of Spain.

  Cuisine of Madrid   -   see typical dishes

  Gastronomia en Madrid 

History

  History Madrid   -   Wikipedia 

  Museo Arqueológico Nacional

Music, Art & Culture, Events

  Auditorio Nacional de la Música

  Museo National Del Prado
Houses masterpieces by Velázquez, Goya, El Greco, Zurbarán, Ribera, Titian, Raphael, Botticelli, Fra Angélico , Rubens, Bosch, Van der Weyden, Poussin, Lorrain, Watteau, Rembrandt, Dürer and Mengs, among others.
  Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
This museum houses a splendid collection ranging from primitive Flemish to contemporary works
  National Library Spain
  National Theatre Spain

  Fiestas de San Isidro
May 15th marks the start of the celebrations surrounding the month-long Fiestas de San Isidro honoring the patron saint of Madrid and are the most lively popular festivities in Madrid. Tradition demands that one attends the Romería (pilgrimage) to the saint's meadow to drink from the miraculous water at the fountain of the hermitage.


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