El Rastro Market in Madrid
El Rastro de Madrid is the most popular open air flea market in the city. It is held every Sunday and public holiday during the year and is located along Plaza de Cascorro and Ribera de Curtidores, between Calle Embajadores and the Ronda de Toledo (just south of La Latina metro station).
Location: Puerta de Toledo
Subway: La Latina / Tirso de Molina
Opening: Sundays and holidays from 09:00 to 15:00 h.
Buen Retiro Park
The Buen Retiro Park is the largest park in Madrid, used to belong to the Spanish Monarchy until the late 19th century, when it became a public park. (read also Where is Madrid?)
Subway: Retiro
Opening:
Winter: 07:00 to 22:00 h.
Summer: 07:00 to 24:00 h.
Royal Palace of Madrid
The Palacio Real de Madrid is the official residence of the King of Spain, used for state ceremonies. The palace is on the site of a 9th-century fortress, constructed by Muhammad I of Cordoba and inherited after 1036 by the independent Muslim Taifa of Toledo.
Subway: Opera
Location: Bailen street, s/n
Opening:
Winter: 09:30 to 17:00 h (Sundays 09:00 to 14:00 h). Summer: 09:00 18:00 h (Sundays from 09:00 to 15:00 h).
The Alcala Gate in Madrid
A Neo-classical monument in the Plaza de la Independencia in Madrid. It stands near the city center and several meters away from the main entrance to the Parque del Retiro. Its Arabic name originates from the old path from Madrid to the nearby town of Alcala de Henares.
Location: Plaza de la Independencia
Subway: Banco de España / Retiro
Plaza Mayor Square in Madrid
The Plaza Mayor was built during the Habsburg period, located in the centre of Madrid only a few steps from another famous plaza, the Puerta del Sol.
Subway: Sol
Puerta del So in Madrid
Puerta del Sol is the busiest places in Madrid. This is the centre (Km 0) of the radial network of Spanish roads, located in the very heart of Madrid. Immediately to the southwest lies the Plaza Mayor; the Palacio Real.
Subway: Sol
Gran Via Avenue in Madrid
Gran Via is a trendy fashionable shopping street located in central Madrid that leads from Calle de Alcala to Plaza de Espana.
Subway: Gran Via / Callao
Cibeles Square in Madrid
The Plaza de Cibeles is a square with a neo-classical complex of marble sculptures with fountains that has become an iconic symbol for the city of Madrid.
Subway: Banco de Espana
Campo del Moro Gardens, Madrid
These gardens are named after camped in this place the troops of the Muslim leader Ali ben Yusuf in 1109 during the reconquest of Madrid.
Location: Pº Virgen del Puerto, s/n
Subway: PRÍNCIPE PÍO
Opening:
Opening at 10:00 h. Closing time by month: Jan-Feb 18:00 h, Mar 19:00 h, Apr 20:00 h, May-Jun-Jul-Aug 21:00 h, Sep 20:00 h, Oct 19:00 h, Nov-Dec 18:00 h.
Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
The Real Jardin Botanico de Madrid s an 8-hectare botanical garden located at Plaza de Murillo, next to the Prado Museum in Madrid.
Location: Plaza de Murillo, 2
Subway: Atocha/Atocha RENFE
Museo Nacional del Prado
The Museo del Prado is a museum and art gallery located in Madrid and features one of the world’s finest collections of European art, from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection.
Location: Calle Ruiz de Alarcon 23
Subway: Atocha or Banco de Espana
Opening: From Tuesday to Sunday, 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays.
Temple of Debod, Madrid
The Templo de Debod is an ancient Egyptian temple built originally 15 km south of Aswan in southern Egypt and donated to Spain in 1968 by the Egyptian state.
Location: Paseo Pintor de Rosales 2, Madrid, Spain
Subway: Metro: Plaza de Espana or Ventura Rodriguez
Opening: Apr-Sep: Tue-Fri 9:45am-1:45pm and 6.15-8:15pm / Oct-Mar: Tue-Fri 9:45am-1:45pm and 4.15-6:15pm / All year: Sat-Sun 9:45am-1:45pm.
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