Lonely Planet Discover Spain 6

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9781788681865
• Print ISBN:
  9781786576361

MADRID

Museo del Prado

Sights

Tours

Shopping

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Information

Getting There & Away

Getting Around

Where to Stay

Madrid at a Glance...

Madrid is a miracle of human energy and peculiarly Spanish passions, a beguiling place with a simple message: this city knows how to live. Madrid doesn’t have the immediate cachet of Paris, the monumental history of Rome or the reputation for cool of that other city up the road. But it’s the perfect expression of Europe’s most passionate country writ large. Madrid’s calling cards are many: astonishing art galleries, relentless nightlife, a feast of fine restaurants and tapas bars, and a population that’s mastered the art of the good life. It’s not that other cities don’t have these things, it’s just Madrid has them in bucketloads.

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Madrid in Two Days

On day one, visit the Plaza Mayor, Plaza de la Villa and Palacio Real, then linger in Plaza de Santa Ana, before enjoying the incomparable Museo del Prado and lovely Parque del Buen Retiro. Hit up Chueca’s nightlife at day’s end. On day two, visit the Mirador de Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and go on a tapas crawl in La Latina.

Madrid in Four Days

Try to be in Madrid on a Sunday for the El Rastro flea market. Go shopping in Salamanca, marvel at the Goya frescoes in Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida and complete your trio of art galleries at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Get a taste...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Spain
• Spain’s Top 12
• Need to Know
• Hot Spots for...
• Essential Spain
• Month by Month
• Get Inspired
• Itineraries
• Family Travel
• Madrid
• Barcelona
• Costa Brava
• Granada
• Andalucía’s Hill Towns
• Seville
• Córdobà
• Salamanca
• Basque Country
• Northwest Coast
• La Rioja Wine Region
• The Pyrenees
• In Focus
• Spain Today
• History
• Flamenco
• Master Painters
• Architecture
• Spanish Kitchen
• Survival Guide
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers