Insight Guides Explore Madrid (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781786716330
• eBook ISBN: 9781786718549
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

Gregarious and sophisticated, Madrid is also Spain's political and economic hub. The Spanish capital is a city of barrios, or quarters, each of which revels in its own individuality. Be inspired to visit by the brand new Insight Guide Explore Madrid, the ideal pocket companion for your trip: a full-colour guide containing easy-to-follow routes around the city.

Inside Explore Madrid:
Discover the city's unique attractions, from the world-class museums of the Prado and the Museo de Arte Reina Sofia to the green oasis of the Parque del Buen Retiro.
Experience el tapeo, the 'tapas crawl' and Madrid's fascinating nightlife.
Insight's trademark cultural coverage sets the routes in context, with introductions to Madrid's cuisine, entertainment and nightlife, shopping and key historical dates.
Our recommended places to eat and drink are highlighted in each route, with even more suggestions in the directory section, which also contains a wealth of useful practical information including a range of carefully selected accommodation to suit all budgets.
Pull-out map with useful plotted routes.
Evocative photography captures Madrid's royal architecture and sophisticated cultural life.
About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine

How To Use This E-Book

This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With ­top-­quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.

Best Routes

The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights, and there are also ex­cursions for those who want to extend their visit outside the city. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.

We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.

Introduction

The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink, shopping and more, while a succinct history timeline highlights the key events over the centuries.

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Table of contents

• Recommended Routes For...
• Explore Madrid
• Food and Drink
• Shopping
• Entertainment
• History: Key Dates
• Puerta del Sol and the Gran Vía
• Plaza Mayor and Madrid de los Austrias
• Royal Madrid
• The Paseo del Prado
• The Prado and Reina Sofía museums
• The Retiro Park and Atocha
• Plaza de Santa Ana and the Barrio de Las Letras
• The Rastro Market and Lavapiés
• Chueca, Malasaña and Conde Duque
• From Plaza de España to the Casa de Campo
• Around Moncloa
• The Paseo de la Castellana
• Toledo
• El Escorial and Valle de los Caídos
• Segovia
• Accommodation
• Restaurants
• Nightlife
• A-Z
• Language
• Books and Film