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Madrid Guide

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Best of Madrid

3 days in Madrid
3 days in Madrid

While in Madrid, you have to fall in love with the art. Be prepared to spend more than few hours enjoying the world-famous art pieces.

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Family-friendly Madrid

Madrid for young kids
Madrid for young kids

At these Madrid destinations your child will never be bored.

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Madrid on a budget

Madrid for free
Madrid for free

What do a flea market, an Egyptian temple, an art gallery, an archeological museum anda park have in common? They are all in Madrid.

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Insiders' Madrid

Madrid off the beaten path
Madrid off the beaten path

Customize your Madrid stay with these attractions.

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Getaways from Madrid

Daytrips from Madrid
Daytrips from Madrid

Tired of Madrid? Head out to see what other towns are out there.

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EveryTrail
Madrid Shopping Guide
Madrid Shopping Guide

Throughout the 20th century, while Barcelona skimmed the cutting edge, Madrid hugged Castilian conventions tight. But over the past decade, as avant-garde restaurants rocked the culinary landscape and...

Rated 4 out of 5 by EveryTrail members
Calle del Pez: Madrid Walk
Calle del Pez: Madrid Walk

From vintage clothes to the hottest kicks in town, this stretch of street has it all. And, it’s where hip Madrileños shop and play.

Rated 4 out of 5 by EveryTrail members
The Literary Quarter
The Literary Quarter

This area is now home to the capital's bohemian crowd who reside amongst antique bookshops and vintage furniture stores hinting at the district's illustrious past. However there was a time when Calle...

Rated 5 out of 5 by EveryTrail members
The Art Walk
The Art Walk

Known in Spanish as the Paseo del arte, this area is nothing short of paradise for art lovers. Along a stretch of just over one kilometre you will find the Prado -one of the world’s finest art...

Rated 5 out of 5 by EveryTrail members
Hapsburg Madrid
Hapsburg Madrid

Stretching from Cuesta de la Vega to the Plaza Mayor, this quarter offers visitors to Madrid a vivid impression of what the capital looked like during the Hapsburg Dynasty. It is an area filled with...

Rated 5 out of 5 by EveryTrail members
Madrid Culinary Tour
Madrid Culinary Tour

Even as culinary innovations swept through Catalonia and the Basque country, Madrileños continued to eat soufflé potatoes at comically old-fashioned places and gulp down jamón at folkloric tapas bars....

Rated 4 out of 5 by EveryTrail members

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Perfect Weekend

Madrid on the cheap (limoncilla, 4 Jun 2006)
4.5 of 5 stars 36 Votes
Hola Madrid (stoffer, 29 May 2006)
2.5 of 5 stars 1 Vote
Madrid with friends :D (Amparo A, 24 Feb 2012)
0.0 of 5 stars 0 Votes

Best Of

Best of Madrid off the beaten path (HPETS312, 1 May 2006)
4.5 of 5 stars 17 Votes
Spain Trip 2 months (Vanessa V, 22 Apr 2012)
4.5 of 5 stars 1 Vote
Memorable Madrid (Airline_chick, 16 Jun 2006)
4.0 of 5 stars 10 Votes

Recent Trip

Spain in 15 Days! (StrandsDanville, 23 Feb 2012)
4.5 of 5 stars 10 Votes
4 days in Madrid, culture and food (seolram, 30 Aug 2011)
4.5 of 5 stars 6 Votes
A week in Spain! (clouisep, 17 Jul 2007)
4.5 of 5 stars 8 Votes
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