What are the must-see sights in Madrid?

Question

What are the must-see sights in Madrid?

Answer 1

Definitely the Prado Museum, it closes early on Sundays, I think around noon.  And Placa Mayor. and in between all that walking you will see so many other sites too!

Answer 2

Museo del Prado.

Gran Via

Puerta de Sol

PArque El Retiro

Palacio De Oriente

Calle Fuencarral (for the shops and the bohemian air of the street)

Chueca (the "g*y" neighborhood)

Museo Reina Sofia

etc.

Madrid is sooooo worth it!

Answer 3

The biggest must-see of Madrid; the hyper-galactic traffic jam and total collapse of the M-30 and M-40 circular highways every f****** day at peak hours. That's a real must see. Anyway, don't take your car with you 'cos you won't be able to park it. And I mean it. Residents only in most of the city. Anyone else has to pay and only for a very limited period of time. Great.

Apart of it, go with elly's answer.

Answer 4

If you have a free day to go outside Madrid, take the train to Segovia.  The attached link has some of what you will see there.

There is a restaurant next to the Roman Aquiduct that serves the best roast suckling pig, too.

Answer 5

The best of Madrid is the "juerga" (party, going out at night). The streets are always full of people and there are lots of bars. Spaniards go from bar to bar and they even have their beers on the streets (specially in the Summer, but all year round too).

Sunday mornings and afternoons are also fun, since everybody goes to have luch out, eating "tapas" in the "bares de tapas" everywhere, but specially in the "El Rastro" neighborhood where there's a flea market that day (oldest part of the city. Metro Station "La Latina"). Streets full of people again.

Besides the tourist sites suggested in other answers, I love the Plaza de Oriente, where the Royal Palace is located. Beautiful square (Metro station: Ópera).

In the Plaza Mayor there's a tourist office where you'll probably find a free newspaper called "In Madrid". It's in English and it has a lot of information of what's happening in the city.

Answer 6

Just stroll around and absorb it all in.Must see-sights indeed!Enjoy.

Answer 7

Cities!!!  Granada, Toledo, Madrid are a must, because they are truely Spain. Depending on the time one has to travel in Spain.

Most will say Barcelona, but that is not true. Barcelona is Catalunia, and they let you know it, besides it is totally overpriced and tourist unfriendly.

Granada has the Alhambra, which is one of the most stunning sites in Europe. Granada and Toledo show much of Spains history. Get the Rough Guide or Lonely Planet Guide book for Spain. It helps.

Answer 8

The prado national art gallery. And that's about it.

Answer 9

Really depends on your interests...

Try this for ideas and it even has top ten recomendations. Pick and mix to find what you like:

http://www.madrid-guide-spain.com

Answer 10

You should hire a car, get up very early and go to: Chinchon, Are

anuez, Toledo, Avila and Segovia.

Answer 11

The Prado,the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum, and the Reina Sofia Museum which features modern art. It also has the largest bull ring in the world and  Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, the home to Real Madrid is also worth seeing- try and take in a game their before Beckham leaves.

Answer 12

Madrid is just an amazing capital

thats where im going

my family live there im half spanish!

Plaza Mayor is a great place to go

for food and just looking around

Its really nice :)

I don't really know much else as

mine is like a family gathering lol

but hopfully this year i will see more

Answer 13

Madrid has three reference points: the Puerta del Sol, the city’s absolute centre; the Plaza Mayor, the Golden Age core; and the glorious Plaza de Cibeles, with the most extravagant architecture.

The Prado, Thyssen and Reina Sofia museums.

There’s also a new exhibition space, La Casa Encendida

Los Austrias  

The church of San Pedro el Viejo.

Sol & Gran Vía

Not to mention the football stadium.



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Enjoy your trip!

Answer 14

Try and take in a Real Madrid game, about £20, atmosphere's incredible.

Answer 15

For a city of its size, Madrid boasts an exceptional number of world - class museums and galleries. Heading the list is the Prado, see http://www.spain4uk.co.uk/places/madrid.... for more details