Guidebook for Madrid

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Guidebook for Madrid

Parks & Nature

Madrid is known for its green space, and few European capital cities have such a huge public park at their center. Retiro is (literally) a breath of fresh air. You can even take a boat out on the lake, catch some rays or go round to the monument. This green oasis in the centre of Madrid has125 hectares and is home to over 15,000 trees. From the botanical point of view, the Park includes some very important gardens: the Jardín de Vivaces, the Jardines de Cecilio Rodríguez (classical gardens of an Andalusian style), the Jardines del Arquitecto Herrero Palacios, the Rose Garden, and the Parterre Francés with the oldest tree in Madrid, a bald cypress that is believed to be 400 years old.
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馬德里El Retiro公園
7 Plaza de la Independencia
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Madrid is known for its green space, and few European capital cities have such a huge public park at their center. Retiro is (literally) a breath of fresh air. You can even take a boat out on the lake, catch some rays or go round to the monument. This green oasis in the centre of Madrid has125 hectares and is home to over 15,000 trees. From the botanical point of view, the Park includes some very important gardens: the Jardín de Vivaces, the Jardines de Cecilio Rodríguez (classical gardens of an Andalusian style), the Jardines del Arquitecto Herrero Palacios, the Rose Garden, and the Parterre Francés with the oldest tree in Madrid, a bald cypress that is believed to be 400 years old.
Declared an Artistic Garden in 1942, its collections include an outstanding herbarium with more than a million entries, the library and the archive - with nearly 10,000 drawings - as well as the exhibition of 5,000 species of live plants. Guided tours are offered in order to know the multitude of species that inhabit this green corner of the city centre, from onions or roses to the most exotic plants. The route through the garden and its greenhouses combines general botanic content, curiosities, history, the singularity of its examples, uses of the plants and their importance in our lives.
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皇家植物園
2 Plaza de Murillo
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Declared an Artistic Garden in 1942, its collections include an outstanding herbarium with more than a million entries, the library and the archive - with nearly 10,000 drawings - as well as the exhibition of 5,000 species of live plants. Guided tours are offered in order to know the multitude of species that inhabit this green corner of the city centre, from onions or roses to the most exotic plants. The route through the garden and its greenhouses combines general botanic content, curiosities, history, the singularity of its examples, uses of the plants and their importance in our lives.
This is one of the green spaces that make up the natural artistic heritage of Madrid. It is one of the most beautiful and, paradoxically, one of the least known. The Duke and Duchess of Osuna--especially by the Duchess, María Josefa de la Soledad Alonso Pimentel, created it in 1784. As a protector of artists, bullfighters, and intellectuals, the Duchess created an authentic natural paradise frequently visited by the most distinguished personalities of the period, and where the most prestigious artists, gardeners, and set designers worked.
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卡普里喬公園
25 P.º de la Alameda de Osuna
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This is one of the green spaces that make up the natural artistic heritage of Madrid. It is one of the most beautiful and, paradoxically, one of the least known. The Duke and Duchess of Osuna--especially by the Duchess, María Josefa de la Soledad Alonso Pimentel, created it in 1784. As a protector of artists, bullfighters, and intellectuals, the Duchess created an authentic natural paradise frequently visited by the most distinguished personalities of the period, and where the most prestigious artists, gardeners, and set designers worked.

Arts & Culture

The Museo del Prado has the largest and most important collection of Spanish painting in the world, numbering more than 4,800 paintings and dating from the Romanesque period to the 19th-century.
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普拉多國家博物館
23 C. de Ruiz de Alarcón
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The Museo del Prado has the largest and most important collection of Spanish painting in the world, numbering more than 4,800 paintings and dating from the Romanesque period to the 19th-century.
If you'd struggle to name three Spanish artists (getting stuck after Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso) then the Reina Sofia might be more up your street, with excellent modern art from these two titans of contemporary art and many other examples of weird and wonderful art from the past 100 years.
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國家藝術中心索菲亞王后博物館
52 C. de Sta. Isabel
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If you'd struggle to name three Spanish artists (getting stuck after Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso) then the Reina Sofia might be more up your street, with excellent modern art from these two titans of contemporary art and many other examples of weird and wonderful art from the past 100 years.
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation is a public foundation that was created in 1988. It is responsible for the management of the museum, the conservation of its works, carrying out research, organising public exhibitions and promoting the artworks that were acquired by the Spanish State in 1993. Since 2004 it has been responsible for the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection that is on long-term loan to the Spanish State and for the expansion of the Villahermosa Palace. Since the museum opened its doors to the public in 1992, it has offered an increasingly varied number of temporary exhibitions, educational events and cultural and commercial activities.
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缪森-博内米萨博物馆
8 P.º del Prado
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The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation is a public foundation that was created in 1988. It is responsible for the management of the museum, the conservation of its works, carrying out research, organising public exhibitions and promoting the artworks that were acquired by the Spanish State in 1993. Since 2004 it has been responsible for the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection that is on long-term loan to the Spanish State and for the expansion of the Villahermosa Palace. Since the museum opened its doors to the public in 1992, it has offered an increasingly varied number of temporary exhibitions, educational events and cultural and commercial activities.
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Museo Sorolla station
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Museum of 18th-century Spanish art. It is beautiful!!!
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浪漫主義博物館
13 C. de San Mateo
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Museum of 18th-century Spanish art. It is beautiful!!!
The Cerralbo Museum has an extensive history. It was created by Mr. Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa, 17th Marquis of Cerralbo (1845-1922) who throughout his life combined his dedication to politics and history with his sensitivity towards the Fine Arts. Paintings, sculptures, ceramic pieces, glass, tapestries, furniture, coins, medals, drawings, engravings, clocks, arms, armour and archaeological objects, just to mention the most outstanding, confer a special charm to the palace which besides being one of the most important aristocratic residences, provides visitors with a panoramic view of daily life in Madrid with literary discussions, dancing and parlour secrets...
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塞拉爾博博物館
17 C. de Ventura Rodríguez
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The Cerralbo Museum has an extensive history. It was created by Mr. Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa, 17th Marquis of Cerralbo (1845-1922) who throughout his life combined his dedication to politics and history with his sensitivity towards the Fine Arts. Paintings, sculptures, ceramic pieces, glass, tapestries, furniture, coins, medals, drawings, engravings, clocks, arms, armour and archaeological objects, just to mention the most outstanding, confer a special charm to the palace which besides being one of the most important aristocratic residences, provides visitors with a panoramic view of daily life in Madrid with literary discussions, dancing and parlour secrets...
This is one of the green spaces that make up the natural artistic heritage of Madrid. It is one of the most beautiful and, paradoxically, one of the least known. The Duke and Duchess of Osuna--especially by the Duchess, María Josefa de la Soledad Alonso Pimentel, created it in 1784. As a protector of artists, bullfighters, and intellectuals, the Duchess created an authentic natural paradise frequently visited by the most distinguished personalities of the period, and where the most prestigious artists, gardeners, and set designers worked.
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拉薩羅·加爾迪亞諾博物館
122 C. Serrano
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This is one of the green spaces that make up the natural artistic heritage of Madrid. It is one of the most beautiful and, paradoxically, one of the least known. The Duke and Duchess of Osuna--especially by the Duchess, María Josefa de la Soledad Alonso Pimentel, created it in 1784. As a protector of artists, bullfighters, and intellectuals, the Duchess created an authentic natural paradise frequently visited by the most distinguished personalities of the period, and where the most prestigious artists, gardeners, and set designers worked.
The Palacio de Linares, headquarters of the Casa de América, is in the centre of Madrid, in Plaza de Cibeles (between Paseo de Recoletos and Calle de Alcalá). Building work on the palace began in 1877 by express command of the Marquis and Marchioness of Linares, José María Murga y Reolid and his wife Raimunda Osorio y Ortega, and was completed in 1900.
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美洲之家
s/n Plaza Cibeles
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The Palacio de Linares, headquarters of the Casa de América, is in the centre of Madrid, in Plaza de Cibeles (between Paseo de Recoletos and Calle de Alcalá). Building work on the palace began in 1877 by express command of the Marquis and Marchioness of Linares, José María Murga y Reolid and his wife Raimunda Osorio y Ortega, and was completed in 1900.

Food Scene

Prepared food (typical Spanish) market with infinite variety of food and drinks.
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聖米格爾市場
s/n Pl. de San Miguel
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Prepared food (typical Spanish) market with infinite variety of food and drinks.
It is a bar reminiscent of the cafes in the late nineteenth century, where you can take in traditional chocolate with churros.
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Chocolatería San Ginés 熱朱古力和西班牙甜點
5 Pasadizo de San Ginés
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It is a bar reminiscent of the cafes in the late nineteenth century, where you can take in traditional chocolate with churros.
Right in the heart of Madrid, Casa Lucio has become a tourist attraction of the capital, a must for tourists and a meeting point for locals. The street where it is located, the Cava Baja, is one of the oldest in Madrid, and already known in the seventeenth century for being the end and beginning of the way for mail carriers, who departed from there to carry mail to different parts of Spain. The speciality is Huevos Fritos Estrellados.
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Casa Lucio
35 C. de la Cava Baja
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Right in the heart of Madrid, Casa Lucio has become a tourist attraction of the capital, a must for tourists and a meeting point for locals. The street where it is located, the Cava Baja, is one of the oldest in Madrid, and already known in the seventeenth century for being the end and beginning of the way for mail carriers, who departed from there to carry mail to different parts of Spain. The speciality is Huevos Fritos Estrellados.
Funny little bar purported to have the best Spanish omelette in Madrid
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Bodega de la Ardosa
13 C. de Colón
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Funny little bar purported to have the best Spanish omelette in Madrid
La Bola is a familiar restaurant located in the center of Madrid. Since 1870 its traditional cuisine has been well known in the city, always offering the best of the castillan cuisine to its customers. Taberna LA BOLA is famous for its best specialty, “cocido madrileño”, cooked the original way using oak charcoal at very low rate.
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LA BOLA
5 C. de la Bola
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La Bola is a familiar restaurant located in the center of Madrid. Since 1870 its traditional cuisine has been well known in the city, always offering the best of the castillan cuisine to its customers. Taberna LA BOLA is famous for its best specialty, “cocido madrileño”, cooked the original way using oak charcoal at very low rate.
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聖安東市場
24 C. de Augusto Figueroa
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Many different restaurants located in a refurbished movie palace
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Platea Madrid
5 Calle de Goya
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Many different restaurants located in a refurbished movie palace
Authentic Victorian Decor specialicing in cups of Consomé as well as traditional pastries and desserts. There is a restaurant upstairs.
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Lhardy
8 Carrera de S. Jerónimo
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Authentic Victorian Decor specialicing in cups of Consomé as well as traditional pastries and desserts. There is a restaurant upstairs.
Nice bar-restaurant with beautiful people
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Restaurante Ten Con Ten
6 Cl. de Ayala
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Nice bar-restaurant with beautiful people
A very traditional Russian salad (potatoes, carrots, boiled egg) so creamy thanks to mayonnaise, and prepared without tuna, is served. Octopus is fantastic as well.
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Restaurante Rafa
68 C. de Narváez
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A very traditional Russian salad (potatoes, carrots, boiled egg) so creamy thanks to mayonnaise, and prepared without tuna, is served. Octopus is fantastic as well.
A piece of Asturias in Madrid, very nice and affordable restaurants (also "tapas").
Carlos Tartiere - Restaurante Asturiano en Madrid
33 Calle de Menorca
A piece of Asturias in Madrid, very nice and affordable restaurants (also "tapas").
One of the most exclusive restaurants in Madrid, simply excellent.
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El Paraguas
16 C. de Jorge Juan
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One of the most exclusive restaurants in Madrid, simply excellent.
El Botin (or, to give it its full title, El Sobrino del Botin) has a trio of great reasons to dine here. Not only is it a fine restaurant in itself, serving some of the best cochinillo asado (roast suckling pig) that you'll find in Madrid, El Botin was also Ernest Hemingway's favorite restaurant (he says as such in his book, The Sun Also Rises).
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Sobrino de Botin
17 Calle de Cuchilleros
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El Botin (or, to give it its full title, El Sobrino del Botin) has a trio of great reasons to dine here. Not only is it a fine restaurant in itself, serving some of the best cochinillo asado (roast suckling pig) that you'll find in Madrid, El Botin was also Ernest Hemingway's favorite restaurant (he says as such in his book, The Sun Also Rises).
A funky little place specializing in pork ear and cheeks.
La Oreja De Jaime
15 C. de la Cruz
A funky little place specializing in pork ear and cheeks.
“Great atmosphere and absolute food and service (specialices in a variety of paellas). In La Casa Valencia Restaurant you could taste the delicious plates from the Mediterranean cuisine, since the classic flavors that conform the base of all the towns rounded by its ocean, to the new concepts more sophisticated. Among their specialties, they offer the authentic paella, a diversity of rices, the taste of their sauces, the Mediterranean seafood, and the most typical products of the vegetable garden with its best fruits.
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Arrocería Casa de Valencia
58 P.º del Pintor Rosales
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“Great atmosphere and absolute food and service (specialices in a variety of paellas). In La Casa Valencia Restaurant you could taste the delicious plates from the Mediterranean cuisine, since the classic flavors that conform the base of all the towns rounded by its ocean, to the new concepts more sophisticated. Among their specialties, they offer the authentic paella, a diversity of rices, the taste of their sauces, the Mediterranean seafood, and the most typical products of the vegetable garden with its best fruits.
Great food , great atmosphere, family owned and run. They are a wonderful group of people. I highly recommend! On a hot Madrid Summer Day, caracoles (SNAILS) and Tinto de Verano, Nothing better! Better in week days, very crowded in the weekends.
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Restaurante Casa Amadeo los Caracoles
18 Pl. de Cascorro
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Great food , great atmosphere, family owned and run. They are a wonderful group of people. I highly recommend! On a hot Madrid Summer Day, caracoles (SNAILS) and Tinto de Verano, Nothing better! Better in week days, very crowded in the weekends.

Sightseeing

Madrid's most ornate plaza and home to the town hall. A nice place for breakfast! This portico lined square is situated at the heart of Hapsburg Madrid, the old part of the city and one of the capital’s most charming districts.
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市政廣場
Plaza Mayor
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Madrid's most ornate plaza and home to the town hall. A nice place for breakfast! This portico lined square is situated at the heart of Hapsburg Madrid, the old part of the city and one of the capital’s most charming districts.
Madrid's central square and Spain's 'kilometer zero'. You cannot miss it.
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Puerta del Sol
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Madrid's central square and Spain's 'kilometer zero'. You cannot miss it.
Home to the Kings of Spain from Charles III to Alfonso XIII, Madrid's Royal Palace takes us on a journey through the history of Spain. Though it is no longer the royal family's home, it continues to be their official residence.
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The Royal Armoury of Madrid
s/n Calle de Bailén
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Home to the Kings of Spain from Charles III to Alfonso XIII, Madrid's Royal Palace takes us on a journey through the history of Spain. Though it is no longer the royal family's home, it continues to be their official residence.
Genuine Egyptian temple in the heart of Madrid!
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德波德神廟
1 C. de Ferraz
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Genuine Egyptian temple in the heart of Madrid!
Madrid's, um, cathedral!
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阿爾穆德納大教堂
10 C. de Bailén
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Madrid's, um, cathedral!
The gate was built by Sabatini in 1778 as part of the city decoration restorations promoted by Charles III. It is made of granite and is an excellent example of proportion, harmony, and elegance. The King commissioned the work to Sabatini in order to commemorate his arrival at the capital in 1759. The gate was located at the entrance of the city, next to the Alcalá de Henares road, from which it received its name.
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Retiro station
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The gate was built by Sabatini in 1778 as part of the city decoration restorations promoted by Charles III. It is made of granite and is an excellent example of proportion, harmony, and elegance. The King commissioned the work to Sabatini in order to commemorate his arrival at the capital in 1759. The gate was located at the entrance of the city, next to the Alcalá de Henares road, from which it received its name.
Based on a project by José Espelius, who died during its construction, it was completed by Manuel Muñoz Monasterio in 1931 and opened in the same year. Las Ventas holds 23,798 fans and, at 196 feet in diameter, the arena is one of the largest in the world.
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拉斯文塔斯鬥牛場
237 C. de Alcalá
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Based on a project by José Espelius, who died during its construction, it was completed by Manuel Muñoz Monasterio in 1931 and opened in the same year. Las Ventas holds 23,798 fans and, at 196 feet in diameter, the arena is one of the largest in the world.
The plaza in front of Madrid's royal palace.
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Plaza de Oriente
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The plaza in front of Madrid's royal palace.
Salamanca Area noted for high-end shopping (main street Serrano).
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Calle Serrano
Calle de Serrano
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Salamanca Area noted for high-end shopping (main street Serrano).
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Calle Gran Vía
Calle Gran Vía
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Paseo de la Castellana
Paseo de la Castellana
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Faro de Moncloa
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The Cibeles Fountain, created in 1782 and situated in its current location since 1895, has ended up lending its name to one of the most emblematic squares of Madrid. It has also become a symbol of the capital. The Fountain depicts the Roman goddess of the same name (Cybele in English), symbol of the Earth, agriculture, and fertility, atop a chariot drawn by lions.
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西貝樂噴泉
S/N Plaza Cibeles
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The Cibeles Fountain, created in 1782 and situated in its current location since 1895, has ended up lending its name to one of the most emblematic squares of Madrid. It has also become a symbol of the capital. The Fountain depicts the Roman goddess of the same name (Cybele in English), symbol of the Earth, agriculture, and fertility, atop a chariot drawn by lions.
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San Lorenzo del Escorial
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Toledo
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Segovia
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Ávila‎
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Shopping

Flea market and new merchandise. Always full of locals and visitors, it is an attraction you should not miss on a Sunday or a public holiday. According to the area we walk through, we can find different articles, from craft work, clothes and accessories, to kitchen equipment, records and second-hand magazines, toys and all kinds of old objects from different periods. The surrounding area contains numerous antique and discount stores, while there are now many shops selling vintage furniture and other items.
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El Rastro station
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Flea market and new merchandise. Always full of locals and visitors, it is an attraction you should not miss on a Sunday or a public holiday. According to the area we walk through, we can find different articles, from craft work, clothes and accessories, to kitchen equipment, records and second-hand magazines, toys and all kinds of old objects from different periods. The surrounding area contains numerous antique and discount stores, while there are now many shops selling vintage furniture and other items.

Drinks & Nightlife

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Chueca station
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Getting Around

Railway Station
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Estación del Arte
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Railway Station
馬德里巴拉哈斯·阿道夫·蘇亞雷斯機場
s/n Av de la Hispanidad
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Madrid Airport
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Tribunal station
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Gran Vía
Calle Gran Vía
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