This guide to Madrid covers all the major sights, area by area, in an easily navigable format. Descriptions of tourist attractions include the Palacio Real, Plaza Mayor, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, the Parque del Buen Retiro and Madrid's prestigious museums including the Prado. The guide also contains background historical information, advice on shopping and entertainment and the low-down on Spanish cuisine. There is an A-Z of practical information, listings of recommended hotels and restaurants and useful expressions in Spanish. The book also contains special features on topics ranging from Spanish dramatists to tapas bars. Excursions outside the city are also described including Toledo, El Escorial, Segovia, Avila and more. Maps show Madrid, Toledo and Segovia, and there are dozens of colour photographs throughout.
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For a half millennium or more, Madrid idled as a provincial backwater, rarely noticed on the arid central plains of Castile, until Felipe II plucked it from his royal cap in 1561 and proclaimed it the capital of Spain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol, Gran Via, Paseo del Prado, Gran Vfa, Palacio Real, San Isidro, Viejo Madrid, Golden Age, Reina Sofia, European Union, Plaza de Oriente, Retiro Park, Cava Baja, Plaza de la Cibeles, Santo Domingo, Buen Retiro, Samuel Levi, Closed August, Francisco de Goya, Middle Ages, New York, Paseo de la Castellana, Paseo de Recoletos, Plaza San New!
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For a half millennium or more, Madrid idled as a provincial backwater, rarely noticed on the arid central plains of Castile, until Felipe II plucked it from his royal cap in 1561 and proclaimed it the capital of Spain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol, Gran Via, Paseo del Prado, Gran Vfa, Palacio Real, San Isidro, Viejo Madrid, Golden Age, Reina Sofia, European Union, Plaza de Oriente, Retiro Park, Cava Baja, Plaza de la Cibeles, Santo Domingo, Buen Retiro, Samuel Levi, Closed August, Francisco de Goya, Middle Ages, New York, Paseo de la Castellana, Paseo de Recoletos, Plaza San New!
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