
Almudena Cathedral
Catedral de la AlmudenaMadrid’s cathedral stands opposite the Royal Palace, with a Neoclassical façade, a Gothic Revival interior and a Romanesque Revival crypt.
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Madrid’s cathedral stands opposite the Royal Palace, with a Neoclassical façade, a Gothic Revival interior and a Romanesque Revival crypt.
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The Bernabéu Stadium belongs to Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. It stands on the Paseo de la Castellana in the Chamartín district and opened in 1947.
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The Cibeles Palace opened in 1919 to bring together postal, telegraph and telephone services. It now houses Madrid City Council and the CentroCentro cultural centre.
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El Rastro is an open-air market in the Embajadores neighbourhood. Stalls are set up on Sundays and public holidays around Plaza de Cascorro and Ribera de Curtidores.
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Buen Retiro Park began as the garden of a seventeenth-century royal residence. Today it is a public park in Madrid with ponds, walks and historic gardens.
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The Gran Vía links Calle de Alcalá with Plaza de España. The walk takes you through Red de San Luis and Callao, past office buildings, shop windows and former cinem…
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The Las Ventas bullring stands on Calle de Alcalá in Madrid. The Neo-Mudéjar building combines exposed brick, a metal framework and decorative tiles.
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Matadero Madrid occupies the former municipal slaughterhouse and livestock market in Arganzuela. The industrial complex, beside the Manzanares River, now houses a c…
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The National Archaeological Museum shares a nineteenth-century palace with the National Library. Its collections range from prehistory to the early modern period an…
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The Plaza Mayor is in central Madrid, in the Sol neighbourhood beside the Calle Mayor. An equestrian statue of Philip III stands in the middle of the square.
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The Museo Nacional del Prado is in central Madrid. Its collection of paintings includes works by Velázquez, Goya, El Greco, Hieronymus Bosch, Rubens and Titian.
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The Royal Post Office is the oldest building on the Puerta del Sol. Its clock sounds the chimes at midnight on 31 December.
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The Reina Sofía Museum brings together twentieth-century and contemporary art. Pablo Picasso’s Guernica is held at its Atocha site in Madrid.
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Beside the Prado Museum, the Royal Botanical Garden has collections of living plants on terraces and serves as a research centre for the CSIC.
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Beside the cathedral and the Royal Palace, this Patrimonio Nacional gallery brings together paintings, sculptures, tapestries and carriages from the Royal Collectio…
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The Royal Palace of Madrid was built on the site of the old Alcázar after the fire of 1734. It is the king’s official residence and hosts state ceremonies.
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Beside the Plaza Mayor, the Mercado de San Miguel retains the iron structure of the food market that opened in 1916.
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The Sorolla Museum was founded in Madrid in Joaquín Sorolla’s home and studio. The extension opened to the public in October 2026 while work continued on the histor…
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The Temple of Debod is a building from ancient Egypt. In Madrid it stands west of Plaza de España, beside the Paseo del Pintor Rosales.
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The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum occupies the Villahermosa Palace. Its collection brings together European and American paintings from several centuries, rang…
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