Travel guide of the city of Madrid in Spain with all the basics and essentials to know.

Madrid, as the capital of Spain, has hundreds of the best hotels in the country and has an important legacy and many places of interest that we can visit. The city of Madrid, among other things, is surprising because of its size and because it is a place where you can do absolutely everything. Located in the heart of the country since always, Madrid has been a financial center and one of the most important business corners of the world thanks to its most recommended hotels, but do you want to know everything that a city like this has in store for you?

Before starting with the guide of what we must see in Madrid in an essential way, we will focus on how to get to the city. We can reach the capital by different ways: by car, by plane, by train or bus. If we choose to take a train or bus, we will only have to be aware of the different schedules that each one leaves in this way, we can organize ourselves perfectly and take the one that best suits us in relation to the time we have.

On the other hand, if we decide to go by car we should only know the road network that connects the departure site in which we are with the city of Madrid of course besides this, our car should be able to travel and have passed all the necessary tests to do so in order to get the best possible to our hotel in Madrid.

What can we see in Madrid?

As we said, Madrid It is a completely cosmopolitan city and relates to all kinds of people in its environment so in this place, you can not get bored. From the center of the town we find the busiest and most touristy streets.

La Puerta del Sol It is one of the main squares that the city has and in it we can find some of the most significant buildings of the place. Within this same square there are three points of interest that you can not miss:

• Statue of the Bear and the Madroño
• The Clock of the Post Office
• Kilometer Zero

La Plaza Mayor It is another of those places that characterize the city of Madrid. Located in the heart here we can find the statue of Felipe III, the House of the Bakery and the Arch of the Cuchilleros, three historical frames within the same square that marked the history of the Spanish capital. This is where you will find the best hotels in Madrid.

La Puerta de Alcalá: continuing with emblematic buildings we continue with this, the Puerta de Alcalá known all over the world and where it is inevitable to pass if we want to reach the historical and commercial center of the city.

El Parque del Retiro: this place is one of the most beautiful in the city. The Retiro Park is exactly that, a gigantic park very populated both by individuals living in Madrid and by tourists. It is ideal for walking and seeing the large number of spontaneous and unknown artists who are acting freely in the corners of the park. This area hosts some of the cheapest hotels in Madrid.

These are some of the main and most central places of the city of Madrid in fact, each and every one of them are well connected with the next so that you can reach in a few minutes walk.

How can I move around Madrid?

When we first arrive in Madrid, especially if we come from a smaller city, it tends to impact a lot, since it is big enough to get lost easily, it is very important that we know how to move around the city so that it does not pass.

The best way to manage the city of Madrid is first of all, with a street map, but also, we must have another additional map of the stations and metro lines that are throughout the city. You will almost always have access to a metro with any of the hotels you are staying in Madrid, but it is advisable in this case that we start in the Gran Vía area there, we will find a good combination of metro to be able to move anywhere.

If you've never been on the subway, you may find it very confusing to move from one place to another at first, but do not worry! There are many professionals in the different stations who can help you perfectly to guide you.

As we have already said, Madrid is a city where you can do anything but get bored. It does not matter what you came to do in this place, you will find it! Although without a doubt, it is a very important space for all those people who adore culture and art. If you are a lover of works of art you can not miss the different museums that are in the heart of the capital: Meadow Museum, Reina Sofía Museum or the Baroness Thyssen Museum, all shocking and very exciting to watch.

If we continue with what we can not get lost in the city of Madrid, we will talk about the Fuente de la Cibeles, located at the junction of Paseo del Prado and Calle Alcalá, presumes to be one of the most representative places in the capital from one of the best hotels in the city. The Fountain of the Cybele in its day, served to give to drink to a whole nation but now it appears like purely decorative monument in the heart of this one. This place has witnessed the great victories of Real Madrid and the Spanish National Team.

Where can I eat in Madrid?

As always, one of the most important details of the city we go to, in addition to its history and its monuments, is its gastronomy.

In Madrid we can enjoy great dishes all over the city. Next we want to mention some of the best typical recipes of the place that you can not miss:

• Snails to the Madrilenian
• Gallinejas
• Ear to the Plate
• Madrid stew
• Callos a la madrileña

These are just some of the typical dishes of Madrid that you can find in the best restaurants and downtown bars in the area. On the other hand, if the food is out of your budget, you can always take a walk around the tapas places on the streets of Fuencarral and Gran Vía.

As we said in Madrid, we can do everything from seeing the best modern art museums to lying down for long hours in one of the best gardens in Spain, passing by eating delicious dishes without forgetting of course, the great amount of party that we can find in the capital, since Madrid has a good diversity of people and nightclubs and places are open some, until dawn.
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