Salamanca
El Lateral does terrific pinchos (tapas), which serve as the ideal accompaniment to the fine wines on offer. Tapas are creative without being over the top (wild mushroom croquettes or sirloin with foie gras). This being Salamanca, it draws a pretty upmarket crowd, but you’d be surprised how rapidly the ties loosen after work.
There's another branch in Malasaña and a bar-restaurant in Huertas.
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Welcome to one of the world's premier art galleries. More than 7000 paintings are held in the Museo del Prado’s collection (of which only around 1500 are…
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Home to Picasso’s Guernica, arguably Spain’s most famous artwork, the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Madrid’s premier collection of contemporary art.
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The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is one of the three points composing Madrid’s Golden Triangle of Art along the Paseo del Prado (Art Walk), together with the…
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Spend a day exploring the vast grounds of Madrid’s emblematic park.
Basílica de San Francisco El Grande
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Crowning Madrid’s oldest neighborhood of La Latina is an architectural and visual masterpiece that is the Basílica de San Francisco el Grande (Basilica of…
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One of Spain’s most atmospheric arenas, the Plaza de Toros Las Ventas has hosted everything from Beatles concerts to motocross competitions during its…
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Few people would ever guess that a 2200-year-old Egyptian temple exists in the center of Madrid. Yet the Templo de Debod is in no way a Vegas-style…
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This imposing early-20th-century Italianate stone mansion, set discreetly back from the street, belonged to Don José Lázaro Galdiano (1862–1947), a…
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This foundation organises some of the better temporary exhibitions in Madrid each year and it’s always worth checking its website to see what's on or just…
2. Monumento al Descubrimiento
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Important landmark dedicated to the discoveries made by Cristobel Colon (Columbus).
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This understated monument to Spain's favourite explorer has stood here since the 1880s.
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This fascinating open-air collection of 17 abstract sculptures includes works by renowned Basque artist Eduardo Chillida, Catalan master Joan Miró, as…
5. Museo Arqueológico Nacional
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The showpiece National Archaeology Museum contains a sweeping accumulation of artefacts behind its towering facade. Daringly redesigned within, the museum…
6. Biblioteca Nacional & Museo del Libro
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Perhaps the most impressive of the grand edifices erected along the Paseo de los Recoletos in the 19th century, the 1892 Biblioteca Nacional (National…
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This wax museum, with more than 450 characters, is a fairly standard version of the genre. Models range from the Beatles to Bart Simpson, and from…
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In the northeastern corner of El Retiro, this small country chapel is among the few, albeit modest, examples of extant Romanesque architecture in Madrid…