Museums, palaces, parks and the Bernabéu — Madrid's essential list, expanding weekly.
Europe's largest functioning royal palace by floor area — used for state ceremonies, not as a royal residence.
Read the guide →One of the world's great art museums — Velázquez, Goya and Bosch, and genuinely worth a half-day.
Read the guide →The city's grandest green space — a rowing lake, the Crystal Palace, and where madrileños actually go to unwind.
Read the guide →Madrid's grand 17th-century square — worth seeing, but not where you should eat.
Read the guide →Madrid's grand early-1900s boulevard, sometimes called the 'Spanish Broadway'.
Read the guide →Real Madrid's home stadium — the tour versus match day, and how to plan around the fixture list.
Read the guide →Madrid's most famous market hall — beautiful, touristed, and worth a visit if you know what to expect.
Read the guide →A genuine 2,200-year-old Egyptian temple, gifted to Spain — and the city's best free sunset spot.
Read the guide →Spain's museum of modern and contemporary art — home to Picasso's Guernica.
Read the guide →A perfectly preserved 1919 metro station, frozen in time beneath Chamberí — one of Madrid's best small museums.
Read the guide →The third of Madrid's 'Golden Triangle' museums — a private collection spanning seven centuries in one building.
Read the guide →More Things to do guides go up here every week.
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