- The Museo del Prado. One of the finest museums in the world. Closed on Mondays and some holidays. Metros Atocha and Banco de España. Bus lines 9, 10, 14, 19, 27, 34, 37 and 45. More information: http://museoprado.mcu.es/ificha.html
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. The museum of modern art, near the train station Atocha. It includes Pablo Picasso's Guernica.
- Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza contains a large art collection.
- The train station Atocha RENFE. The interesting thing about it is the winterhouse jungle garden inside the main building. Just outside the main building at the corner of Calle de Atocha and the Paseo del Prado is the best spot in Madrid to find three-Card monty and neon-lit Madrileño fast food.
- El Retiro is the central park of Madrid, the perfect place to take a rest during a sunny day. Or take part in the drum circles around the statue of Alphonso XII on summer evenings. Nearby nice old ladies will accompany vulnerable young girls through the park after dark.
- La Casa de Campo is another park a little bit outside of the city and much bigger than El Retiro park.
- The Palacio Real. Enormous palace, with scorching plains around it and the Real Armorial. In spite of his name, it's not the residence of the current royals.
- Catedral de la Almudena. By the Palacio Real. Finished in 2003.
- Gran Vía. From the Habsburgs to Manhattan in 2 minutes (from the south).
- Plaza de Cibeles houses one of Madrid's emblems, the fountain of Cibeles, and one of the world's most beautiful post offices, Palacio de las Telecomunicaciones.
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