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Date de parution
01 août 2019
Nombre de lectures
2
EAN13
9781839051104
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
3 Mo
Perfect day itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package.
Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering fun and interesting things to do and see in Madrid, from top tourist attractions like Plaza Mayor, the Prado, El Escorial, Puerta del Sol and Plaza Santa Ana to hidden gems, including Parque del Been Retiro.
Compact, concise and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move pocket travel guide when you're exploring Madrid.
- Cultural: delve into the city's rich heritage and get to know its modern-day life and people
- Inspirational: discover where to go and what to do, highlighted with stunning photography
- Practical: get around with ease with a free pull-out map featuring key attractions
- Informative: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: Old Madrid, Paseo del Prado, Recoletos and Castellana and Malasana and Chueca.
About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
Publié par
Date de parution
01 août 2019
Nombre de lectures
2
EAN13
9781839051104
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
3 Mo
How To Use This E-Book
Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Madrid, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Madrid, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Madrid are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Madrid. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd
Table of Contents
Madrid’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day In Madrid
Introduction
The heart of Spain
Culture and nightlife
Geography
Architecture
Modernity and tradition
Options from Madrid
A Brief History
Spain’s Golden Age
Madrid’s rise to Capital
Decline and decadence
The Civil War
Modern Spain
Historical landmarks
Where To Go
Old Madrid
Plaza Mayor
Plaza de la Villa
La Morería and La Latina
Palacio Real
Almudena Cathedral
Plaza de Oriente and Opera
Puerta del Sol
Huertas and Santa Ana
Lavapiés
Calle de Alcalá to Plaza de Cibeles
Paseo del Prado
Museo del Prado
Highlights of the Prado
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Atocha
Other museums
Parque del Retiro
Real Jardín Botánico
Recoletos and Castellana
Around the Paseo de Recoletos
Colón
Along the Castellana
Salamanca
Gran Vía, Malasaña and Chueca
Gran Vía
Malasaña
Chueca
Plaza de España
South of Princesa
Moncloa and the West
Casa de Campo
Excursions
El Escorial
Valle de los Caídos
Toledo
Segovia
Aranjuez
Chinchón
Ávila
What To Do
Shopping
What to buy
Entertainment
Nightlife
Music and theatre
Sports
Children’s Madrid
Calendar of events
Eating Out
Mealtimes
Restaurants and menus
Castilian specialities
Regional specialities
Drinks
Opening hours, payment and prices
Reading the Menu
To help you order…
The basics…
…and read the menu
Restaurants
plaza mayor and la latina
Huertas, Santa Ana and Lavapiés
Palacio Real and Opera
Sol, Gran VIa and Chueca
Salamanca, Castellana and Prado
Outside madrid
Ávila
San Lorenzo El Escorial
Segovia
Toledo
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation
Airport
B
Bicycle rental
Budgeting for your trip
C
Camping
Car hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies (see also Health and medical care and Police)
G
Getting there (see also Airport and Driving)
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care
L
Language
LGBTQ travellers
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening times
P
Police
Post offices
Public holidays
R
Religion
T
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Transport
V
Visas and entry requirements
W
Websites and internet access
Y
Youth hostels
Recommended Hotels
Sol, Plaza Mayor, Santa Ana
palacio real and opera
Gran Vía, Chueca, Plaza de España
Salamanca and the Prado
Outside Madrid
Ávila
Segovia
Toledo
Madrid’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Corrie Wingate/Apa Publications
Plaza Mayor
Take a seat at a terrace café and watch the world go by at the busy centre of local social life. For more information, click here .
Top Attraction #2
Corrie Wingate/Apa Publications
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofÍa
A popular showcase of art of the 20th and 21st centuries, including work by Picasso and Luis Buñuel. For more information, click here .
Top Attraction #3
Getty Images
Puerta del Sol
The plaza’s clock tower overlooks the bustling heart of Madrid and chimes in Spain’s New Year revelry. For more information, click here .
Top Attraction #4
Shutterstock
El Escorial
The palace created by Felipe II, where Spain’s Golden Age is writ large. For more information, click here .
Top Attraction #5
Public domain
The Prado
Spain’s rich artistic heritage is conserved in one of the world’s most prestigious museums. For more information, click here .
Top Attraction #6
Corbis
Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
A unique chance to see the artistic heritage of a working convent over 450 years. For more information, click here .
Top Attraction #7
Shutterstock
Plaza Santa Ana
A great place to start el tapeo, the ‘tapas crawl’. For more information, click here .
Top Attraction #8
Shutterstock
Palacio Real
Elegant centre of royal Madrid. For more information, click here .
Top Attraction #9
Getty Images
La Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida
Goya’s frescoes adorn the cupola of this 18th-century chapel. For more information, click here .
Top Attraction #10
iStock
Parque del Buen Retiro
Its trees, lawns and lake make this Madrid’s most child-friendly green space. For more information, click here .
A Perfect Day In Madrid
9.00am
Santa Ana
Join locals for coffee and fried churros as the day gets underway on this classic tree-lined plaza in the city’s 18th-century quarter. Don’t miss the colourful tiled friezes on bars around the square.
10.00am
Green oasis
Explore the beautifully tended Real Jardín Botánico where dahlias were first planted in Europe. Three greenhouses are filled with desert and tropical flora and there is an appealing garden gift shop.
11.00am
The Prado
Visit one of the world’s greatest art galleries. Do not miss the restored Renaissance Patio de los Jerónimos. The Spanish paintings, largely collected by the royal family, include masterworks by Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Goya.
1.00pm
Art and aperitivos
Take a break in the top floor café of Herzog de Meuron’s CaixaForum arts centre where you can sip an aperitivo and look down on the adjacent vertical garden, a rich tapestry of globally sourced plant varieties.
2.00pm
Classic cocido
Madrid’s celebrated chickpea stew, or cocido , with its own soup and vegetables, is cooked the old-fashioned way