Madrid is the capital of Spain. This city is located on the river Manzanaers both in the centre of the country and Community of Madrid. It is the third largest city of European Union. Madrid is considered as the financial centre of Iberian Peninsula. It is administrative, industrial, transportation and commercial center of Spain. It is also home for the huge Royal Palace; a restored 1850 Opera House, the Buen Retiro Park, 19th-century building containing the national library and an archaeological museum.
This city enjoys Mediterranean climate with cold winters and hot summers. Couples can have a leisure holiday in an authentic Spanish atmosphere. A handful of interesting museums, galleries and churches can easily fill a couple of days of sightseeing; the city's best clubs, theatres and some great restaurants will take care of the evenings. Visitors will enjoy their holiday at Madrid during spring. Exhilarating nightlife and art are the two reasons to choose a holiday in Madrid.
Shopping
Visitors are impressed with the quality of goods and reasonable prices. You must buy from local craft shops, slick fashion temples to full bursting departmental stores and old fashioned food stores. Visitors may choose from a wide variety of designer clothes, books, jewellery, home wares to accessories, antiques – art and craft.
Restaurants
Visitors can enjoy variety of delicious, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Asian, traditional English food, Spanish tapas, traditional Mediterranean style cuisine – fresh fish, shellfish, and grilled sausages and more A must visit restaurants in Madrid are Sobrino de Botin Sobrino de Botin, Taberna Toscana, Jockey and many more.
Attractions
Madrid has finest attractions that one can visit. Prado Museum – The world’s greatest art galliers, which showcase more than 7000 paintings. The interesting masterpieces that any visitor would find are Botticelli, Fra Angelico, El Bosco, Rembrandt, Velazquez and Titian. This is the best place for art lovers to visit. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum – This is the second art gallery in Madrid’s golden triangle of art museums. Royal Palace, Goya’s Tomb, National Archaeological Museum of Spain and many more attractions are found in this city.
