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For many centuries, Madrid was the “capital of the kingdom” and, as such, it has many palaces and stately mansions, the most famous of them all being the Royal Palace, located opposite Plaza de Oriente.

Nevertheless, there are many more palaces than you can imagine in Madrid, some of them as good as the many royal residencies we can find. Read full article

With the arrival of the autumn-winter season, Madrid renews all of its leisure programme with many different cultural events, movie premieres, restaurant openings and, of course, new art exhibitions. However, the one opening on October 12th is particularly special because, Alphonse Mucha has arrived in Madrid!

More specifically, it’s arriving at Palacio de Gaviria on Calle Arenal, Read full article

Madrid is a city of museums, legendary streets, parks and world-famous sculptures. You have probably seen some of these points of reference in the Spanish capital on a postcard or a photo and said “That’s in Madrid!”. For this reason, we are going on a quick tour of the city, visiting the 5 most relevant icons of the city. Read full article

This year, one of Madrid’s most iconic places is celebrating its anniversary. Plaza Mayor turns 400 years old and, to celebrate it, 2017 will see all kinds of events organised in it.

April 14-15 will see an exhibition of saetas, a traditional Spanish religious song, inside the square, which will pay tribute to the four brotherhoods who will stop there during Madrid’s Holy Week. Read full article

Those who have never been to Madrid will be surprised of the amount of trees that line up the city’s main streets or that grow in its parks. However, they will also be stunned if they visit the Spanish capital in the month of March because that is when all the almond trees start to blossom. Read full article

At last, January and its hard times are over. Don’t you think you deserve a treat for having coped so well? Of course you do! This is why we are proposing a relaxing plan that involves a visit to one of the magnificent spas we have listed below. You will go back home feeling like a new person. Read full article

Everyone knows that Madrid is home to some of the world’s most important museums: El Prado, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Thyssen-Bornemisza… These are just some of the most popular ones but Madrid doesn’t just have great art museums, but also strange and curious museums much to the delight of locals and visitors. Read full article

Shopping, zoos, musicals, beer and cava tastings, guided tours around the Habsburg district in Madrid…What if we stopped to listen for a moment? An ideal place to stop and listen, and not just to anything but to conferences carried out by interesting speakers, is the March Foundation, which offers a series of ideal proposals that will make you reflect on some of the main issues of our time. Read full article

Madrid doesn’t fade away during summer thanks to cultural initiatives such as Veranos de la Villa, a fantastic musical programme that comprises all genres for all tastes on ideal stages for this time of year.

It has more than 50 activities that this year include new features such as a floating cabaret in Casa de Campo, Read full article

The 19th edition of this essential photography event has arrived, flooding all of the main galleries and culture venues of the Spanish capital from the 1st of June until the 28th of August. During PhotoEspaña you can admire the works dedicated, on this occasion, to Europe, among which are those by Bernard Blossy or Linerejos Moreno, Read full article