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Once little more than a Roman way station and Moorish fort, Madrid owes much of its existence to the fickle patronage of the kings of Spain. The city's transition from sleepy backwater to imperial capital and modern metropolis has been erratic, leaving Madrid with a complex personality. The crowded flea markets of the Rastro, the green spaces of the Retiro, the Habsburg pomp of Los Austrias and the bold vision of the new Reina Sofia museum are just some of the sides of this multi-faceted city.
El Bogavante del Almirante
Madrid's best seafood restaurant
El Bogavante del Almirante is a subterranean space in Chueca where the lighting is subdued, the décor is sophisticated shades of scarlet and the seafood is simply heavenly....
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Palacio Real
Madrid's royal palace
Some of the 3,000 rooms of Palacio Real are open to the public, allowing a glimpse inside a palace that has been home to the kings of Spain since the 18th century....
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Plaza de Oriente
Delights of the Oriente
Without doubt the most elegant part of the city, the Plaza de Oriente lies directly to the east of the royal palace....
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Reina Sofía
The third star on the Paseo del Arte
The Reina Sofía is the third jewel in Madrid's artistic crown and the first wow factor is the building itself....
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Museo Lázaro Galdiano
Private art collection of Jose Lazaro Galdiano
Museo Lázaro Galdiano, an unjustifiably little-known museum, holds the extraordinarily eclectic collection of 15,000 paintings and objets d'art, covering 24 centuries, that was accumulated over 70 years by the financier and bibliophile José Lázaro Galdiano (1862-1947)....
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ABC Serrano
Enjoy a day of shopping
Occupying the building that once housed the ABC newspaper, the upmarket ABC Serrano and well located shopping mall has eight floors....
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