Madrid offers a multitude of cultural offers and entertainment activities to please the millions of persons who visit the city each year. It is a cosmopolitan city with a lot of activity that combines the modern style with its old town and its cultural traditions.

CULTURE AND ART

Tourism, culture and entertainment come together in the Community of Madrid.

Painting: it includes from the paintings of the prehistory to most ultramodern works of contemporary art.

The Paseo del Arte (Walk of the Art) is one of the most splendid tourist itineraries of the historical center of Madrid and includes the  museums, monuments and gardens in the area of the Paseo del Prado. Paseo del Prado. The three most important museums of Madrid: el Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.  Other monuments and historical places are Fuente de La Cibeles and Fuente de Neptuno, Puerta de Alcalá, Casa de América, the buildings of Correos and Banco de España, Parque del Retiro, Monasterio de los Jerónimos, Real Jardín Botánico, Estación de Atocha,…

The importance of Madrid as headquarters of the court from the century XVI, offers the possibility of enjoying the Reales Sitios (Royal Places) with beautiful places as Aranjuez or The St Lawrence of El Escorial.

LEISURE AND SHOWS

Madrid has a wide agenda of musical, scenic and cinematographic events, without forgetting the varied offer of bars, coffees and restaurants. Where you can enjoy at the different theme parks, visit the nightlife of the capital, choose a play or a movie ... These are just some of the alternatives of leisure of the tempting offer.

SHOPPING

The city has different zones: El Rastro, el Barrio de Salamanca, la Gran Vía... In all of them, shopping is more than a necessity, a pleasure. Rastrillos, art galleries, talleres de artesanos and antique shops coexist with shops of high technology, international companies with headquarters in the principal capitals, exclusive shops.