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Alongside games of football and couples in pedalos, the art galleries, buskers and 17th-century palace give El Retiro a different flavour to your average park.

Maze-like hedges, marble sculptures and colorful flower beds adorn this historic royal garden, where the palace’s stables and carriages once lay.

Come and take a walk around one of the largest palaces in Western Europe...and try not to get lost!

Alongside games of football and couples in pedalos, the art galleries, buskers and 17th-century palace give El Retiro a different flavour to your average park.

Marvel at the unlikely spectacle of an ancient Egyptian temple in Madrid. This striking landmark has survived thousands of years and traveled thousands of miles.  

Take a trip into the past as you explore the collections of this vast museum. Find prehistoric cave paintings, Roman mosaics and Greek vases under one roof.

Spend a day among the sun-baked orange bricks of Spain\'s most famous (or infamous) bull-fighting ring.

Rooms decorated with fascinating artwork showcase the life of the aristocratic society of Madrid during the late 1800s at this opulent palace and museum. 

Rooms decorated with fascinating artwork showcase the life of the aristocratic society of Madrid during the late 1800s at this opulent palace and museum. 

Take a trip into the past as you explore the collections of this vast museum. Find prehistoric cave paintings, Roman mosaics and Greek vases under one roof.

Take a trip into the past as you explore the collections of this vast museum. Find prehistoric cave paintings, Roman mosaics and Greek vases under one roof.

Take a trip into the past as you explore the collections of this vast museum. Find prehistoric cave paintings, Roman mosaics and Greek vases under one roof.

Rooms decorated with fascinating artwork showcase the life of the aristocratic society of Madrid during the late 1800s at this opulent palace and museum. 

Take a trip into the past as you explore the collections of this vast museum. Find prehistoric cave paintings, Roman mosaics and Greek vases under one roof.

Rooms decorated with fascinating artwork showcase the life of the aristocratic society of Madrid during the late 1800s at this opulent palace and museum. 

Rooms decorated with fascinating artwork showcase the life of the aristocratic society of Madrid during the late 1800s at this opulent palace and museum. 

Rooms decorated with fascinating artwork showcase the life of the aristocratic society of Madrid during the late 1800s at this opulent palace and museum. 

Rooms decorated with fascinating artwork showcase the life of the aristocratic society of Madrid during the late 1800s at this opulent palace and museum. 

Rooms decorated with fascinating artwork showcase the life of the aristocratic society of Madrid during the late 1800s at this opulent palace and museum. 

Marble statues, woven tapestries and the tomb of its founder are among the highlights of a fascinating convent and museum, where Franciscan nuns still live.

Rooms decorated with fascinating artwork showcase the life of the aristocratic society of Madrid during the late 1800s at this opulent palace and museum. 

Marvel at the unlikely spectacle of an ancient Egyptian temple in Madrid. This striking landmark has survived thousands of years and traveled thousands of miles.  

Marvel at the unlikely spectacle of an ancient Egyptian temple in Madrid. This striking landmark has survived thousands of years and traveled thousands of miles.  

Rooms decorated with fascinating artwork showcase the life of the aristocratic society of Madrid during the late 1800s at this opulent palace and museum.