madrid travel agency Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/madrid-travel-agency Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:40:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Madrid Guide for Tourist http://toursmaps.com/madrid-guide-for-tourist.html http://toursmaps.com/madrid-guide-for-tourist.html#respond Fri, 06 Jan 2017 00:29:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=227671 Madrid Guide for Tourist TAPAS Not so long ago, bartenders in Madrid used to tapar (cover) drinks with saucers to keep the flies out. Later, servers began putting little sandwiches on top of the saucers, and there you have it: tapas. Hopping from bar to bar gobbling tapas is an active alternative to a full sit-down meal. Most tapas bars (tascas or tabemas) are open noon-4pm and 8pm-midnight or later; many cluster around Plaza Santa Ana and Plaza Mayor. Authentic bars pack Calle Cuchilleros and Calle de la Cruz. Anton Martin. Interior dining room decorated with bullfighting and Cervantine relics;

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/madrid-guide-for-tourist.html/feed 0 Madrid Travel http://toursmaps.com/madrid-travel.html http://toursmaps.com/madrid-travel.html#respond Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:33:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=227693 Madrid Travel RETIRO Join an array of vendors, palm-readers, soccer players, and sunbathers in what Felipe IV converted from a hunting ground into a buen retiro (nice retreat). The finely landscaped 300-acre Parque del Buen Retiro is centered around a rectangular lake and a magnificent monument to King Alfonso XII. Dubbed Estanque Grande, this central location is popular among casual rowers. Built by Ricardo Velazquez to exhibit Filipino flowers, the exquisite steel-and-glass Palacio de Cris-tal hosts a variety of art shows. (Open Apr.-Sept. M and W-Sa llam-8pm, Su llam-6pm; Oct.-Mar. M and IV-Sa 10am-6pm, Su 10am-4pm. Free.) All artists should

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