madrid travel pr Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/madrid-travel-pr Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:40:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Travel to Madrid http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-madrid.html http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-madrid.html#respond Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:21:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=227648 Travel to Madrid PRACTICAL INFORMATION TOURIST AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Tourist Offices: Municipal, Plaza Mayor 3 (fax 913 66 54 77), will be expanding and relocating to a location across the Plaza Mayor. M: Sol. Open M-Sa 10am-8pm, Su 10am-3pm. RegionalProvincial Office of the Comunidad de Madrid, Duque de Medinacelia 2 (914 29 49 51; www.comadrid.esturismo). Branches at Estacion Chamartin and the airport. Websites: www.comadrid.esturismo;www.madrid.org;www.tourspain.es; www.cronica-madrid.com; www.guiadelocio.com;www.madridman.com;www.red2000.comspain madrid; www.descubremadrid.munimadrid.es. Budget Travel: ViajesTIVE, C. Fernando el Catolico 88 (915 43 74 12; fax 915 44 00 62). M: Moncloa. Exit the Metro at C. Isaac Peral, walk straight down C. Arcipreste de

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-madrid.html/feed 0 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 Traveling in Madrid http://toursmaps.com/traveling-in-madrid.html http://toursmaps.com/traveling-in-madrid.html#respond Thu, 29 Dec 2016 16:15:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=227701 Traveling in Madrid MUSIC AND FLAMENCO Anyone interested in live entertainment should stop by the Circulo de Bellas Artes, C. Alcala 42 (M: Sevilla or Banco de Espana. s913 60 54 00; www.circulobellasartes.com). Their magazine, Minerva, is indispensable. Check the Guia del Ocio for information on the city-sponsored movies, plays, and concerts. Flamenco in Madrid is tourist-oriented and expensive. A few nightlife spots are authentic, but pricey. Casa Patas, C. Canizares 10, is good quality for less than usual. ( 913 69 04 96; www.casa-patas.com. M: Anton Martin.) At Corral de la Moreria, C. Moreria 17, shows start at 9:45pm

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/traveling-in-madrid.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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