Madrid

:This article is about the Spanish capital. For other entries, see Madrid (disambiguation).

Tourist attractions

Important cultural and tourist spots include the so-called Golden Triangle of Art, located along the Paseo del Prado and comprising the famous Prado Museum,free on Sunday mornings, (with highlights such as Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas and Francisco de Goya's La Maja Vestida and La Maja Desnuda), the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum and the Reina Sofia Museum (where Pablo Picasso's Guernica hangs); the Plaza Mayor; the Gran Via; the Casón del Buen Retiro (hosting the 19th-century collection of the Prado Museum; currently closed for reform), the Palacio Real, the Templo de Debod (a temple brought stone-by-stone from Egypt), the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, the Puerta del Sol and the Parque del Buen Retiro.

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Paseo del Prado - Prado Museum - Diego Velázquez - Las Meninas - Francisco de Goya - La Maja Vestida - La Maja Desnuda - Thyssen Bornemisza Museum - Reina Sofia Museum - Pablo Picasso - Guernica - Plaza Mayor - Gran Via - Casón del Buen Retiro - Palacio Real - Templo de Debod - Egypt - Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales - Puerta del Sol - Parque del Buen Retiro

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Madrid is also host to one of the most famous bullfighting rings in the world, Las Ventas http://www.las-ventas.com/.

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Bullfighting - Las Ventas

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Other nearby towns are popular as day trips from Madrid, including Toledo, Segovia, Ávila, Aranjuez, Alcalá de Henares, the monastery and palace complex of El Escorial, and Chinchón.

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Toledo - Segovia - Ávila - Aranjuez - Alcalá de Henares - El Escorial - Chinchón

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