It’s within walking distance of two other heavyweight art museums, the contemporary Museo Reina Sofía - home to Picasso’s Guernica - and the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, which showcases works by European masters. Its vast collection includes works by only-last-name-needed artists such as Goya, Velázquez, and El Greco. Housed in a circa-1785 palace (with some modern additions) the Museo del Prado is home to more than 7,000 paintings. Madrid’s artistic reputation is only rivaled by its gastronomic one - the food here, from traditional tapas to reservations-required upscale dining, is reliably excellent. Thanks to those privileged royals of yore, the city is a marquee arts destination, studded with world-class museums and galleries that still benefit from the largess of rulers who supported famous artists. In the evening Madrid’s vibrant nightlife awakens, as revelers flock to bars, clubs, and restaurants that stay open until the morning hours. The River Manzanares, which slices through the city, is crisscrossed by arched bridges and lined with walking paths and green spaces such as the modern Madrid Río Park, a landscaped stretch of riverbank activated with playgrounds, performance spaces, and the Arganzuela Bridge, which looks like an enormous metal spring. This is also a place that celebrates its abundant open spaces.
Madrid’s streets teem with stately palaces, ornate Belle Époque buildings, and modern architecture, and its skyline is spiky with soaring slate spires. Spain’s capital city is an exciting meld of the old and new.
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