Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida
5 Glorieta de San Antonio de la Florida, Moncloa-Aravaca, Madrid, 28008, Spain
Goya is buried here, but his head is missing.
Museo Cerralbo
17 Calle de Ventura Rodríguez, Moncloa-Aravaca, Madrid, 28008, Spain
If you've ever wondered what it was like to be obscenely wealthy in 19th-century Madrid, this is your answer.
Museo Reina Sofía
52 Calle de Santa Isabel, Centro, Madrid, 28012, Spain
Every day, hundreds of people file into Room 206 and stand in silence before a painting that's 7.
Prado Museum
23 Calle de Ruiz de Alarcón, Retiro, Madrid, 28014, Spain
The building was never supposed to hold art.
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Calle de Alcalá, 13, 28014 Madrid
Picasso studied here.
Retiro Park
Plaza de la Independencia, 7, 28001 Madrid
For two hundred years, this 125-hectare garden was the private playground of Spanish royalty — off-limits to common people, guarded by walls, and filled with peacocks, fountains, and theatrical stages built for an audience of kings.
Sorolla Museum
Paseo del General Martínez Campos, 37, 28010 Madrid
Joaquin Sorolla was the painter of light — Mediterranean sunlight bouncing off wet sand, children wading in surf, white linen billowing in coastal wind.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Paseo del Prado, 8, 28014 Madrid
The story of how Madrid ended up with one of the world's greatest private art collections reads like a romantic thriller.
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