The city is like a mecca for lovers of art who stay in Madrid self catering apartments, the city boasts a much-envied „Golden Triangle of Art“ which includes the city's three major art galleries and three of Europe's most important art exhibition centres: the Reina Sofia, the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, and the Prado all located in or around the tree-lined Paseo del Prado.
The Prado is arguably one of the most famous art galleries in Europe, containing an extensive collection of European art ranging from the 12th to 19th century including 7,600 paintings, 1,000 sculptures, 4,800 prints and 8,200 drawings . It contains such iconic artistic masterpieces as Diego Velazquez's „Las Meninas“ and Francisco de Goya's „La Maja Vestida“ and „La Maja Desnuda“, and his „Blank Paintings“ collection. The Reina Sofia contains the chilling but beautiful and moving 20th century artistic piece „Guernica“, by Picasso.
Visit the Royal Palace and be given a guided tour around its extensive, sumptuously decorated and luxurious rooms and fascinating collection of weapons and armours, pharmaceutical, silverware, watches, paintings and tapestries. The city of Madrid is bursting at the seams with interesting and fun museums, the highlights of which include the Lázaro Galdiano Museum, which exhibits a private collection of decorative arts including paintings, sculptures, jewellery, medals, ceramics, clothes and weapons, the Museo Nacional del Romanticismo, which contains a large collection of artefacts relating to daily life and the customs of the 19th century Romantic period and the Museo Sorolla, an gallery of Joaquin Sorolla's beautiful artwork located in the building in which the Valencian Impressionist painter had his home and workshop.
Some of the most iconic areas and landmarks of the city of Madrid that you cannot miss out on whilst staying there include a trip to the beautiful Retiro park with its boating lake, a stroll down the Gran Via, the main artery of the centre of Madrid full of restaraunts, high street stores and souvenir shops, a drink in the Plaza Mayor, or „main sqaure“, located in the Medieval part of the town and a trip to the Puerto del Sol, the geographical and spiritual heart of Spain, with its distinctive clock tower.
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