6/6/19-6/8/19 Madrid Spain

Wow! That’s what you should say when you talk about Madrid Spain. It’s truly a wonderful, big city. Madrid is the 3rd largest city in the EU, behind only London and Berlin. There are 3.5 million people that live in the suburban Madrid area, mainly in apartments, which they buy or rent here. Very few single family homes even in the suburbs.

We toured Madrid for 2 busy, busy days, walking 25 miles in two days.

We are staying in Madrid and use the metro to get around. It’s a great metro, clean, safe and inexpensive, €1 per trip.

We started on the Gran Via and Plaza Callao, the 5th avenue and Times Square of Madrid.

The architecture and design of the entire Central ( downtown) area is beautiful. So clean and well maintained.

Then to the Roman Temple de Debod, which is wonderfully maintained. It’s the highest point of the city with a great park, green space and views.

Located close by, the Palace of Madrid. The Buckingham Palace of Spain.

Next door, the Catedral de sta Maria la Real de la Almudena. We visited at 11:00 AM, the bells rang for 11 minutes.

A light lunch of squid sandwich. We liked Barcelonas spicy one better.

The Plaza Mayor is stupendous!

What’s Spain without a churro?

Wonderful, wonderful city! Highly recommend!

A Spanish lunch of Tapas after walking 12 miles!

Off on a day trip to Segovia, a UNESCO sight about 1 hour from Madrid 😎👍🍷

Adios Amigos!