Madrid > Madrid Attractions

Advantages: A Great Night Out
Disadvantages: Could be open longer

Oneills, basically I go to Oneills every weekend, most people only see Oneills as a bar, but the particular one here in Watford has a music room, and it totally rocks, it always gets packed, and no matter what on a Friday and Saturday night you can always guarentee their will be a que outside. On a Saturday night Oneills have a top quality DJ called Tricky he is awsome, he certainly knows how to raise the roof, and get people drinking. Theirs a ...
...to, to make them slightly more intresting, and everbody just knows the words. Its kind of like a club to me and my mates, and we have noticed that the same crowd always congress down their week in and week out, but so many people are going back, which just shows its a quality place to go. on a Friday night they have two DJ's and the theme is more on the 70's 80's and 90's music with some of today's but saying that it plays all the sort of music ... Read review

Advantages: All
Disadvantages: Any

...to you. El Parque del Buen Retiro de Madrid The Park of "Retiro" is located in the heart of Madrid, the biggest Spanish city. It has become an essential lung for Madrid… and its inhabitants, who want to leave their hurried lives to take a little break in that wonderful park. It is the most important park of Madrid. So this park deserves a visit if you ever go to Madrid, because it joins past and present, art, history and architecture. There ...
...than other, but walking along the avenues you can discover new little wonders; this park always offers something new. In addition to it, I have to underline the privileged place that this park occupies. It is very closed to other important monuments of the city like Prado Museum, Alcalá Gate, Cibeles Square, Loyalty Square or Atocha Station. History of the park It was built thakns to the Count-Duke of Olivares, "Prime Minister" of Philip ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful surrounding, nice shops, good food at reasonable prices
Disadvantages: Not really in the league of some of the museums, too many people exhibiting themselves

The Plaza Mayor is one of the most beautiful squares in the city of Madrid. It is surrounded by buildings, which are mostly around three or four stories high. On the ground floor of most of these buildings, there are restaurants and shops. The restaurants sell good food at fairly reasonable prices. The Plaza Mayor bustles with life and vigour; many people can be found exhibiting themselves, having sprayed themselves with silver paint and other such ...
...nearest metro station to the Plaza Mayor is Sol. Personally, I believe that the Plaza Mayor is a fantastic place to visit over lunch one day, where you can sit and enjoy the surroundings on the 'terrazas' in the square. However, if you are short for time and skip seeing it, I don't think that the Plaza Mayor is something that you will go home wishing you had of seen. ... Read review

Advantages: easy and clean
Disadvantages: more shops needed

Hand luggage, bottles, fags and the cuddle toy... and the sombrero...Madrid Airport has undertaken a complete transformation over the past two years. I regular travel to the city and have to pass through and sometimes spend hours in it. For a European Capital airport the shops in the terminal are a not a numerous as they could be althogh you do get the normal sunglass, bar and "duty free" shopping experience that most airport give you. The airport ...
...normally get a seat in one of the lounges. One problem that I did find is that trolleys for hand luggage, bottles, cigarettes and the cuddly toy are few and far between so grab one if you can!! Getting to and from the airport is fairly easy although you have to watch the old taxi drivers who like to overcharge!! - The busses are frequent and the metro is clean and comfortable but not recommended if you don't want to make a lot of changes. My verdict ... Read review

Advantages: Nice presentation, pretty store
Disadvantages: Expensive, bad clothes, needs more food

...opened recently in Spain, the Marks and Spencer stores were expected to be great and fantastic, and it was a bit of a disappointment to the people when the stores opened. They found high quality, boring, very english goods for sale at some absolutely ridiculous prices. Most of the clothes stocked are good enough to make you be sick. The shop, however, just like the one in Bilbao, is very well laid out. However, they are all full of 'giris' - or ...
...a bit like a top London store, with marble floors, a lot of glass and wooden fittings. The Bilbao store is three stories high. It cost some 125,000,000 pesetas to build the shop. As always happens with M&S stores, however, the place is full of naff clothes, which are hated by the natives. The food in M&S Spain is very good, however. Although only a small selection is available, they have chosen some of their best products which you rarely see in ... Read review