Madrid (Spain) > Reviews

Advantages: It's a wonderful city
Disadvantages: None!

...fine... :) I've been living in Madrid my whole life. In fact, I'm Spanish, and I'm just studying abroad for a year (currently living in St. Andrews), so I think I can speak from my own experience about this wonderful city. Madrid is the capital of Spain, so many people from other parts of Spain usually go to live there. That makes of Madrid a city with a great mixture of cultures and a huge diversity of styles. When one visits Madrid for the ... Read review

Advantages: Lively, great for culture, food, shopping
Disadvantages: Extremes of temperatures, can be noisy all night

Madrid is one of those cities, like Brasilia or Islamabad, which were invented for political reasons, rather than springing up organically because it had a natural harbour, or was on a confluence of rivers, or a fertile plain. It shouldn't really exist, perched as it is deep in the dusty interior of Spain, intolerably hot at the height of summer, and often bitterly cold in winter. It's the artificial capital of a maritime nation, a seafood loving ... Read review

Advantages: It's diferent
Disadvantages: It's not in the UK

...to visit, you have the Madrid Wall, the Portas Del Sol (The doors of the Son) and the Segovia’s monument. Museums are other of the interesting places to visit, like the city’s three “ex-líbris”, the Prado museum, the Thyssen Bornemisza museum and the National Centre of Art Reina Sofia museum. Madrid is also known for its enormous quantity of parks and green spaces, which we can find them all over the place. We have the ... Read review

Advantages: Good areas: Puerto Del Sol, Plaza Santa Ana
Disadvantages: Bad areas: Chueca can be a bit dodgy at night

...Situated at the heart of Madrid and right next to a tube station, The Hotel Paris is a good (and not too expensive) option for those with a moderate budget, with clean, comfortable and air-conditioned double rooms costing about 48 pounds stirling for two a night, including breakfast. Make sure you check out the streets towards the Plaza Santa Ana, including great bars such as the Alhambra and De Solero. If you are looking to save money, just keep ... Read review

Advantages: no expensive,alive city,delightfull city,people
Disadvantages: maybe annarchical,traffic.

...for my primitive english Madrid is the first city in Spain(the second one is Barcelona). There´s living there around the 4.500.000 natives(much of them are not madrilians because(like London i suppose) there are a "mix "of people it,s a cosmopolitan cityin wich every stranger are wellcome.Much of them comes from South America(Spain is for these people the Modern Native country).Its situated just in the center of spain.Some interesting places ... Read review

Advantages: a vibrant city that has to be lived in as well as seen
Disadvantages: not as much to see as other places

...book told me that while Madrid wasn’t an old or particularly awe-inspiring city, its atmosphere - busy, buzzing, exciting - more than made up for it and I would heartily endorse this view. Madrid as a capital city isn't full of ancient buildings, wonderful architecture or beautiful views (though that isn't to say these aspects are non-existent, simply fewer in number that more traditional cities) and in certain areas could be considered downright ... Read review

Advantages: The Madrilenos give the city a nice atmosphere.
Disadvantages: Doesen´t have the big sights like Paris, London and Rome.

...you don´t have many alternatives. Madrid gives you a taste of the real Spain free of all the tourist-ghettos. As Barcelona is the first choice of foreigners going on a city vacation to Spain, Madrid is the first choice of Spanish tourists. Beeing the capital, it contains a lot of important builidings, and walking around in the centre the most important sights will pop up within a relativly small radius. The historical centre is very limited, which ... Read review

Advantages: culture, people, nightlife
Disadvantages: none

...view of Madrid. First of all Madrid is the greenest city in Europe , people don´t know that but is true you´ll find historical parks like Retiro, Campo del moro, fuente del berro,el capricho parque del oeste and on the other hand you have new parks like Juan Carlos I close to the airport and huge parks like casa del campo. A good itinerary to see part of the old Madrid starts at the royal palace, is a towering structure that has already 250 years ... Read review

Advantages: fantastic culture
Disadvantages: very much a city

I went to Madrid last week and I really enjoyed it. Sol is the place to be, where all the shops (of which there are many), bars and clubs are. A knowledge of the Spanish language is incredibly helpful as very little English is spoken there. However, i found the locals generally friendly. I would really recommend the Reina Sofia (6 floors of amazing modern art), and Prado art gallery. Other places of interest are: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza(quite ... Read review

Advantages: beautiful, colourful, city scene, art galleries
Disadvantages: litter - railways

Last year, i went to Madrid and thouhgt it was fantastic, Being the capital city of Spain it was sure to be buzzing with action and thats exactly what it was. My first impression of Madrid was "beatiful buildings"!! There are loads of tourist attractions in Madrid that include theme parks, museums and art galleries, palace's, and of course SHOPPING!! The eating out is great, i reccomend a briliant restaraunt called VIP! Its very stylish and very ... Read review

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...most interesting old bars in Madrid head for the Plaza Santa Ana. On the square itself theres another Hemingway favorite Cervecia Allemana which gets pretty busy most nights. If you're looking for upmarket top of the range accomodation also on the square is Gran Hotel Reina Victoria which has a famous bullfighting bar inside complete with real bullfighters who sometimes stay there. Downscale there are several good hostals including Hostal Carreras ... Read review

Advantages: Rich culture, diverse, safe, pleasant, beautiful.
Disadvantages: It can be extremely hot and dry in the summer.

...course - latin culture. Madrid is without a doubt one of the most interesting and beautiful cities in the world. With its long inclined avenues surrounded by parks, Madrid city centre hosts a diverse cultural scenario. From excellent museums (the Prado Museum) to state of the art planetariums you are invited to witness Spanish culture and technology at its best. Madrillenos (those born in Madrid) are a friendly people that are used to having foreigns ... Read review