Best places: Tourist attractions in Madrid, Spain

👍👍 Cata de Vermouth y Vinos (Vermouth and Wine Tasting): My girlfriend and I went for the tasting listed above as a friend had gifted us the experience to try. She enjoyed it SO much. Luckily, I had the opportunity to try and do tastings when I was younger, but she even happier as the correct way to ox...

Expansive, 19th-century park with boating lake & rose garden, plus numerous fountains & statues.

Classical style gardens in a landmark park roamed by peacocks with statues, ponds & pergolas.

Meeting point for daily complimentary city tours on foot taking 2.5-hours in English & Spanish.

Art museum with Velazquez, Goya and El Greco masterpieces in vast 12th- to 19th-century collection.

18th-century, ridge-top palace for state occasions, plus tours with rooms full of art and antiques.

18th century neoclassical fountain depicting the goddess Cybele on a chariot pulled by 2 lions.

Museum housing collection of 13th-20th-century European masterpieces, from Renaissance to Pop Art.

Central pond in El Retiro Park with a colonnaded monument, popular for rental rowboats & canoes.

Urban oasis with a lake, olive grove, skating rink, free train rides & many modern sculptures.

Neoclassical building housing ancient & more modern artifacts including cave art & Islamic pottery.

Former home studio of the 20th-century painter Joaquín Sorolla, housing his works of Spanish scenes.

Manicured 18th-century landscaped gardens with sculptures, water features & a Civil War bunker.

Historic aircraft including the Dragon Rapide which brought Franco to Spain to launch his coup.

Imposing neoclassical church with vast frescoed dome & chapel painted by Goya, plus guided tours.

Historic Catholic basilica with a Latin-cross plan & a well-known statue of Jesus de Medinaceli.

Restored 17th-century house museum of the playwright Lope de Vega, with period furniture & artworks.

Built 1719–1724, the restored baroque-style pedestrian bridge features arches & night illumination.

Serene, landscaped garden with thousands of rose bushes, stone fountains, ponds & arbors.

Museum housing minerals, rocks & fossils in a grand central hall with balconies & a glass roof.