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Madrid located in the center of the country, Spain's pulsing heart never stands still. Part of this dynamism is due to the city's cultural diversity.
Madrileños and tourists alike frequent the thousands of restaurants, bars, and clubs packed throughout each of the city's diverse neighborhoods.
As an international melting pot, Madrid is a place where you can walk into almost any venue and meet someone from the opposite corner of the world.
Madrid is filled with fun-loving people who love to lounge, eat great food, drink, and dance. It's the lifestyle of the inhabitants, the madrileños, that's the capital's key attraction:
hanging out in traditional cafés or summer terrazas, packing the lanes of the Sunday Rastro flea market or playing hard and very late in a thousand bars, clubs, discos and tascas.
Madrid's main sights occupy a compact area between the Palacio Real and the gardens of El Retiro.
Madrileños and tourists alike frequent the thousands of restaurants, bars, and clubs packed throughout each of the city's diverse neighborhoods.
As an international melting pot, Madrid is a place where you can walk into almost any venue and meet someone from the opposite corner of the world.
Madrid is filled with fun-loving people who love to lounge, eat great food, drink, and dance. It's the lifestyle of the inhabitants, the madrileños, that's the capital's key attraction:
hanging out in traditional cafés or summer terrazas, packing the lanes of the Sunday Rastro flea market or playing hard and very late in a thousand bars, clubs, discos and tascas.
Madrid's main sights occupy a compact area between the Palacio Real and the gardens of El Retiro.
Zoo Aquarium
The Madrid Zoo Aquarium is a 20-hectare (49-acre) zoo and aquarium located in the Casa de Campo in Madrid, Spain.[4] The Zoo is owned by the city, but is managed by the international entertainment operator Parques Reunidos. Opened in 1770, it is one of the largest zoos in Spain and one of the few zoos in the world that houses Giant Pandas. Its exhibits include the zoo, a petting zoo, an aquarium, a dolphin exhibit and an aviary. Facilities include several restaurants, a boat tour and train tour. It is home to over 6000 animals of 500 different species. The dolphinarium at Zoo Aquarium was built in 1987 and currently has nine bottlenose dolphins |
Faunia
The objective of Environmental Park (140,000 sqm) is to show how animal and plant life has accustomed itself to the diversity of the world's environments. Faunia is not a conventional amusement park or zoo, but an assembly of themed conservatories, ten in total, which mimic a variety of ecosystems. With the use of technology the world's climatic zones are represented and range from tropical rainforest. Pavilions hold over 4,000 animals, more than 720 species and in addition there are in excess of 72,000 trees and shrubs. With a lecture theatre, animal hospital, lake, dining areas and nursery there are plenty of things to see and do at the park. |
Parque Warner
Formerly Warner Bros Movie World 371 acres of amusement park situated.. The park, which is separated into five themed sectors, opened in March 2002 and is the third such site in Spain. The theme park is fashioned on the lines of those in Australia and Germany and includes such attractions as a 3D cinema, the Looney Tunes Express, a teacup ride, the Rio Bravo water ride, a cartoon theatre and a wooden roller coaster. Restaurants, Mediterranean, fish and pizza amongst others, gift shops and live shows, also occupy the site. Children will be delighted to see their favourite costumed cartoon characters wandering around the park. |
Flamenco Show
Flamenco is a genre of music, song and dance from Andalusia in southern Spain, noted for its energetic, staccato style. Barcelona's Tablao Cordobes is part of the small, elite group of 'tablaos' that serve as living, vibrant schools of flamenco, following in the fine tradition of Silvero Franconetti's tablao in Seville. These 'tablaos' act as forums where talent and creativity continue to evolve. This is a show that combines opera and flamenco. A unique mix of the high arts that you won't see anywhere else. Flamenco is a musical form that sometimes has dancing in it. The most authentic flamenco is when a singer and a guitarist spontaneously perform. |
Granada
A mid-sized city located near Madrid. Granada has an edge over other Andalucian cities. Many visitors don’t get past the allure of the Alhambra, with its woods and the Sierra Nevada as magnificent backdrops, and the mystery of the winding streets of the Albayzín. Main highlights include the Cathedral, Acera de Darro, Alhambra, Palaco de Congresos and the Museo Federico G'Lorca. Part fortress, part palace and part garden the Alhambra is situated on a plateau overlooking the city.. The palace was constructed in the 14th century by the Nasrid sultans. Its Spain’s major tourist attraction and many visitors come to Granada just to see the Alhambra. |