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Museo del Prado
Spain's national art museum and one of the world's great galleries — Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings, and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
View DetailsSessions run in the afternoon at the new Madrid street circuit. Friday morning is ideal for the Prado or a walk through the historic city centre before heading trackside.
Spain's national art museum and one of the world's great galleries — Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings, and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
View DetailsMadrid's most beloved park — row on the lake, explore the iron-and-glass Crystal Palace, and walk the tree-lined avenues in the September warmth.
View DetailsMadrid's central square and its grand boulevard — the best introduction to the city's scale and energy, lined with historic buildings and busy cafés.
View DetailsQualifying is in the afternoon. Saturday morning works well for Mercado de San Miguel, a Bernabéu tour, or the Reina Sofía modern art museum.
Madrid's most famous market — jamón, pintxos, fresh seafood, and Spanish wine in an elegant 1916 iron pavilion near Plaza Mayor.
View DetailsA walk through the trophy cabinets, dressing rooms, and pitch of Real Madrid's legendary ground — recently renovated to world-class standard.
View DetailsSpain's national modern art museum — Picasso's monumental Guernica, Dalí, and Miró on permanent display.
View DetailsRace day in Madrid is a Sunday afternoon. Madrid's mornings are made for a slow start — churros, a market walk, or Las Letras neighbourhood before the circuit.
The 1894 original — a race-day morning ritual. Thick hot chocolate, crisp churros, and the beautiful tiled interior of Madrid's most beloved café.
View DetailsThe neighbourhood where Cervantes and Lope de Vega lived — bookshops, terraced cafés, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum on its edge.
View DetailsMadrid's giant Sunday flea market in La Latina — antiques, vintage clothes, art, and street food across hundreds of stalls.
View DetailsMadrid rewards extra time — the city opens up with day trips to Toledo and Segovia, and the deeper neighbourhoods of Malasaña and Lavapiés are worth an unhurried afternoon.
Spain's medieval capital — a walled city on a hill above the Tagus, packed with El Greco paintings, a magnificent cathedral, and three faiths' worth of heritage.
View DetailsThe Roman aqueduct, the fairy-tale Alcázar castle, and cochinillo asado (roast suckling pig) in the city that inspired Walt Disney's Cinderella castle.
View DetailsThe third of Madrid's 'Golden Triangle' museums — an extraordinary private collection from Medieval to Pop Art, filling in every gap between the Prado and Reina Sofía.
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