The Planeta Welby has many atractions for children including bumper boats, roundabouts and bouncy castles. Other atractions include a roller coaster, a maze and a...

The Municipal Theatre stands in the Plaza del Teatro and it is the venue for drama, film, music and dance. An annual Comedy Film Festival...

The Wine Museum in Navacarnero is housed in a building that was once a wine cellar. It was built about 300 years ago when vaults...

The Parish Church of Our Lady of the Assumption stands in a small square which has been named after the 17th Century Veracruz Hermitage. The...

The Historic Park of San Sebastian is located on a site in the old quarter of Navalcarnero where once stood a hermitage. It is a...

The Museo de America houses a large collection of artefacts from the Americas, some of them being from the time of the conquistadors. In the...

The Casa de Campo is an area of pine forests, scrub and heath in western Madrid. It was founded as a royal hunting estate in...

Madrid`s Zoo is located in the Casa Campo Park which was once scrubland and pine forests. The present zoo opened in 1972 and it now...

Puente de Segovia is a fine granite bridge with nine arches spanning the River Manzanares. Felipe 11 commissioned the architect Juan de Herrera to build...

The Puerta de Toledo is a triumphal arch that dates from the early 19th Century. The order for its construction was made by French born...

The Basilica de San Francisco el Grande occupies the site of a former Franciscan convent said to have been founded by Francis of Assisi in...

This large, atmospheric flea market has stalls selling everything from shampoos to antiques. It is centred around Calle de la Ribera Curtidores but sprawls around...

The Museo de San Isidro is where St Isidro, Madrid`s patron saint, is reputed to have lived until he died. It is on the site...

This quiet park offers fine views of the Palacio Real. The name is derived from the occasion in 1109 when a Moorish army set up...

Dating from the early 16th Century, the Capilla del Obispo is the finest Renaissance chapel in Madrid. It was built in the 1540s for the...

Muralla Arabe is all that remains from the time when Madrid was occupied by the Moors. It stands south of the Catedral de la Almudena,...

The Museo Nacional Ferroviario is located at the former main station for Portugal. The station of Delicias opened in 1880 but closed in 1971. You...

Corralas are tenements that were built in the 19th Century in the poorer areas of Madrid and, in most cases, the balconies of the buildings...

The building of Madrid`s cathedral took over 100 years. Begun in 1879, its slow construction was stopped completely during the Civil War, and it wasn`t...

The Church of San Cayetano was founded by Theatines in the 17th Century. They were clerics who believed in setting a good example of behaviour....