City – Madrid
At present, the city of Madrid represents the perfect symbiosis and harmony between efficiency and quality of life, at a price which is hard to beat any where else in the world. It is a city where you will find everything... Cutting-edge facilities, devoted professionals and a modern infrastructure, allowing you to comply with the most demanding quality levels. Furthermore, you will find a booming culture, a thriving lifestyle, warm people and blue skies. Thanks to all this, we are sure the event will be a unique experience.
Madrid has plenty of possibilities
Art, Culture, Leisure, Shopping, Gastronomy, Sport, Business
The Art Avenue, the premier artistic itinerary
- Museo del Prado , the best Spanish painting collection from the XVI-XVIII centuries, Velázquez, El Greco, Goya, and the Flemish, Italian, German, French and British schools.
- Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, 800 western art masterpieces, early Italians, German, Renaissance and Dutch paintings from the XVII century, North American paintings from the XIX century and vanguard collections from the XX century.
- Centro de Arte Reina Sofia cubism, surrealism, vanguard collections from the 40's and 50's, pop-art..., Picasso, Dalí and Miró masterpieces.
A green city
2nd world capital in green areas (16 m 2 / inhabitant), 250,000 ha of green area, 43 parks and gardens: Parque del Retiro, Real Jardín Botánico, Parque del Oeste, Casa de Campo, Jardines de Sabatini, Parque Juan Carlos I, Campo del Moro...
A pleasure for the taste
- Single and multicuisine at the same time
- Wide offer of regional and international gastronomy
- Best traditional cooking
- Tapas, a typical delight for everyone
- National and international brands (Salamanca quartier)
- Traditional and artisan shops (City center)
- Antiquities and galleries (Paseo del Prado)
City Data
| 58,995 hotel beds |
| 3,132,463 friendly people (of which 14.25% are foreigners) |
| 144 museums (92 in Madrid city centre and 52 outside Madrid) |
| 5,077 restaurants, 1,531 coffees, 2,073 pubs, 18,726 bars, 345 discos |
| During 2006 12,384 meetings attending 1,185,521 delegates |
| 4 major convention and trade fair centres |
| 186 members of the Madrid Convention Bureau |
| 166 direct flight destinations |
| 293 metro stations covering 283.3 km of underground transport system |
| 15,023 taxis |
| 7,314,337 tourists per year |
| 24 golf courses |
| 6 public and 7 private universities |
| 6 world heritage sites within 1 hour drive (Toledo, Segovia, Ávila, Alcalá de Henares, El Escorial and Aranjuez) |
| 5,380.86 ha of green space and 281,531 trees (1 for each 14 inhabitants) |
| 666 metres altitude |
| 2,769 hours of sunshine per year |
Some tourist offices
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City Hall
Madrid Tourism Centre, Plaza Mayor 3, E-28012 Madrid, Tel. +34 915 881 636, Fax: +34 914 802 938, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. -
Regional Government:
Duque de Medinaceli Tourist Office, Duque de Medinaceli 2, E-28014 Madrid, Tel. +34 914 294 951, Fax: +34 914 293 705, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Puerta de Toledo Market Tourist Office, Ronda de Toledo 1, E-28005 Madrid, Tel. +34 913 641 876, Fax: +34 913 642 432, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Atocha Station Tourist Office, Plaza Emperador Carlos V, E-28012 Madrid, Tel. +34 915 284 630, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Chamartin Station Tourist Office, Station Central Lobby (Gate 16), Agustin de Foxa, E-28036 Madrid, Tel- +34 913 159 976, Fax: +34 913 237 951, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Barajas Airport (Terminal 1, Arrivals), E-28042 Madrid, Tel. +34 913 058 656, +34 902 100 007, Fax: +34 913 054 195
Barajas Airport (Terminal 4, Arrivals, Halls 10 and 11), E-28042 Madrid, Tel. +34 915 881636, +34 902 100 007