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: turismo@munimadrid.es -
Regional Government:
Duque de Medinaceli Tourist Office, Duque de Medinaceli 2, E-28014 Madrid, Tel. +34 914 294 951, Fax: +34 914 293 705, turismo@madrid.org
Puerta de Toledo Market Tourist Office, Ronda de Toledo 1, E-28005 Madrid, Tel. +34 913 641 876, Fax: +34 913 642 432, turismo@madrid.orgAtocha Station Tourist Office, Plaza Emperador Carlos V, E-28012 Madrid, Tel. +34 915 284 630, turismo@madrid.org
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, turismo@madrid.org
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