Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #18 in Madrid, Spain

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 5 km
Ascend 89 m
Descend 130 m

Experience Madrid in Spain in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in MadridIndividual Sights in Madrid

Sight 1: Puerta Bonita

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The Puerta Bonita, whose old name was Puerta de Madrid, was one of the four accesses that had the real possession of the Finca de Vista Alegre in Madrid, also known as Finca de Salamanca. Due to the subdivisions for the building, it was isolated from the property.

Wikipedia: Puerta Bonita (ES)

1642 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 2: Parque de San Isidro

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San Isidro Park, also popularly known as the Pradera de San Isidro, is a large green area in the city of Madrid, located in the San Isidro neighborhood of the Carabanchel district.

Wikipedia: Parque de San Isidro (ES)

617 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: British Cemetery

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British Cemetery

The British Cemetery in Madrid was opened in 1854 in the Carabanchel district of Madrid, Spain, and the first burials took place that year. Few burials take place in the cemetery today because it is full, but there is provision for the interment of cremated remains.

Wikipedia: British Cemetery in Madrid (EN)

1934 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 4: Madrid Río

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Madrid Río

Madrid Río is an urban park in the Spanish capital Madrid, built along an urban stretch of the Manzanares River following the burial of the M-30 bypass road in this area. It is the result of a project led by the architect Ginés Garrido, who won the international ideas competition organised by the Madrid City Council in 2005 to redevelop the area.

Wikipedia: Madrid Río (EN)

808 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 5: Plaza de Peñuelas

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The Plaza de Peñuelas is a large landscaped space in the Arganzuela neighbourhood (Madrid), between Calle de la Arquitectura, Calle del Labrador and Paseo de Juan Antonio Vallejo Nájera Botas, (in the section that in the nineteenth century was Calle del Laurel. Like other urban elements with the same name in what was the neighbourhood of Las Peñuelas or neighbourhood of Peñuelas, they took the place name of the so-called Peñuela de Santa Isabel, a small promontory geologically related to the neighbouring Peñón, next to the Campillo del Mundo Nuevo. In this place there was a fountain with a basin that was supplied with water from the Bajo Abroñigal journey. The writer Benito Pérez Galdós mentions the square in his novel La desheredada.

Wikipedia: Plaza de las Peñuelas (ES)

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