Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Madrid, Spain
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Experience Madrid in Spain in a whole new way with our free 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 MadridSight 1: Fuente de la Sardana
The Sardana fountain is located in the gardens of the Retiro in Madrid (Spain) at the Glorieta de la Sardana. The relief of the fountain shows a group of figures dancing a Catalan sardana.
Sight 2: Monument to Alfonso XII
The Monument to Alfonso XII is located in Buen Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain. The monument is situated on the east edge of an artificial lake near the center of the park.
Sight 3: Fuente de los Galápagos
The Galapagos Fountain or Isabel II Fountain is a monumental fountain located in the Retiro Park in the Spanish city of Madrid. Inaugurated in 1832, it was originally in the San Luis network, on Gran Vía. It was nourished by the journey of the Castellana.
Sight 4: Real Academia Española
The Headquarters of the Royal Spanish Academy is a building with the status of Asset of Cultural Interest since 1998, located at Calle de Felipe IV, number 4, in Madrid, Spain. It was inaugurated on April 1, 1894.
Sight 5: Church of Saint Jerome the Royal
The old monastery of San Jerónimo el Real, popularly known as "Los Jerónimos", was one of the most important monasteries in Madrid, originally ruled by the Order of San Jerónimo. Next to it was the so-called Royal Room, later expanded as the Buen Retiro Palace in the times of Philip IV.
Sight 6: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid is an 8 hectares botanical garden in Madrid (Spain). The public entrance is located at Plaza de Murillo, next to the Prado Museum.
Sight 7: Cuatro Fuentes
The Four Fountains, also known as Las Fuentecillas, are located at the confluence of Plaza de Murillo with Paseo del Prado, in the area known as Madrid de los Borbones, one of the main tourist centers of this Spanish city. Two are located on the pavement of the Prado Museum and the other two are located facing each other in the pedestrian median of the Paseo del Prado, the four forming an imaginary square, which is crossed by one of the roads of this avenue, reserved for road traffic.
Sight 8: Plaza de la Lealtad
Plaza de la Lealtad is a square in Madrid, Spain, located on the Paseo del Prado, where the Palacio de la Bolsa (which houses the Madrid Stock Exchange) and the Ritz Hotel are located.
Sight 9: Monumento a los Caídos por España
The Monument to the Fallen for Spain or the Monument to the Heroes of the Second of May, popularly known as el Obelisco, is a war memorial in Madrid, Spain. It lies on the centre of the Plaza de la Lealtad.
Sight 10: Naval Museum of Madrid
The Naval Museum is a naval museum in Madrid, Spain, devoted to the history of the Spanish Navy since the Catholic Monarchs, in the 15th century, up to the present. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Defence.
Sight 11: Cuartel General de la Armada
The Navy Headquarters is a set of bodies to assist the Admiral Chief of Staff in the exercise of command of the Spanish Navy. It is based in Madrid.
Sight 12: Fuente de Apolo
The Fountain of Apollo, also called the Fountain of the Four Seasons, is a monumental fountain in Madrid, Spain, located on the Paseo del Prado, the work of Manuel Álvarez. It occupies the centre of what was called the Prado Room, as part of the urban reform sponsored by King Charles III in the eighteenth century. It is part of the sculptural ensemble designed by Ventura Rodríguez for the Paseo, together with that of Cibeles and Neptune. The three fountains are considered masterpieces of Spanish Neoclassicism.
Sight 13: Basílica de Jesús de Medinaceli
The Basilica of Jesus de Medinaceli or the full name in Spanish: Basílica de Nuestro Padre Jesús de Medinaceli is a Roman Catholic church, specifically a basilica, located in central Madrid.
Sight 14: Casa Museo Lope de Vega
The House-Museum of Lope de Vega is a writer's house museum in the former home of the "golden age" writer Lope de Vega, located in Madrid, Spain.
Sight 15: Casa de Cervantes
The Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes lived in Madrid in different houses. It is known that in 1567 he was a resident of this city as he attended the classes of the Estudio de la Villa whose director was at that time the master Juan López de Hoyos.
Sight 16: Real Academia de la Historia
The Royal Academy of History is a Spanish institution in Madrid that studies history "ancient and modern, political, civil, ecclesiastical, military, scientific, of letters and arts, that is to say, the different branches of life, of civilisation, and of the culture of the Spanish people". Spanish people in this regard are understood to be citizens of the Kingdom of Spain or the indigenous people of its predecessors, or their descendants. The academy was established by royal decree of Philip V of Spain on 18 April 1738.
Sight 17: Teatro Monumental
The Teatro Monumental is a concert hall in Madrid. The theatre, designed by Teodoro Anasagasti Algan, was built between 1922 and 1923 as a movie theatre and later was transformed to house concerts of different genres, from pop to classical, and jazz to folk.
Sight 18: Monumento en honor a los abogados de Atocha
The 1977 Atocha massacre was an attack by right-wing extremists in the center of Madrid on 24 January 1977, which saw the assassination of five labor activists from the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the workers' federation Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO). The act occurred within the wider context of far-right reaction to Spain's transition to constitutional democracy following the death of dictator Francisco Franco. Intended to provoke a violent left-wing response that would provide legitimacy for a subsequent right-wing counter coup d'état, the massacre had an immediate opposite effect, generating mass popular revulsion of the far-right and accelerating the legalization of the long-banned Communist Party.
Sight 19: Estatua Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca or the Monument to Federico García Lorca is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. Located at the Plaza de Santa Ana, in front of the Teatro Español, it consists of a bronze statue of the aforementioned poet and playwright.
Sight 20: Teatro Español
Teatro Español, formerly Teatro del Príncipe and Corral del Príncipe, is a public theatre administered by the Government of Madrid, Spain. The original location was an open-air theatre in medieval times, where short performances and some theatrical pieces, which became part of famous classical literature in later years, were staged. Its establishment was authorized by a royal decree of Philip II in 1565.
Sight 21: Estatua a Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes or the Statue of Cervantes is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. Erected in 1835, it is dedicated to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. It lies on the Plaza de las Cortes, in front of the Congress of Deputies.
Sight 22: Daoiz
The lions of the Congress of Deputies are two bronze sculptures that symbolically protect the entrance to the Cortes. They are located at the main entrance of the Palacio de las Cortes, in Madrid. They are popularly called Daoíz and Velarde, the heroes of the Second of May Uprising, although sources indicate that they actually represent Hippomenes and Atalanta.
Sight 23: Teatro Reina Victoria
The Teatro Reina Victoria is a theatre in Madrid, Spain. It was inaugurated on June 10, 1916, according to a project by the architect José Espelius, with a façade of stained glass windows by Maumejean and tiles by Talavera, and capacity in the room for more than six hundred spectators. During the Second Republic it was simply called Victoria and in October 1936 it was renamed after the playwright Joaquín Dicenta. After the Spanish Civil War it recovered its royal name.
Sight 24: Teatro Alcázar
Teatro Alcázar is a theatre located in Madrid, Spain. Designed by Eduardo Sánchez Eznarriaga, it is located on the Calle de Alcala. It was founded in 1925, with the first performance occurring on 27 January with the operetta Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall.
Sight 25: Antiguo Banco Mercantil e Industrial
The building of the Banco Mercantil e Industrial is a building located at number 31 of Calle Alcalá in Madrid, being one of the last works of the Galician architect Antonio Palacios Ramilo was commissioned by the Banco Mercantil e Industrial for its new headquarters in Madrid. It currently houses various general directorates, the General Technical Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Autonomous Community of Madrid and the Alcalá 31 art room.
Sight 26: Iglesia de las Calatravas (Concepción Real de Calatrava)
The Church of las Calatravas is a church located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1995. The external façade was revamped in 1866 following a project by Juan de Madrazo.
Sight 27: Puerta del Sol Clock
The Governor's Clock is a tower clock placed in a pavilion above the Casa de Correos in the Puerta del Sol. It was inaugurated on November 19, 1866 by Queen Elizabeth II, the 33rd anniversary of the first proclamation as queen. The clock was the work of the Leonese watchmaker based in London José Rodríguez Losada who donated the machinery free of charge to the Madrid City Council. The clock, after having already spent a century and a half working in perfect condition, continues to chime every year in the ritual of the twelve grapes.
Sight 28: Fuente de Pontejos
The Fuente de Pontejos, or fountain of the Plaza de Pontejos is a fountain in the city of Madrid located in the aforementioned square and dedicated to Joaquín Vizcaíno known as the widowed Marquis of Pontejos, mayor of the Villa, founder of the first savings bank in Spain, co-founder of the Ateneo de Madrid and the asylum of San Bernardino.
Sight 29: Teatro Albéniz
Teatro Albéniz is a theatre in Madrid, Spain. Located in the Centro district at No. 11 Calle de la Paz, it opened in the 1940s. It initially featured opera and ballet, and later also zarzuela. It had a seating capacity of 1,000 seats in 1945. After various legal problems, Teatro Albéniz closed in 2009 but after a long legal battle led by lawyers Beltrán Gambier and Eva Aladro from “Plataforma Salvar el Teatro Albéniz”, the 17 of November 2022 it reopened its doors after a careful renovation by UMusic Hotels, with the premiere of the musical production “Company”, of Stephen Sondheim and directed by Antonio Banderas. The building also holds a hotel.
Sight 30: Teatro Calderón
The Teatro Calderón is a theatre in Madrid, Spain, located at 18 Calle de Atocha.
Sight 31: Fuente de Orfeo
The fountain of Orpheus, popular name of what was also called fountain of the Plaza de Santa Cruz, fountain of the Plaza de la Provincia, fountain of the Court Prison or fountain of the Dog, was a fountain of the Madrid of the Austrias, demolished in 1869, and of which only the white marble sculpture of Orpheus that topped it is preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Madrid. Since 1998, there has been a fountain in the Plaza de la Provincia in the Spanish capital made up of a set of remains of fountains made throughout the nineteenth century and topped by a replica of the original Orpheus.
Sight 32: Casa de la Panadería
The Casa de la Panadería is a municipal and cultural building on the north side of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid. It is four stories high, the ground floor comprising porticos and the top floor in the form of an attic, with its sides crowned by angular towers.
Sight 33: Mercado de San Miguel
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The Market of San Miguel is a covered market located in Madrid, Spain. Originally built in 1916, it was purchased by private investors in 2003 who renovated the iron structure and reopened it in 2009.
Sight 34: Álvaro de Bazán
The Monument to Álvaro de Bazán is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. Located at the Plaza de la Villa, it consists of a bronze sculpture designed by Mariano Benlliure representing Álvaro de Bazán—a noted 16th century Admiral of the Spanish Navy once described by Cervantes as "father of soldiers, lightning of war, fortunate and never defeated captain"— put on top of a stone pedestal.
Sight 35: Parroquia San Nicolás de Bari de los Servitas
The Church of San Nicolás also known as the church of Church of San Nicolas de Bari, or the Church of San Nicolas de los Servitas, is a Catholic parish church in central Madrid, Spain.
Sight 36: Jardín del Príncipe de Anglona
The Príncipe de Anglona garden is located in the Plaza de la Paja, in the area known as Madrid de los Austrias, specifically in the neighborhood of La Latina, one of the main tourist centers of this Spanish city. It is one of the few examples of eighteenth-century noble gardens that are preserved in the capital. It belongs to the Madrid City Council, which is responsible for its management, maintenance and conservation.
Sight 37: Capilla de Nuestra Señora y de san Juan de Letrán
The Bishop's Chapel is a chapel, located in Madrid, Spain, which was built in the 16th century. It is named after Gutierre de Vargas Carvajal, Bishop of Plasencia, who is buried there.
Sight 38: Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo
The name Church of San Pedro el Viejo is the name of several religious buildings in honor of San Pedro.Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo, a Catholic church in the town of Almería, Almería. Church of San Pedro el Viejo, a Roman Catholic church in the town of Jaca, Huesca Church of San Pedro el Viejo, a Roman Catholic church in Madrid, Madrid Church of San Pedro el Viejo, a Roman Catholic church in Huesca, Huesca
Sight 39: Museo de San Isidro
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The Museum of San Isidro, or of the Origins of Madrid, is a cultural institution of the City Council of Madrid (Spain), located at number 2 of the Plaza de San Andrés. It was inaugurated on May 15, 2000 by the then mayor of Madrid, José María Álvarez del Manzano. The permanent collection comes mostly from the disappeared Archaeological Institute and the Municipal Museum of Madrid. It shows the history of the city from prehistory to the establishment of the Court through archaeological pieces, models and engravings.
Sight 40: Teatro La Latina
The La Latina Theatre is a theatre venue in Madrid, located in the Plaza de la Cebada in the homonymous Barrio de La Latina, the work of the architect Pedro Muguruza.
Sight 41: Teatro Pavón
The Teatro Pavón, Calle de Embajadores 9, is a theatre in Madrid opened in 1925. The architect was Teodoro de Anasagasti.
Sight 42: Teatro Nuevo Apolo
Teatro Nuevo Apolo is an entertainment venue in Madrid, Spain. It is located in the Plaza de Tirso de Molina. The owners of the Teatro Apolo that existed on calle de Alcalá until its closure in 1929 decided to build a new venue, initially named Teatro Progreso, in the Plaza del Progreso. The theatre opened on December 10, 1932 with the zarzuela, La verbena de la Paloma. It was converted to a film venue, the Cine Progreso, before its rededication to theatrical exhibitions and music entertainment of various genres, as well as dance and comedy.
Sight 43: Teatro Valle-Inclán
The Teatro Valle-Inclán is a theatre in Madrid, Spain. Together with Teatro María Guerrero, it is the home of the Spanish Centro Dramático Nacional. It is located at plaza de Lavapiés, in the city centre, and opened in February 2006.
Sight 44: Galerías Piquer
The Piquer Galleries is a group of antique shops located on Ribera de Curtidores street where the Madrid market called: Rastro is held every Sunday and holiday. The center was designed by the Spanish architect José de Azpiroz y Azpiroz in 1950. The initial name was: Galerías Isla de Cuba, but the popularity of the inauguration by the mayor José Moreno Torres in the company of the Spanish actress and tonadillera Concha Piquer made Galerías Piquer the one that remained in the popular name.
Sight 45: Parroquia Virgen de la Paloma y San Pedro el Real
The church of La Paloma is the popular name given to the church of the parish of San Pedro el Real, a Catholic temple located in the Spanish city of Madrid, on Calle de la Paloma. It is part of the religious celebrations of the verbena de la Paloma.
Sight 46: Real Basílica de San Francisco el Grande
The Royal Basilica of Saint Francis the Great is a Roman Catholic church in central Madrid, Spain, located in the neighborhood of Palacio.
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Sight 47: Jardín de las Vistillas
The gardens of Las Vistillas or simply Las Vistillas are a secluded urban park in the Spanish city of Madrid located on the top and slopes of the old hill of Campillo de las Vistillas, on a natural balcony bounded to the west by the valley of the Manzanares River and to the north by the old bed of the San Pedro stream. on which Segovia Street was projected. The southern limit is marked by Calle del Rosario and the eastern limit by the road axis formed by Calle de Bailén and Carrera de San Francisco.
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