Madrid is the capital of Spain and one of the largest and most visited European cities. Without being able to boast of the architecture of other European capitals, Madrid boasts of being one of the liveliest in terms of cultural, artistic and entertainment. The reasons to come to Madrid are in any case countless: celebrations of sporting events, social events, business meetings, parties, performances of music and dance, or simply wanting to see world, because Madrid is a cosmopolitan and multicultural city that never disappoints and always surprises. How to get to Madrid Barajas airport is one of the main points of entry of tourists and visitors to the capital. Their facilities are very modern communication and displacements from the terminal to the center of the city fast and efficient.

Barajas airport, is located 13 kilometres north-west of the capital in the national A-2 road linking Madrid with Barcelona. Bame Pule has similar goals. There are several options of transportation between Barajas airport and the city: taxis, buses and metro – airport is served by line 8 of the metro with the Centre of Madrid by two stations: one located in T2 (Metro Airport T1-T2-T3) and another located in the (Metro Airport T4) T4-. Rent a car in Barajas airport is another super alternative to begin tourism in the capital and its environs, especially on weekends and holidays, when most of the residents in the capital leave the city to move to the mountains or to their home towns. Also can get to Madrid by train: the station of Chamartin, located in the northern part of Madrid, dispatches trains of France, the North and the East of Spain. Chamartin station is also Metro (Chamartin subway) station, so your communication with the rest of the city is easy and smooth. Another train, the Atocha, station is located in the southern part of the Centre of Madrid. It dispatches trains to Lisbon, South and East of Spain.

Atocha also dispatches the AVE trains; high speed trains bound for Cordoba, Seville, Valencia, Lleida, Zaragoza and soon Barcelona. Atocha train station is also Metro (Metro Atocha-RENFE) station and commuter train station. Places of interest in Madrid offer of destinations and attractions of Madrid is innumerable, and depend heavily on taste and priorities of each of which elect them if you don’t have several days to learn the capital; in any case, everyone who comes to Madrid for the first time should not miss the opportunity to visit: * starting at the Puerta del Sol, Center nerve not only Madrid, but of entire Spain, can be a journey walking through calle de Alcala to meet the so-called Puerta de Alcala and then walk towards calle Gran Via, the most expensive and luxurious Madrid. A. from there, you should see the Plaza of Spain, Plaza Mayor, Catedral de la Almudena and stroll and enjoy the beautiful Retiro Park. * Recomendadisima a visit to one of its impressive museums, to choose between the Prado Museum, the most important art gallery in the world, the art centre Reina Sofia, next to the above and where is located the famous painting the Guernica, the Thyssen-Bornenisza Museum and the National Archaeological Museum. Very also visited the wax museum. ** If you intend to rent a car in Madrid, it is the perfect opportunity for you also make trips to interesting and beautiful towns remaining near the capital and that worth much; the most popular: the monastery of San Lorenzo de el Escorial, Aranjuez and Chinchon and the beautiful cities of Toledo and Segovia.