Itinerary · Madrid, Spain
Three days in Madrid
The classic first visit: the Prado and the Retiro, Habsburg Madrid and the Royal Palace, then Salamanca and a night at the opera.
Three days
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Day 1, 10:00
1Museo Nacional del Prado
Book the opening slot on the museum’s own site.
Day 1, 14:00
2Lhardy
Cocido upstairs, consommé in the shop.
Day 1, 16:30
3El Retiro
The lake and the Palacio de Cristal.
Day 2, 10:00
4Palacio Real de Madrid
Book on patrimonionacional.es.
Day 2, 13:30
5Taberna La Bola
Cocido in clay pots, a short walk from the palace.
Day 2, 16:00
6Plaza Mayor
Then down to La Latina.
Day 2, 19:30
7Templo de Debod
Sunset over the Casa de Campo.
Day 3, 10:30
8Museo Reina Sofía
Picasso’s Guernica.
Day 3, 15:00
9Salamanca: Serrano, Ortega y Gasset and Jorge Juan
The shopping streets.
Day 3, 19:30
10Teatro Real
Opera or ballet, booked on teatroreal.es.
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