MADRID - The city that never sleeps.

Vibrant, traditional and modern at the same time. This is Madrid, the capital of Spain since 1561, is now its bustling heart, in the geographic center of the Iberian Peninsula, and home to over five million souls is the most visited city in the country that never seems to sleep.

The combination of monuments, culture and leisure works to perfection and whoever visits Madrid once always returns. If you want to immerse yourself in history, there are obligatory visits to the “Madrid de los Austrias”. Among its monuments: la Puerta del Sol, the Royal Palace and the Almudena´s Cathedral, the Plaza Mayor. Other symbols of the city are the Puerta de Alcalá, the Fountain of Cibeles, the Real Madrid Stadium and the Retiro park. "El Paseo del Arte" deserves special mention. Three museums, located very close to each other. They are the Prado, the Thyssen Bornemisza and the National Art Center Reina Sofia Museums. The Prado Museum is considered by many experts as the first art gallery in the world, as it has the most important and comprehensive collection of the XVI, XVII and XVIII, with the best works of the Italian, Flemish and Spanish artists. In the Prado Museum are works by artists such as El Bosco, Rubens, Goya, Velázquez, Murillo, Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Tiziano, Raphael, Watteau, Tintoretto, El Greco, Ribera, Zurbarán ... and so on that are aligned with a superb collection of classical sculpture. The Prado Museum offers guided private tours for groups outside the public opening hours, which will make into a memorable encounter with art.

In this city, you can enjoy thousands of alternatives. Night and day, there are many options and it is difficult to choose between going to a concert, the theatre, the cinema, enjoy tapas and wine in a sunny terrace, discover an exclusive restaurant, have fun in every kind of party, or delight the tranquillity that art galleries and hidden place offer you. 

And that´s why Madrid is the city that never sleeps!