Madrid is the largest city in Spain and the third largest city in Europe after London and Berlin. It is also one of the world’s major global cities thanks to its huge economic output, high standard of living and market size as well as beautiful landmarks.
Besides, the loyal city, which ranked among the twelve greenest European cities in 2010, is an ideal tourist destination attracting millions of visitors every year.
When traveling to Madrid, tourists cannot miss a number of interesting places including the Royal Palace of Madrid, the Buen Retiro park, the archaeological museum, the Golden Triangle of Art, the 19th-century National Library building and the Teatro Real. The nightlife of this city is another favorite thing people may discover during their trips.
If you plans to make a tour to Madrid or have no chance to see the royal city in real life, let’s see some pictures that partly introduce the best things about it.
A picture captures Torre de Madrid and Edificio España, two of the tallest buildings in Madrid with respectively 142 meters and 117 meters in height, and the Cervantes monument as well
Fuente del Nacimiento del Agua, the fountain at the Plaza de España, is located right in front of Calle de Princesa
Constructed in 1957, Torre de Madrid is the tallest building in the city center designed by the architects Julián and José María Otamendi Machimbarrena as an assignment of the Metropolitan Real Estate Agency
The Palacio Real is seen from Plaza de Espana
Originally constructed for the insurance company Unión y el Fenix Espa between 1907 and 1911, Edificio Metropolis is the most photographed place in Madrid
Edificio Grassy is the corner building that was built from 1907 in the middle
Gran Via is towards Edificio Telefónica, with Ed. Grassy to the left
Designed by American architect Lewis Weeks, Edificio Telefónica was Madrid’s first highrise and is now the headquarter for Spain’s largest phone company
The skyscrapers are spotted in Madrid
FNAC occupying a 12-storey narrow highrise at Plaza del Callao is a French department store chain for entertainment
A night view of the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid City
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