Spain
Madrid
Spain's beating heart — art, tapas, and a city that comes alive at midnight
About Madrid
Why travelers love it here
Madrid owns the night — the tapas bars fill at 9pm, the nightclubs don't start until 2am, and somehow the city still functions brilliantly on what little sleep it gets. The Prado and Reina Sofía museums are among Europe's finest, the Retiro Park is an urban oasis, and the food — from churros con chocolate at dawn to cocido madrileño for Sunday lunch — is deeply, reliably good.
Best timeMay–June or September–October
CurrencyEUR (€)
LanguageSpanish
TimezoneEurope/Madrid (UTC+1/+2)
Prado Museum — Velázquez, Goya, El Greco
Reina Sofía — Picasso's Guernica
El Retiro Park weekend morning
Mercado de San Miguel tapas
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