Madrid
One day in Madrid, Spain
A day through Madrid’s best-known sights that lie close together: Main Square, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Museo del Prado, Royal Spanish Academy and El Retiro Park. 6 stops, about 3.3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Main SquareSquare · On the map

- Thyssen-Bornemisza MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km on from Main Square · On the map

- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseum · 0.8 km on from Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum · On the map

- Museo del PradoMuseum · 0.6 km on from Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía · On the map

- Royal Spanish AcademyMuseum · 0.2 km on from Museo del Prado · On the map

- El Retiro ParkGarden · 0.6 km on from Royal Spanish Academy · On the map

6 stops, about 3.3 km between them in straight lines.
More for Madrid
- Things to do in Madrid, Spain · 40 places to see, led by Museo del Prado and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Day trips from Madrid
- Segovia69 km awayAqueduct of Segovia6 stops in a day, starting at Monastery of Santa María del Parral
- Toledo, Castille-La Mancha68 km awayToledo Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at El Greco Museum
- Alcalá de Henares30 km awayCathedral of los Santos Niños Justo y Pastor de Alcalá de Henares6 stops in a day, starting at Cathedral of los Santos Niños Justo y Pastor de Alcalá de Henares
- Guadalajara, Castille-La Mancha51 km awayCo-cathedral of Santa María de la Fuente la Mayor6 stops in a day, starting at Alcázar of Guadalajara
Photo credits
- Main Square: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum: Kyle Magnuson, CC BY 2.0
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía: Zaqarbal, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museo del Prado: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Royal Spanish Academy: Real Academia Española, CC BY-SA 4.0
- El Retiro Park: pictures Jettcom, CC BY 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
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