Madrid

Worth seeing in and around Madrid

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Bernabéu

   Bernabéu, formerly known as Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, is a retractable roof football stadium in the district of Chamartín, Madrid, Spain. With a seating capacity of 83,186 following its extensive renovation completed in late 2024, the stadium has the second-largest seating capacity for a football stadium in Spain, behind Camp Nou in Barcelona.

   4.2 km · Real Madrid's home ground, stadium in Madrid · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Museo del Prado

   The Museo del Prado, officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It houses collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th century, based on the former Spanish royal collection, and is the single best collection of Spanish art.

   900 m · Spanish national art museum in Madrid, Spain · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Biblioteca Nacional de España

   The Biblioteca Nacional de España is the national library of Spain. It is the largest public library in the country, and one of the largest in the world.

   1.3 km · library in Spain · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Complutense University of Madrid

   The Complutense University of Madrid is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293, it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world.

   4.2 km · public university in Madrid, Spain · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Metropolitano Stadium

   The Metropolitano Stadium, officially referred to as Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium due to sponsorship, is a football stadium in Madrid, located in the Rosas neighbourhood in the San Blas-Canillejas district. It has been the home stadium of Atlético Madrid since 2017.

   9 km · football stadium in Madrid, Spain · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Vicente Calderón Stadium

   The Vicente Calderón Stadium was the home stadium of Atlético Madrid from its completion in 1966 to 2017, with a seating capacity of 54,907. It was located on the banks of the Manzanares, in the Arganzuela district of Madrid, Spain.

   2.2 km · home stadium of Atlético de Madrid from 1966 to 2017 · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

   The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía.

   1.1 km · national museum of art in Madrid, Spain · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Almudena Cathedral

   The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Royal of the Almudena, commonly known as the Almudena Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in Madrid, Spain. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Madrid.

   1 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Madrid, Spain · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Senate of Spain

   The Senate is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, the bicameral parliament of the Kingdom of Spain. The Congress of Deputies is the lower house.

   1 km · upper house of Spain's parliament, the Cortes Generales · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Congress of Deputies

    The Congress of Deputies is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament in Madrid.

    500 m · lower house of the Cortes Generales (legislative branch of Spain's national government) · Wikipedia

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Getting to Madrid

Airports

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas (MAD), 14 km · Zaragoza (ZAZ), 263 km · Valencia (VLC), 293 km

Stations

Madrid Atocha railway station, 1.4 km · Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor railway station, 6.4 km

• Valencia → Madrid

  7109 km · quickest by air, 15h 59m · $1,070–1,660
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• Zaragoza → Madrid

  274 km · quickest by road, 4h 31m · €32–44
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• Bilbao → Madrid

  323 km · quickest by air, 4h 4m · €90–140
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