The City
Madrid's main sights occupy a compact area between the Palacio Real (Royal Palace) and the gardens of El Retiro . The great trio of museums - the Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza and Reina Sofia - are ranged along the Paseo del Prado, over towards the Retiro. The oldest part of the city, an area known as Madrid de los Austrias after the Habsburg monarchs who built it, is centred on the gorgeous, arcaded Plaza Mayor , just to the east of the Palacio Real. If you have very limited time, you might well do no more sightseeing than this. However, monuments are not really what Madrid is about, and to get a feel for the city you need to branch out a little, and experience the contrasting character and life of the various barrios . The most central and rewarding of these are the areas around Plaza de Santa Ana and c/Huertas , east of Puerta del Sol; La Latina and Lavapies , south of Plaza Mayor, where the Sunday market, El Rastro , takes place; and Malasana and Chueca , north of Gran Via. By happy circumstance, these barrios have some of Madrid's finest concentrations of tapas bars and restaurants.
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