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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <h1 align="center">ESPANA MADRID TOURIST INFORMATION </h1> <div class="sectionSpacer"> Espana Madrid is main sights occupy a compact area between the <b>Palacio Real</b> (Royal Palace) and the gardens of <b>El Retiro</b> . The great trio of museums - the <b>Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza</b> and <b>Reina Sofía</b> - are ranged along the Paseo del Prado, over towards the Retiro. The oldest part of the city, an area known as <b>Madrid de los Austrias</b> after the Habsburg monarchs who built it, is centred on the gorgeous, arcaded <b>Plaza Mayor</b> , just to the east of the Palacio Real. <p>Get your Madrid Tourist Information through our Madrid City Guide</p> <p>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 <i>barrios</i> . The most central and rewarding of these are the areas <b>around Plaza de Santa Ana and c/Huertas</b> , east of Puerta del Sol; <b>La Latina and Lavapiés</b> , south of Plaza Mayor, where the Sunday market, <b>El Rastro</b> , takes place; and <b>Malasaña and Chueca</b> , north of Gran Vía. By happy circumstance, these <i>barrios</i> have some of Madrid's finest concentrations of tapas bars and restaurants.</p> </div> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.affiliate.viator.com/brochure/product_show.jsp?ID=1010&PRODUCTID=1016&CODE=2140JTEMA04&AUID=1895">Madrid Sightseeing Tours</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.affiliate.viator.com/brochure/results_1.jsp?CONTINENT=Europe&COUNTRY=Spain&AUID=1895">Sightseeing in Espana </a></p> <p><a href="http://www.hotel-reservation-service.net/barcelona_hotels.htm">Barcelona Hotels</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.hotel-reservation-service.net/spain_hotels.htm">Espana Hotels</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.online-specials.de/spain/madrid">Madrid Tourist Information</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.munich-service.de/madrid.htm">MADRID ESPANA </a></p> <p><a href="http://www.hotel-reservation-service.net/spain.htm">Spain Tourist Information</a></p> </body>