Museums
Madrid is known for having many of the most important museums in the country. If you are passionate about history, art and knowledge, we detail below a list of museums to make your visit to the capital as complete as possible.
The Prado Museum is the best known museum in the city and a worldwide reference. It stands out especially for the works of art from the 16th to the 19th centuries and it has the most famous paintings of painters such as Velázquez, El Greco, Goya, Titian, Rubens and Bosch.
The Reina Sofía Museum stands out for housing 20th century and contemporary art. It is located in Atocha, where the General Hospital of Madrid used to be. Nowadays, we can visit El Guernica, one of the most representative paintings of Pablo Picasso.
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is the third most important museum in the city. It contains the works of art that, over seven decades, have been bringing together the Thyssen-Bornemisza family.
The Sorolla Museum was founded by his wife in 1925. It gathers all the works of the artist and is located in the administrative centre of Madrid, in Martínez Campos, where Sorolla lived and painted several of his works.
Gastronomy
Madrid’s gastronomy is another characteristic element that will makes you visit the capital again. The frequent smell typical of Madrid cuisine, from frying in vegetable oil will be impregnated in every way.
Churros, fried calamari, Spanish omelette, calamari sandwiches served in bars, spicy fries, broken eggs or Madrid stew, are some of the typical dishes of Madrid that you cannot miss.
Lovers of football
Posada de El Chaflán is the ideal place for football lovers. Its unique location and competitive prices are the best option to rest after a game day.
Our establishment is just 10 minutes from the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid F.C, one of the largest teams in Spain and Europe, which will make you vibrate in any game, especially Champions League. In addition, after completing the renovation works of the stadium, the white temple will also host major national and international events, concerts by great artists such as Taylor Swift, karol G, Luis Miguel, Manuel Carrasco or Aitana, tennis games, basketball... The versatility of the new Santiago Bernabéu will transport you to another dimension.
In addition, just 12 minutes by car or 45 minutes by metro you can reach the Estadio Metropolitano, the home of Atlético de Madrid, to enjoy a game full of emotion with the fans singing and encouraging the team and coach, Diego Pablo Simeone, 'El Cholo', releasing adrenaline and running through the band. Stadium is also enabled to host concerts and festivals.
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IFEMA
If your visit to the capital is focused on business, La Posada de El Chaflán is just 12 minutes drive from IFEMA, place par excellence to hold fairs, concerts, musicals, exhibitions, etc. You can also get there by public transport by taking line 9 at the stop of Pio XII and making transfer in Colombia, where you will have to take line 8 to Feria de Madrid and you will be in about 20 minutes.