Fully revised and updated for 2017. Now with new Discovery Tours chapter. Marco Polo Madrid: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips. With this up-to-date, authoritative guide you can experience all the sights, museums and Best Of recommendations for Madrid. You can discover trendy hotels, authentic restaurants and tapas bars, pick up ideas for shopping, suggestions on where to go and tips on what to do on a limited budget. If you don't have much time, the our recommended Discovery Tour will take you to all the important places in the city, and the chapter Links, Blogs, Apps & More directs you to the most useful sites and apps on the net. Also contains: Festivals & Events, Travel Tips, Useful Phrases in Spanish, Travel with Kids chapter and What's Hot. This practical travel guide, small enough to slip into your pocket, introduces you to a loud, colourful and unpretentious city almost bursting at the seams with energy. Experience the capital of la marcha (inexhaustible nightlife) and the city of three world-famous art galleries: the Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Bornemisza. Stroll across the vibrant Rastro flea market or through the streets lined with young designers' shops. The Insider Tips tell you where you can enjoy operatic arias as a dessert and where to experience Madrid's most beautiful sunset. The Low Budget tips in each chapter show how you can experience a great deal with very little money. Additional Discovery Tours invite you, for example, to set off on a bike tour on the Madrid Rio, the newly laid out park on the banks of the river. The Dos and Don'ts advise you what you should avoid. To help you find your way around there's a detailed street atlas, removable pull-out map and practical map inside the back cover and a metro map.
