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Madrid is one of Spain's most popular
destinations, and it’s well known for the quantity of cultural related
attractions and monuments that the city has embraced.
Endowed by the Golden Triangle of Art, located along the Paseo del Prado and
composed by 3 museums, Madrid is considered one of the top European destinations
concerning art museums. The three most important art museums are:
• Prado Museum (the most popular Golden Triangle of Art member known for such
highlights as Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas and Francisco de Goya's La Maja
Vestida and La Maja Desnuda'
• Thyssen Bornemisza Museum(established from a mixed private collection)
• Reina Sofia Museum(Modern art museum where Pablo Picasso's Guernica hangs).
 Madrid
is also noted for its nightlife and discotheques. Younger madrileños sometimes
dance all night, stop off for chocolate y churros at dawn, go home, shower,
shave, and go to work. This nightlife, called la movida or la marcha and
initially focused on the Plaza del Dos de Mayo, flourished after the death of
Franco, especially during the 80s while Madrid's mayor Enrique Tierno Galván was
in office. A particular hub for this night activity is nowadays the gay district
of Chueca. However, as prices continue to rise and more jobs become available,
nightlife in Madrid is becoming more and more like that of other European cities
such as Stockholm or Munich. |
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