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A 10-Day Adventure in Madrid

KAROL LIZETH ALVAREZ CABALLERO

KAROL LIZETH ALVAREZ CABALLERO

8 Oct 2023

Experience the vibrant culture and rich history of Madrid in this exciting 10-day itinerary. Explore iconic landmarks, indulge in delicious cuisine, and immerse yourself in the beauty of this enchanting city.

Trip to Madrid

Day 1
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$31

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$ 9

Hotel Don Luis

Depart from your stay 🏨

21 - 26 min

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Directions

Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
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Free
4 - 5 min

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Aquí pan y después gloria
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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$8
14 - 17 min

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Metropolis Building
This ornate 1911 beaux arts structure features a gilded cupola with a winged goddess statue.
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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Free
10 - 15 min

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Mercado de San Miguel
Circa-1916 covered market offering local food, delicacies & events in an elegant ambiance.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Free
8 - 10 min

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Royal Basilica of Saint Francis the Great
Imposing neoclassical church with vast frescoed dome & chapel painted by Goya, plus guided tours.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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Free
4 - 6 min

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El Senador
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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$19
8 - 11 min

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Sabatini Garden
Neoclassical garden of the Royal Palace, with 3 terraces, fountains, statues & outdoor events.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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Free
10 - 12 min

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Plaza de España
Leafy square surrounded by imposing buildings, with stone & bronze statue of Cervantes on horseback.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Free
Sorolla Museum
Former home studio of the 20th-century painter Joaquín Sorolla, housing his works of Spanish scenes.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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$4
Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
Day 2
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$65

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$ 7

Hotel Don Luis

Depart from your stay 🏨

16 - 20 min

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Directions

Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
4 - 6 min

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Directions

Tapas Iciar
El chef José Delgado se hace cargo de este espacio acogedor.
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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$13
15 - 18 min

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Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
81,000-capacity ground for Real Madrid, with regular matches plus tours of stadium and trophy room.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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$31
16 - 24 min

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Temple of Debod
Ancient Egyptian temple & museum moved from Aswan & rebuilt in lush parkland, with sunset views.
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
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Free
10 - 12 min

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Catedral de la Almudena
Baroque Catholic cathedral known for its colorful chapels, plus a Romanesque crypt & museum.
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
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Free
4 - 5 min

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Konnichiwa
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
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$17
History Museum of Madrid
Old orphanage with Baroque exterior, now a museum on Madrid's history, with documents, art & models.
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
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$4
Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
Day 3
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$15

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$ 5

Hotel Don Luis

Depart from your stay 🏨

19 - 23 min

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Directions

Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
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Free
1 - 2 min

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Cármine
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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$5
9 - 11 min

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Estación Museo Chamberí
Madrid Metro ghost station, opened in 1919 & unused since 1966, now a museum with original decor.
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Free
9 - 14 min

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Liria Palace
Ornate 18th-century palace with furnishings, tapestries & a notable collection of classic art.
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Free
6 - 9 min

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Casa Paco
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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$10
Western Park
Expansive, landscaped, 20th-century urban park with paths meandering past conifer & cedar trees.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Free
3 - 4 min

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El Oso y el Madroño
Landmark bronze sculpture in a bustling city square featuring a bear & a strawberry tree.
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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Free
San Fernando Fine Art Royal Academy
Cultural center & exhibits in a Neoclassical palace, with 16th-century paintings & sculptures.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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Free
Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
Day 4
+

$28

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$ 7

Hotel Don Luis

Depart from your stay 🏨

19 - 23 min

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Directions

Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
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Free
2 - 3 min

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Ramon Freixa Madrid
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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$10
15 - 18 min

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Mercado de la Paz
This popular indoor marketplace established in 1882 has stalls for produce, meat & gourmet fare.
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Free
19 - 23 min

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Parque Madrid Río
Modern linear green space along the Manzanares River, with cultural events & sports fields.
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Free
2 - 3 min

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La Hummuseria
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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$18
Mercado de San Ildefonso
Happening, 3-level market with 20 stalls selling diverse, international fare, plus 3 cocktail bars.
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Free
Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
Day 5
+

$31

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$ 5

Hotel Don Luis

Depart from your stay 🏨

20 - 24 min

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Directions

Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
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Free
4 - 5 min

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Directions

Matilda Café Cantina
Sitio con encanto en el corazón del Barrio de Las Letras. Podrás tomar un buen café, infusiones y tartas caseras. Platos del día para comer como en casa.
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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$9
12 - 17 min

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Real Jardín Botánico
Botanical garden with outdoor gardens & greenhouses, plus walking trails & monthly activities.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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$5
6 - 8 min

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La Casa Encendida
Modern multifunctional centre with contemporary art exhibitions, workshops & fair trade shop.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Free
5 - 8 min

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Trattoria Increscendo
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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$10
16 - 23 min

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Matadero Madrid
Former slaughterhouse housing contemporary arts center hosting exhibitions, performances & cinema.
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Free
Railway Museum
Museum of railway history in grand former station, with carriages & locomotives, library & archives.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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$6
Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
Day 6
+

$24

·

$ 9

Hotel Don Luis

Depart from your stay 🏨

18 - 22 min

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Directions

Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
6 - 8 min

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Directions

Sidrería Astur
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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$9
14 - 17 min

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Cerro del Tío Pío
Sports fields, cycle paths & views across the city in a hillside park popular for sunset walks.
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Free
10 - 12 min

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Toledo Gate
Gate built in the Neoclassical style to honor Fernando VII, with stone arches & statues.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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Free
8 - 11 min

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Viridiana
Contamos con una selección de los mejores vinos.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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$15
El Retiro Park
Expansive, 19th-century park with boating lake & rose garden, plus numerous fountains & statues.
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Free
Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
Day 7
+

$25

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$ 7

Hotel Don Luis

Depart from your stay 🏨

18 - 22 min

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Directions

Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
8 - 11 min

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Directions

Levadura Madre
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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$7
3 - 4 min

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Directions

Velázquez Palace
Built 1881–1883, this restored neoclassical building houses rotating exhibits of contemporary art.
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Free
4 - 6 min

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Palacio de Cristal
Venue for art exhibitions organized by Reina Sofía Museum, modeled on London's Crystal Palace.
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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Free
9 - 11 min

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Fountain of the Fallen Angel
Landmark 1877 sculpture depicting Lucifer falling from heaven, plus a fountain with gargoyles below.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
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Free
4 - 5 min

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López & López
Pizza artesana hecha a mano, preparada con harinas italianas y llevada a fermentación larga para conseguir nuestro sabor único
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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$18
9 - 14 min

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San Fernando Market
Bustling market with stands selling everything from produce & butchered meats to clothes & books.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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Free
11 - 14 min

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Antón Martín Market
Vibrant indoor market with grocery vendors, international food stalls & public events.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Free
Monument to Alfonso XII
Built in 1922, this monument in Buen Retiro Park features a colonnade with an equestrian statue.
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Free
Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
Day 8
+

$42

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$ 4

Hotel Don Luis

Depart from your stay 🏨

19 - 23 min

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Directions

Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
3 - 4 min

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Rodilla
Cadena nacional de restauración informal, artesana, saludable y de calidad desde 1939.
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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$7
8 - 12 min

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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Sprawling museum for Spanish 20th-century art collection with works by Gris, Dali, Picasso & Miro.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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$13
2 - 3 min

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Acid Café
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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$18
6 - 9 min

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CaixaForum Madrid
Herzog & de Meuron–designed arts center in former power station, hosting exhibitions & performances.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Free
5 - 8 min

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Neptune Fountain
Neoclassical fountain in the center of a roundabout depicting Neptune on a shell-shaped chariot.
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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Free
Naval Museum
Displays on nautical science & the Spanish navy from the reign of Isabella & Ferdinand onward.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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$4
Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
Day 9
+

$38

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$ 4

Hotel Don Luis

Depart from your stay 🏨

18 - 22 min

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Directions

Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
1 - 2 min

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Vailima
Os invitamos a ocupar una de las mesitas de nuestro salón para paladear un buen té. Sea cual sea el elegido disfrutaréis de sabores y aromas embriagadores.
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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$7
9 - 14 min

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Puerta de Alcalá
Triumphal arch near to Parque del Buen Retiro & rich with stone carvings & elegant sculptures.
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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Free
7 - 10 min

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Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Museum housing collection of 13th-20th-century European masterpieces, from Renaissance to Pop Art.
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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$15
3 - 4 min

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Ôven Mozzarella Bar
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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$9
5 - 8 min

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Círculo de Bellas Artes
Arts & cultural center with movie theater, live performances, exhibition halls & a cafe/restaurant.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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$6
2 - 3 min

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Cibeles Fountain
18th century neoclassical fountain depicting the goddess Cybele on a chariot pulled by 2 lions.
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Free
Casa de América
19th-century palace housing Latin American cultural center, for exhibitions, screenings & readings.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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Free
Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free
Day 10
+

$20

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$ 7

Hotel Don Luis

Depart from your stay 🏨

12 - 15 min

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Directions

Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
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Free
5 - 6 min

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Directions

Mallorca
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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$11
9 - 11 min

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Parque Juan Carlos I
Urban oasis with a lake, olive grove, skating rink, free train rides & many modern sculptures.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Free
12 - 17 min

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Meson el Alamo
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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$9
Parque de la Quinta de los Molinos
Former estate-turned-park, popular for its grove of blooming almond trees in springtime.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Free
Hotel Don Luis
Unassuming rooms with minifridges in a simple hotel featuring a lounge area & a cafe/bar.
7:30 AM - 7:30 AM
•
Free

Budget breakdown: $376 In total

Activities & Food:$317
Transport:$59