¡Es Madrid!
FRIDAY 10th NOVEMBER
Landing in the new terminal T4 in Madrid Barajas Airport
Teatros del Canal, by Juan Navarro Baldeweg (under construction)
The metro stop
The building
Walking in the center (night was coming...) It's a pity that my night pictures are not good...
The Gran VÃa
The Casino
Lights
More buildings
The Plaza Mayor (main square)
Again Gran VÃa (amazing view)
SATURDAY 11th NOVEMBER
KIO Towers (Puerta de Europa Towers)
Atocha Train Station
Reina Sofia Museum
The ancient building
The new extension (by Jean Nouvel)
Caixa Forum, by Herzog & De Meuron (under construction)
The building
The vertical garden
The Paseo del Prado
The Prado Museum
The Ritz Hotel
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Ancient building and extension
Garden
Plaza de Cibeles (Cibeles Square)
You can see the beautiful Metropolis Building
The Palacio de las Comunicaciones (post office, future town hall) with Cibeles fountain in the center of the square
The Bank of Spain
Arriving to Gran VÃa
Metropolis Building
and Gran Via starts...
Puerta del Sol
The main building
The square
The Madrid of the Austrias
The Plaza Mayor (now with the daylight)
Streets
Arco de Cuchilleros
Plaza de la Villa (with the current town hall)
Arriving to Almudena Cathedral, Royal Palace and Plaza de Oriente
Almudena Cathedral
...this view was amazing
façade
Plaza de Oriente
Royal Palace
While having a coffee in the beautiful terraces of Plaza de Oriente night started to arrive...
Royal Theatre in Plaza de Oriente (in front of the Royal Palace)
Royal Palace
...this view is amazing, the bright white Royal Palace in a higher level and gardens, green and nature spreading beyond the palace...
SUNDAY 12th NOVEMBER
The rastro (market) in La Latina district (a must on sunday mornings to buy cheap things, feel the colourful La Latina, feel the people and eat tapas!!!)
Going to the great Retiro Park
Ancient metro station
The Retiro Park it was full of people
The big lake
a fountain
the "jungle"
the Palacio de Cristal (Glass Palace)
colours
and night started to come again...
Walking to Puerta de Alcala
The Puerta de Alcala
You can see the bright Metropolis Building at night
I had tickets to go to Circo del Sol (Cirque du Soleil), taking the metro
Changing to Line 7 with its beautiful and modern metro trains
Cirque du Soleil
MONDAY 13th NOVEMBER
Botanic Garden
Velazquez Statue in the Prado Museum
Surrounding the Prado Museum
The Prado Museum Extension, by Rafael Moneo (under construction)
Neptuno fountain
The fountain
The surroundings
View
Paseo de Recoletos (continuation of Paseo del Prado)
The National Library
Arriving to Plaza de Colón (Columbus square)
Columbus statue
Colon Towers
Italian embassy
Preciados street (main comercial street along with Serrano street)
Two beautiful streets
I wanted to stay longer but I had to take my flight at 11:00 pm!!!
Arriving...
Looking for my check in point...
Here it is!!!
My gate was K85...
Looking for the blue color... 1200 meters long of gates!!! one side...
... the other side... can you see the blue at the end???
Here it is!!!
¡Es Madrid!>
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