Going to Madrid, we certainly have acquired a guide and not one. But here's what chu be incident if not in all the guidebooks reported that Madrid is one of the youngest cities in the center of the peninsula, that the historical part of the city you can cross the length and breadth easy step three hours. That Madrid did not see anything down sshibatelnogo, except that of the royal palace and the Prado Museum. All this leads to confusion and raises the question - "Is it possible?"
Well, as we found out, Madrid is really different from other European cities. It is different. In Madrid has its secrets. Passionate a charming town quietly but surely captures you. He is very similar to burning and proud, beautiful and sexy emancipated Spanish lady who, at first glance charms, drags. Madrid - city squares, fountains, sculptures, parks, art galleries, the Royal Palace
and the Cathedral of Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena, (try to pronounce the name of the first time :))
... and the streets! Yes streets, one of the main attractions of Madrid is the Gran Vía (translated from Spanish as a highway). She founded April 5, 1910 Alfonso XIII. Noisy and funny, filled with crowded restaurants and cafes, bookstores, shops and boutiques, jewelry and watch salons, as well as many buildings of different architectural styles can be seen here features neovozrazhdeniya, French and American modernism.
A crowned street area of Spain.
April 5, 2010 the grandson of Alfonso XIII, the present King of Spain Juan Carlos I took part in a special ceremony at the Gran Via in honor of its centennial anniversary. The day before the Gran Vía opened a special bronze street layout, which celebrates its 100th anniversary
It seemed to us, Madrid is full of all these subtle but memorable sights. If you take a map of Madrid and study it carefully it is already evident here first miracles - the names of the streets .... "embroiderers Street", "Street Angels" - and how many of them such wonderful, mysterious and romantic can be found on the map. A plate with house numbers and names. This seemingly inconspicuous, but very memorable sights of Madrid