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Top 10 things to see in Madrid

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Monday, 10 October 2011 Category Blog 0 Comments
When you have only a little time to visit a city as large as Madrid, you have to make sure that you use that time well, to visit the main sites and places to take photos and to really enjoy some of the most incredible architecture in the world. Madrid has everything. Here are a few ideas sorted out in terms of my own personal preference and I have enclosed a video of most of the things to see list Tags: Top 10 things to see in Madrid, Madrid video, puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, La Mallorquina, Royal Palace Madrid, Stradivarius violins, Caravaggio, Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, Almudena Cathedral, Fountain of Cibeles, retiro park, El Escorial (World Heritage Monument), Toledo, Museo del Prado, Gran Via
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Base Jumping Torre de Crystal

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Monday, 26 September 2011 Category Blog 1 Comment

Base Jumping - Scary Stuff.

I have to admit, I would never do anything like this, it`s far too scary.

Take a look at the video below of two very brave men. 

Tags: Manuel Chana, Torre de Crystal Madrid, Base jumping, base jump group Flypa, Crystal Tower, Flypa
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    Wow!!!! Wow!!!! those guys have got guts. Awesome!!!!!!

10 Interesting Facts About Madrid

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Tuesday, 20 September 2011 Category Blog 1 Comment

It has been said that every country in the world and indeed every City in the world have at least 10 interesting points that make you want to go there and savor in the knowledge of these "wow" factors, the challenge with respect to Madrid, is that there are so many interesting facts to know, that it would be impossible to learn and live them in the space of a week or even a Month. Trying to condense Madrid facts and information into just 10 Interesting Facts about Madrid seems unfair and probably unrealistic, but we'll give it a try.


Tags: Madrid Population, Madrid Motorways, Kilometer Zero, Fountain of Cibeles, Pope Benedict XVI, Caja Madrid Tower, Plaza Mayor, Spanish Inquisition, Madrid Weather
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    Monasterio de las Descalzas If you are interested in history, art or religion, it is definately worth visiting the Monasterio de...

Madrid Drinking Water

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Sunday, 04 September 2011 Category Uncategorized 0 Comments
Madrid Drinking Water One of the main questions, especially if you have visited a typical beach holiday in the past and have succumbed to the sore stomachs and discomfort of drinking water of poor quality is, how is the water quality in Madrid? Is it safe to drink? Do you need to buy bottled water and how does the quality of the water in Madrid compare to your own country, T Tags: Madrid drinking water, Canal Isabel II, water distribution in Madrid, Madrid Water Quality, water supply to Madrid, madrid drinking tap water
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Space Tower

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Sunday, 04 September 2011 Category Uncategorized 0 Comments
The Torre Espacio, or Space Tower, has to be one of the top ten most incredible building designs to be seen in Madrid, its amazing curves and tangents starting at the base as a square, changing shape various times resulting in every floor being unique and culminating in the final shape of an eye at the top, the Torre Espacio was the first of the four towers to be built in the Cuatro Torres Busin Tags: cuatro torres, la castellana, CBTA, Cuatro Torres Business area, Santa Maria del Val, Manuel Sanchez, Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, Chapel in the Sky, cool roof, Fredd and Partners, Cobb, Pei, Gran Hotel Bali Hotel, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Grupo Villar Mir, Paseo de La Castellana, Space Tower, Torre Espacio
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