Discount Airfares to Madrid
Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of Madrid city was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. Population of the urban area was 4,791,000 as of 2000 estimates. Population of the metropolitan area (urban area plus satellite towns) was 5,604,000 as of 2003 estimates. The city spans a total of 607 km² (378 mi²).
Madrid is the capital not only of the country but also of the province and the autonomous community of Madrid.
As of 2004, the mayor of Madrid is Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón.
Important cultural and tourist spots include the so-called Golden Triangle of Art, located along the Paseo del Prado and comprising the famous Prado Museum,free on Sunday mornings, (with highlights such as Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas and Francisco de Goya's La Maja Vestida and La Maja Desnuda), the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum and the Reina Sofia Museum (where Pablo Picasso's Guernica hangs); the Plaza Mayor; the Gran Via; the Casón del Buen Retiro (hosting the 19th-century collection of the Prado Museum; currently closed for reform), the Palacio Real, the Templo de Debod (a temple brought stone-by-stone from Egypt), the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, the Puerta del Sol and the Parque del Buen Retiro.
Madrid is also host to one of the most famous bullfighting rings in the world, Las Ventas [2].
Other nearby towns are popular as day trips from Madrid, including Toledo,
Segovia, Ávila,
Aranjuez,
Alcalá de Henares
, the monastery and palace complex of El Escorial, and Chinchón.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid
Airfare Sales to Europe!
| From | To | Valid Departing Dates | Airfares From | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | London | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $939.00 |
| Chicago | Madrid | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1163.00 |
| Los Angeles | London | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1125.00 |
| Miami | Frankfurt | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1210.00 |
| San Francisco | Berlin | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1258.00 |
| Miami | Rome | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1567.00 |
| Seattle | Istanbul | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1363.00 |
| Los Angeles | Rome | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1516.00 |
| Atlanta | Athens | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1279.00 |
| Dallas | Amsterdam | 06/01/2008 | - | 08/31/2008 | $1252.00 |
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