While Madrid may conjure up an image of Spain’s sprawling capital city, it’s actually a vast province that sweeps across the central Spanish plain to the Sierra de Guadarrama – a mountainous ...

To the east of central Madrid ... The avenue was home to Spain's first skyscrapers and marked the beginning of modernization in Madrid. Try a traditional bocadillo de calamares (calamari sandwich ...

To the east of central Madrid, Parque del Buen Retiro (El Retiro Park) can be translated as "Garden of the Pleasant Retreat," and that's what it is – a sprawling swath of lush greenery filled ...