The middle of Madrid is Kilometer zero — all distances in the country are measured from here.
One of the most photographed building in the world is the Metropolis Building in downtown Madrid. Inaugurated in 1911, it was designed by Jules and Raymond Février in a French, Beaux-Arts style for the insurance company La Unión y el Fénix. Metropolis Building at the corner of the Calle de Alcalá and Gran Vía
Fountain of Neptune
Goya — his portraits look like photographs
The Prado Museum is the main Spanish national art museum. It features one of the world’s finest collections of European art — unquestionably the best single collection of Spanish art. Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture in 1819, it also contains important collections of other types of works. El Prado is considered one the greatest museums of art in the world. The numerous (1300) works by Francisco de Goya, the single most extensively represented artist, as well as by Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Titian, Peter Paul Rubens and Hieronymus Bosch. Prado Museum
Bullet Train — 2 1/2 hrs from Madrid to Barcelona