Madrid

[Gryff]

What should we do
We’ve booked for the weekend of DH birthday and our Ruby wedding anniversary
We wil do the football stadium for DH its his birthday
Our trip is November we are flying BC on a BA holiday 5* hotel with breakfast arrive lunch time Friday and leave Tuesday evening
We eat anything but sushi
We’ve been gifted 4 day city explorer tickets
Over to you Knowledgeable dibbers
We love gallery’s markets etc

[stanleycamel]

Originally Posted by Gryff

What should we do
We’ve booked for the weekend of DH birthday and our Ruby wedding anniversary
We wil do the football stadium for DH its his birthday
Our trip is November we are flying BC on a BA holiday 5* hotel with breakfast arrive lunch time Friday and leave Tuesday evening
We eat anything but sushi
We’ve been gifted 4 day city explorer tickets
Over to you Knowledgeable dibbers
We love gallery’s markets etc

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If you haven't been before then

Museo Nacional del Prado
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Picasso's Guernica a must see)
Food or Tapas Walking Tour or eat down Calle Cava Baja in La Latina area
Chocolatería San Ginés - for chocolate and churros (in the early hours or for breakfast )
Museum of Ham (I joke not - good for a wine and ham sandwich)
Mercado San Miguel (more food)
Retiro Park on a Sunday
Segway tour
Generally walking around the city if the weather is kind.
Plaza Mayor for an expensive coffee/wine and people watching

You'll notice a theme of food and wine going there

The Madrid Metro can be useful and I can recommend a trip to Toldeo or Aranjuez if you want to get out of Madrid as it is only about half an hour on the train.

[sully301]

Botins for suckling pig- it's the oldest restaurant in the world apparently

[Gill H]

Agree, it was lovely there.

I still dream of the Pedro Ximenez sherry we had in the market. It was like velvet.

We did a flamenco show and dinner - good value with very nice food and the dancing was really impressive.

[Gryff]

Thanks for the suggestions
We will look into them