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Archivo para September, 2007

Tourism and Restaurant in Madrid: El Amparo

Restaurant
Ideal restaurant for all kinds of dinners and for its intimate and quiet setting. Comfortable and stylish atmosphere. Thoroughly professional service. Famous for its great bodega with wines from almost all the national Denominations of Origin and international wines (French, Portuguese, Californian, Italian, etc). Cigar selection. Selection spirits and alcohol. Booking is advisable.
Restaurants
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Tourism and Restaurant in Madrid: Zalacaín

Restaurant
Establishment considered to be the most emblematic of high quality Mediterranean cuisine in Madrid.As well as a waiting bar, there are two main dining rooms one of them located in front of the garden and five private rooms all decorated in a different fashion. Covered terrace with an area of tables that have bigger gaps […]

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Tourism in Madrid: National Science and Technology Museum

A journey into scientific history
Here you can find an interesting collection that will help you understand technological evolution in Spain.
One of the museum’s exhibit rooms
The National Science and Technology Museum is located in the old Madrid-Delicias railway station, and offers a selection of pieces dating from the 16th century through to the present day. They […]

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Tourism in Madrid: Astronomical Observatory Collection

One of this Observatory’s locations is in the Villanueva Building, in Retiro Park. This centre has an important collection of antique instruments used for different purposes in astronomy and meteorology, such as a meridian circle, a selection of precision timepieces and a bronze mirror polished by W. Herschel. A Foucault pendulum in the centre rotunda […]

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Tourism in Madrid: Goya Pantheon

Located in the San Antonio de la Florida chapel, at the foot of the presbytery. The painter’s tomb is made of granite, and the limestone marker that indicated his burial place in the cemetery in Bordeaux, where he died in 1828, is attached. His remains were later transferred to Spain and were buried in this […]

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