Day 8: Madrid

On day 8 we will arrive in Madrid.  We will start with a guided sightseeing tour (on a tour bus with stops) of the city.  We will travel along Paseo del Prado, Gran Vía, Calle Mayor seeing the Plaza Colon and Puerta del Sol.  We will also visit the Royal Palace, where the King and Queen of Spain once lived.   After lunch we will visit the Prado Museum and possibly some free time before dinner.  Maybe we will eat a dinner of tortilla española, yummy!   The prize for the day is a treat found at Chocolatería San Ginés (or a similiar location)

First person to answer the following questions correctly wins!

1.  What is the prize treat found at Chocolatería San Ginés?

 

2.  What is a tortilla española?

The following questions are about things we might see on the sightseeing tour.  The answers can be found at GO Madrid

3.  What is Madrid's main square?

4.  What is Madrid's most famous and most central square (although actually has the shape of a semi-circle)?

5.  What is the function of the Real Casa de Correos?

6.  What happens at the Real Casa de Correos on New Year's Eve?

7.  Outside the Casa de Correos is an important stone slab, what does it mark?

9.  What is the official symbol of Madrid?

10.  What 3 important things are found in the Plaza de Cibeles?

11.  Why is the Plaza de Cibeles important for the Real Madrid Football team?

12.  What is Madrid's main park, largest and most beautiful?

13.  What can we do in this park?

14.  What palace is found in this park?

15.  What 3 famous art museums are found near the Paseo del Prado, known as the Golden Triangle of Art?

16.  What 2 monuments are found in the Plaza Colon?

17.  What street is also known as the Spanish Broadway?

18.  At the north end of the Gran Via is the Plaza de España, what monument is found there?  (Our hotel is just off of the Gran Via)

19.  How many of the 2,800 rooms at the Palacio Real are open to visitors?

 

We will visit the Prado.

20.  Of the European masters displayed there, which two are Spansih?

21.  What is the most famous painting at the Prado?

22.  Who was King Felipe III's favorite artist?

23.  Where will you find Goya's "The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid"?

If we have the free time, I would also like to visit the Reina Sofía Museum.

24.  What famous painting is located there?

25.  Who painted it?

26.  What was the purpose of the painting?

I hope you also checked out some of the photos on this website.  We will be seeing many of these places soon!!!!!

 

This is a sample of a day.  Each night our tour director will post a schedule like this in the lobby.