How many days in Madrid?

One day covers the essentials that lie close together.

Teatro Real · Palacio Real de Madrid · Catedral de la Almudena · Plaza de España · Templo de Debod · Palacio de la Moncloa

A second day lets you go beyond the very centre.

Plaza Mayor · Puerta del Sol · Museo Arqueológico Nacional · Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza · Museo del Prado

Three days are comfortable — enough for museums and places further out.

Puerta de Europa Oeste · Torre PwC · Exedra

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We measured walking times to the main sights from different parts of the city. From the area below you reach them in 17 min on average, 33 min at the furthest, and 6 of them are within walking distance.

• Plaza Mayor (98 m)
• Palacio Real de Madrid (647 m)
• Catedral de la Almudena (692 m)

For comparison: from the worst-placed area it is 28 min on average to the same places.

Open: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-19:00

Open: Mo 10:00-21:00; We-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-19:00

Royal Palace of Madrid

Open: Oct-Mar: 10:00-18:00; Apr-Sep: 10:00-20:00

Royal Palace of Madrid

Open: Oct-Mar: 10:00-18:00; Apr-Sep: 10:00-20:00; Jul 25,Oct 12,Nov 01,09,Dec 24: 10:00-15:00; Jan 01,06: off

Almudena Cathedral

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Open: Tu-Su 10:00-19:00; Mo 12:00-16:00

Main Square

El Retiro Park

Open: Oct-Mar: 06:00-22:00; Apr-Sep: 06:00-24:00

National Museum of Archaeology

Open: Mo off; Tu-Sa 09:30-20:00; Su 09:30-15:00; PH 09:30-15:00; Jan 01,06,May 01,Dec 24,25,31 off

Temple of Debod

Open: PH,Tu-Su 10:00-19:00; Mo off; Jan 01,06,May 01,Dec 24,25,31: off

Temple of Debod

Open: Oct-Mar: Tu-Fr 09:45-13:45,16:15-18:15; Oct-Mar: Sa,Su,PH 09:30-20:00; Apr-Sep: Tu-Fr 10:00-14:00,18:00-20:00; Apr-Sep: Sa,Su,PH 09:30-20:00; Mo off; Jan 01,06,May 01,Dec 25: off

Palace of Moncloa

plaza de España

Gate of Europe

exedra

Gate of Europe

Alcalá Gate

Forest of Remembrance

Sorolla Museum

Open: Mo off; Tu-Sa 09:30-20:00; Su 10:00-15:00; Jan 01,06,May 01,Dec 24,25,31 off

Museum of the Americas

Open: Tu-Sa 09:30-15:00; Th 09:30-19:00; PH,Su 10:00-15:00; Mo off; Jan 01,06,May 01,Dec 24,25,31: off

Convent of Las Descalzas Reales

Open: Tu-Sa 10:00-14:00,16:00-18:30; Su,PH 10:00-15:00; Mo off; Jan 01,06,May 01,Dec 24,25,31: off

Gate of Toledo

1977 Atocha massacre

Fountain of Cybele

1977 Atocha massacre

Madrid History Museum

Open: Tu-Su 10:00-20:00; Mo off; Jan 01,06,May 01,Dec 24,25,31: off