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Without a doubt, one of the most charming areas of the Region of Madrid is known as 'Alcarria Alcalaína', a space of great beauty thanks to its variety of landscapes and ecosystems. On this occasion, we will stop at three towns to get to know them better: Ambite, Olmeda de las Fuentes and Pezuela de las Torres. Let's get started!
Excursions, walks around Madrid, shopping in a legendary car, relaxing in a spa, flying in a wind tunnel, a day of adventure practicing paintball, archery, practicing our driving skills with the experts or climbing an indoor wall at the climbing wall. All these plans are available to you in the Region of Madrid. You can't miss them!
We propose you to get to know the region through the program 'Madrid en Verde', which includes 50 guided routes through the protected natural areas of the Region of Madrid. Below you will find all the details, but don't forget to continue complying with the safety standards indicated by the health authorities in order to guarantee the safety of all. Three, two, one... let's start!
From the 18th of July until the 30th of August, the Madrid towns of Alpedrete, Guadarrama, Moralzarzal, Navacerrada, Cercedilla, Mataelpino and Los Molinos will host more than 25 artists in the 10 concerts programmed in the new edition of the 'Sierra Musical Festival'. Don't miss it!
With the arrival of the good weather and the hours of light, you feel like enjoying nature. A good walk through places where the landscape, the fauna and the flora merge in images of days that we will always remember. We propose a series of routes through three beautiful villages that treasure all of the above, with the Sierra de Guadarrama as a backdrop within its National Park, El Boalo, Cerceda and Mataelpino.
If you like to be in touch with nature, this week we propose you to know closely the Sierra de Guadarrama through different routes guided by qualified personnel, with which besides being witnesses of the beauty of the environment, we will also learn its characteristics and even some curiosities. What are you waiting to discover it?
Little by little we return to the long awaited normality and enjoy art in its purest form. Last week the open spaces of Matadero Madrid opened their doors, as well as their restaurant and bicycle rental service, and from this week we can also enjoy their exhibitions. We are waiting for you!
The Region of Madrid hosts three treasures that are included in the UNESCO World Heritage list, we are talking about San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Aranjuez and Alcala de Henares. After several weeks without moving freely through the region, we begin this exciting route that will surely not leave you indifferent.
Exploring the Royal Botanical Gardens is an experience that captivates the senses at any time of year, but even more so in spring, with the beauty and variety of its colours. After several weeks closed to the public, and thanks to the gradual return to normality, last May 25th it opened its doors to walk around as we wanted, respecting, of course, health measures that allow us to do so in total safety.
During the confinement, different exhibitions could be seen online, now, after the improvement of the situation the museums of the Region of Madrid, and they invite you to see them in situ. This is the case of Alcalá 31 with 'Gran Sur', the Sala Canal de Isabel II with its tribute to 'David Delfín', and the Sala de Arte Joven with Off/On. Don't miss the opportunity to see them!
If there is one thing we have learned during these months of confinement, it is to value open spaces even more, where we can be reunited with our loved ones. Moreover, with the arrival of the good weather, you will want to enjoy an evening on the beautiful terraces that Madrid hosts at street level or on a rooftop. Although there are many more, we encourage you to discover a small selection, which is your favourite?
During almost three months, National Heritage has continued working not only to conserve the Palaces, Monasteries and Convents, but also to adapt to its facilities the new access regulations for the prevention of COVID-19 transmission, thus guaranteeing maximum security. With this premise, we invite you to visit the Royal Palace, which opened its doors last June 10th. Let's start!
The Region of Madrid offer the little ones of the house, learn in a different and fun way through virtual pedagogical workshops. With a varied content, adapted to the age of the students, below we reveal you all the details. Be part of it!
The Cervantes Birthplace Museum surprises us with a new initiative, in which, comfortably from home, we can enjoy the adventures of the ingenious knight 'Don Quixote of la Mancha'. The last premiere, will take place on June 13th, don't miss it!
Little by little, the Region of Madrid is recovering its expected normality. This is the case of what is known as the Art Walk, an area of the capital where some of the most important art galleries in the world are located, and which during these days is opening its doors to receive, for the time being, all the people who live in our region, and soon everyone. Will you come?
From Turismo Madrid, we want to give you ideas to enjoy your leisure time, while you explore and know the region in depth. So, and taking advantage of the fact that last week the Garden of the Palace Infante Don Luis opened its doors after this break we have experienced, we are going to the town of Boadilla del Monte. Do you want to go?
With the aim of giving visibility to those municipalities that are committed to rural tourism, as well as sharing experiences and concerns, the website EscapadaRural.com, invites us to participate in a new edition to choose the Capital of Rural Tourism 2020, in which the town of Rascafría has been selected as a finalist. Please, do not stop voting!
Discover the political and social chronicle of the 20th century in Madrid thanks to the more than 500,000 images of the graphic reporter 'Martín Santos Yubero'. It's a true journey through history with just one click, through the website Regional Archives. Will you join us?
After the standstill generated by the COVID-19 crisis, we are gradually returning to normal. From here, we want to contribute to you to take it better and for it we invite you to see the region with other eyes. During the next weeks, you will discover many plans, so we encourage you to stay connected to our website, but below you will find a taste of what you can find...
The Region of Madrid tries to make known the region's heritage, and in its eagerness to make it available to everyone, it has created a website that includes ten of the last Goods of Cultural Interest that have been declared by the regional government since last September 2019.
Since May 25, and after leaving phase 0, you can now enjoy the three-periurban parks in the region, always complying with a series of preventive measures against COVID-19. Take advantage of this to tour the region through its parks!
On May 26, the museums of the Region of Madrid opened their doors. With important safety and hygiene measures it is now possible to visit your favourite art galleries, thus resuming your cultural activity. In the coming days, they will announce their schedule, but now, we will advanced you the protocols to follow.
For years the Region of Madrid has begun to highlight the so-called 'wine tourism', thanks in part to the wide variety of landscapes and wineries that we can find without leaving the region, and that since 1990 we have the Designation of Origin 'Wines of Madrid'. Find out with us in the brochure of 'Enoturismo en Madrid'!
While the moment, in which we can go out to the streets with total normality, comes, we invite you to discover the guide 'Living Tradition Madrid', so that you can start planning how you are going to travel through the thousand of corners that our region offers, and that you will have the opportunity to know through its traditions.
If last week we were travelling to San Lorenzo de El Escorial, this time we are going to visit another town in Madrid whose Cultural Landscape has been a World Heritage Site since 2001, to visit its Royal Palace. We are talking about Aranjuez, will you join us?
If you are already thinking about your first getaway after more than 60 days of confinement, the Sierra Norte offers you the calm and security you need to make the most of it. Don't think twice about it, and come to the most natural and rural tourist area in the Region of Madrid.
Discover our region through its fountains. This week, and in anticipation that little by little we will be back to normal, we propose you to explore the region through these constructions among which you will be able to see the best known, the most original and even the most touristy ones.
Taking advantage that during the next days, little by little we will recover a certain normality with the arrival of the so awaited 'phase 1', we propose you to discover the rich cultural and natural patrimony of the region through its gardens and parks. It's a pleasant walk that will take us to know the different times, tastes and tendencies.
The Region of Madrid, from the situation generated by the appearance of the coronavirus COVID-19, surprises us with a pioneering initiative in the region, based on the use of Big Data online. This is a tourism intelligence project in the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, which seeks to improve the experience of its visitors. Below we reveal you the keys!
Tabacalera Promoción del Arte, proposes you in an easy and intuitive way, to visit from home the different exhibitions that have passed through its rooms or those that are still exposed, but that at the moment it is impossible to visit. Enjoy the culture with us!
The renowned sculptor from Valencia Mariano Benlliure, left his mark on the capital through different monuments. Now you have the opportunity to get to know his work up close thanks to four cultural tours of the capital, which we present to you today so that you can take them when we return to our longed-for normality. Let's get started!
In our effort to make the current period of confinement more bearable, because of the coronavirus, we encourage you to participate in different virtual activities, which will take place in the exhibition halls of the region, and which will include workshops, meetings, videos, virtual tours and even the free download of catalogues. Don't miss it!
Discover from home six centuries of architecture through a virtual journey in which you will visit the most emblematic buildings in the region, designed by the most illustrious architects who contributed to shaping the Region of Madrid. Will you join us?
Enjoy an authentic travel in space from home, thanks to the proposal of the Madrid Planetarium. A wide cultural offer that includes talks, information on galaxies, constellations and much more, which will fascinate you with its broad educational and scientific value. You no longer have an excuse, because you can access its online content whenever you want!
Thanks to the new technologies, we now have the possibility of visiting the museums without leaving home with the possibility of discovering curiosities and different details that perhaps in a visit we would miss. This is the case of the Museum of América, which in recent weeks has renewed its capacity to reach the public. Will you join us?
La Casa Encendida has created the online platform 'La Casa On', with which it aims to address cultural and social changes, moving part of its current activity, and with the aim of continuing once the confinement is over. This is a new window to culture, which we are telling you about today so that you don't miss anything.
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando organized the exhibition 'Ventura Rodríguez, architect of the Enlightenment' to commemorate the third centenary of the birth of this Spanish architect in 2017, which now you have the chance to see again online. #stayathome
Today we are going, virtually of course, to the town of Alcalá de Henares, to explore one of the most emblematic buildings of the Renaissance, we are talking about the Archbishop's Palace. Through an interesting reconstruction, carried out by the Regional Archaeological Museum, you can learn about its history. Do you want to join us?
From the Region of Madrid, we invite you to learn about the history of the region without leaving your home. Through our 'Castles Guide', you will travel back in time to the Middle Ages to learn first-hand about the history of the fortifications in the region. Are you in?
With the aim of promoting sustainable tourism, the Region of Madrid connects you to the well-known 'Green Ways'. These are magical, accessible and affordable routes that run along the old railway routes and respect nature. Stay with us to discover it!
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