One of the most pleasant walks you can take through the historic center of Madrid is in the Paseo del Prado, the most important boulevard in the city where some of the most prominent are concentrated. museums of the capital, which is why it is also known as Art Walk.
With a tourism trip to Madrid, tour the Paseo del Prado It is going to be an essential stage. You will find a large garden area where, above all, in autumn, you will find some very beautiful urban landscapes.
This boulevard extends from Plaza de Cibeles to Emperor Charles V Square, although you will know her better as Atocha square, a name it had until 1941.
After leaving in the Plaza de Cibeles such outstanding monuments of Madrid as the Fountain of Cibeles or Cybele Palace, current headquarters of the Madrid City Council, on the left you will find the Naval Museum, and on the landscaped boulevard you will be able to see various fountains, especially the Apolo.
You soon arrive at the Loyalty Square, a large garden in the center of which stands the The monument to the fallen ones. In this same square you can see the historic building of the Bolsa de madrid, daily protagonist of the financial market.
In front of this square, on the other side of the boulevard, is the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, with its own garden, and whose main building is on the corner of the Cánovas del Castillo square, also better known as square of Neptune.
From my point of view, this is one of the squares that brings together some of the most beautiful corners of Madrid.
Without a doubt its luxurious hotels, the Ritz, with its garden ideal for summer dinners, or the Palace, with so much history. In the center, the Neptune fountain, and almost opposite, the villanueva building, Seat of the Museo del Prado, and the old Vistahermosa palace, now home to the aforementioned Thyssen museum.
and following you walk to Atocha, after passing the Prado museum building you will find the Royal Botanical Garden. And opposite, the cultural center CaixaForum Madrid, opened in 2008 after the renovation of an old power plant that suffered a fire.
As a preview of your walk, here is a gallery of photos of the Prado in Madrid, most of them taken in autumn.
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