Flights to Madrid – Spain’s capital city
Madrid was made the Spain’s capital in the 1600s, named after the Arab word magerit, ‘the place of many streams’. These days it is a big, thriving city with a population of 3 million or more. Flights to Madrid deposit you 190 milers or so from the sea on a high plateau 650 metres above sea level. This makes it the highest altitude capital city in Europe. Because of its unique geographical position Madrid is a sun-lover’s paradise, with more sunny days every year than almost any other city in the EU. Madrid has two railway stations, Chamartín in the north and Atocha in the south of the city. Both give you easy access to Madrid Airport, AKA Barajas Airport.
Madrid Flights – 190 miles from the sea
The Spanish love their football and Madrid is home to Real Madrid, a superteam if there ever was one. Take flights to Madrid and visit the 20th century’s most successful football club. Or stuff the football and go and visit Madrid’s fine art galleries; three beauties joined together in what they call the Golden Triangle. There’s the Prado, home to 4000+ works of art. The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, packed with masterpieces by Renoir and Van Eyck. And the marvellous Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, where you can see Picasso’s infamous anti-war painting, Guernica. Cultural overdrive or what?
Flights to Madrid – Fly into Barajas Airport
Madrid Barajas Airport is Spain's busiest, taking care of over 40 million people a year. Wow, that’s a lot of people. They offer literally hundreds of internal Spanish, European and worldwide holiday and business destinations so flights to Madrid are pretty darned popular. Madrid Barajas International airport is only 8 miles from the city centre and the roads are great, recently modernised and brought up to scratch. You can catch the Metro from all four terminals and there are always plenty of taxis on tap outside. It only takes half an hour or so to drive.
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