This title features a revolutionary new design for pocket-sized travel guides. Open the cover & discover a remarkable new design! It has 2 popout maps & a comprehensive fully illustrated 64 page guide of Madrid. & it works like magic! The map & guide of the city are fully cross-referenced for instant, effortless navigation, making this the easiest guidebook you will ever use. The well-written text covers sights, shopping, entertainment, food, practical information & where to stay. With durable flexibound, stunning laminated covers, the popout cityguide is excellent value for your money for your trip to Madrid. ...

Madrid Pop-Out Map from Compass Maps in a series designed to provide two street plans, the city centre plus a wider area around it, in a handy format to fit neatly all but the smallest pockets, with, as appropriate, transport network diagrams, additional useful maps, etc. Each title ...

Street plan of the whole city, showing each postal district in a different colour with its full postal code. On the reverse there is an enlargement for the city centre, a diagram of the metro network, & lists of useful addresses. Street index is in a separate booklet. ...

Madrid with its outer districts on a large, indexed map at 1:12, 000 from Telstar Distrimapas showing postal districts in different colours, plus an enlargement of the city centre, & diagrams of the metro/light rail & commuter trains networks. Postal districts are in different colours & shown their 5-digit number (28xxx). The map shows metro & railway stations, car parks, locations of selected hotels & food markets, etc. Also marked is the course of the city’s cycling green belt. The index is on the reverse. The map

Includes:: an enlargement for the city centre (roughly: Royal Palace – Gran Viá – The Prado- Conservatorio) plus two clear diagrams of the metro/light rail & the commuter trains networks. Map legend

Includes:: English.



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Contoured, GPS-compatible, indexed road map at 1:200, 000 from CNIG
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The buzzing life of bars, warm evenings by the Manzanares river, the subterranean terrors of the Metro, icy winters & hot, empty summers, student days in the sixties, the ruthless underworld of the city`s mafia
- this captivating anthology reflects the character of Madrid & the lives of the madrilenos, as its inhabitants are called, in all their splendid variety. Some stories are bizarre, some funny, some serious, & as you read you`ll travel through the city. The famous streets & monuments of Madrid
- Cibeles, Calle de Alcala, Plaza Mayor, & the Royal Palace
- as well as the poor, working-class barrios unfrequented by sightseers will pass before your eyes like a moving picture. Some stories, like the Galdos story & Carmen Martin Gaite`s `A clear conscience` depict a journey across Madrid, while in Javier Marias` sinister tale, ` Fallen from fortune`, a couple are unaware that their guide to all the usual tourist highlights is leading them to their death. In ` Through the wall` & ` Personality disorders`, the characters barely leave their apartments, & the city lurks outside the windows.A rich assortment of characters
- adolescent boys obsessed with sex; maids up from the country; provincial girls who slide into prostitution; a small boy excited at the prospect of going downtown with his grandfather; vain, self-absorbed thirty-somethings with too much money; immigrant families far from home; mafia types; diligent office-workers struggling to bring up a family
- come alive in the tales. Few of these stories have previously been translated into English. Some names, such as Benito Perez Galdos, Javier Marias, Juan Jose Millas, & Carmen Martin Gaite, will be more familiar than others but all deserve to be better known. There is a map at the back of the book to indicate the places mentioned in the stories & photographs complement & accompany each story. The reader will also find there biographical notes on the authors & suggestions for further reading.




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Madrid in the City & Regions series from Time Out; comprehensive guides to a range of cities & their surrounding regions & including some of the most detailed listings & directories of places to eat & drink & things to do & see. Time Out guides are strongly focussed on local entertainment & nightlife, in addition to principal sights & attractions, with expert local writers providing an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city. This unique quality has ensured that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. The surrounding region is also incorporated in some guides, with information on the principal attractions, sites, landscapes & the best way of exploring them. Each of the Time Out city & region guides has a similar layout, allowing visitors to explore their destination easily. An ...

Madrid in the City & Regions series from Time Out; comprehensive guides to a range of cities & their surrounding regions & including some of the most detailed listings & directories of places to eat & drink & things to do & see. Time Out guides are strongly focussed on local entertainment & nightlife, in addition to principal sights & attractions, with expert local writers providing an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city. This unique quality has ensured that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. The surrounding region is also incorporated in some guides, with information on the principal attractions, sites, landscapes & the best way of exploring them. Each of the Time Out city & region guides has a similar layout, allowing visitors to explore their destination easily. An ‘ In Context’ introductory chapter profiles the destination with several local writers providing individual insights into different aspects of their city & the wider region. An extensive sights section is arranged by area &

Includes:: information about principal attractions in addition to dedicated walking tours & information boxes on particular places of interest. An escapes & excursions chapter also covers some of the highlights found just beyond the city limits or the must-see attractions in the specific region. The ‘ Consume’ chapter is organised into hotels, restaurants & cafes, bars & shops & services & provides an enormous array of ways to explore the destination. Individual establishments are accompanied by detailed descriptions & include useful information on opening times, prices, location, address & the type of food & drink available. An Arts & Entertainment section provides extensive listings & details of art galleries, books & poetry, cabaret & comedy, children’s activities, clubs, film & television, gay & lesbian, music, sports & fitness & theatre & dance. There is also a Directory with information on getting around the city & region as well as practical guidance on subjects such as attitude & etiquette, customs, disabled visitors, drugs, embassies & consulates, health, help-lines, insurance, internet facilities, media, money, opening hours, religion, smoking, universities, telephones, times & dates, tourist information points, visas & immigration & working in the city.

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In 2007, Madrid emerges from several years under wraps to reveal its new facelift. Streets have been prettified, boulevards swept through & transport untangled. This in addition to its perennial attractions, whether your interests lie in spectacular opera productions or chirpy folkloric zarzuela; in cutting-edge cuisine or ancient, tiled tabernas; in designer-shoe shopping or mooching around flea markets. Put together by journalists resident in the city, Time Out Madrid also covers the artistic jewels housed in the Prado, Thyssen & Reina Sofia, as well as the etiquette of watching a bullfight or joining in with a flamenco performance, plus where to stay & how to escape the city heat. ...

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