Instant Cities: Madrid

Instant Madrid BETA

Explore or race by bike, on foot or on horseback through old Madrid!

Ride through old Madrid in 3D, past the Puerta del Sol, the Plaza Mayor, the Royal Palace and the Plaza de Oriente, with every building from OpenStreetMap.

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What there is to do

The real Madrid

Wander among about 3,800 buildings rebuilt in 3D from OpenStreetMap: a first piece of the historic centre, with more of the city to come.

Madrid de los Austrias

Start at the Puerta del Sol, follow the Calle Mayor past the Plaza Mayor to the Royal Palace and the Almudena, and cross the Plaza de Oriente to the Teatro Real.

A race: Sol and Oriente

Race from the Puerta del Sol along the Calle Mayor to the Royal Palace, across the Plaza de Oriente, past Santo Domingo to Callao and back down the Calle del Carmen.

This is Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and its largest city, high on the plateau in the middle of the country. Philip II made it the seat of his court in 1561, and the kings who followed left it a royal palace, the arcaded Plaza Mayor and the Prado, one of the great art museums of the world. Today Madrid is also known for its late nights, its tapas bars and its football.

  • The Prado, the Reina Sofía with Picasso’s Guernica, and the Thyssen museum
  • The Royal Palace, the Plaza Mayor and the Puerta del Sol
  • Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid
  • Late dinners, tapas, churros with chocolate and the Sunday flea market of El Rastro

About the city

Where Madrid lies in Spain Barcelona Madrid
Madrid in Spain, of which it is the capital.

Places, elements and landmarks

Puerta del SolKilometre zero of Spain’s roads, where Spain eats its twelve grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Bear and Strawberry TreeThe bronze bear reaching up into a strawberry tree, Madrid’s coat of arms on the Puerta del Sol. Plaza MayorThe arcaded square of 1619, where Madrid held markets, bullfights and the trials of the Inquisition. Royal PalaceWith more than 3,000 rooms the largest royal palace in western Europe, still used for state occasions. Almudena CathedralMadrid’s cathedral, begun in 1883 and only consecrated in 1993, facing the Royal Palace. Plaza de OrienteThe gardens between the Royal Palace and the opera, with a famous statue of Philip IV on a rearing horse. Teatro RealMadrid’s opera house, facing the Royal Palace across the Plaza de Oriente. Mercado de San MiguelAn iron-and-glass market hall of 1916, now a gourmet food hall next to the Plaza Mayor. Plaza de la VillaA small square of three buildings from three centuries, the old heart of Madrid’s government.

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Famous art in Madrid

Las MeninasDiego Velázquez, 1656 Saturn Devouring His SonFrancisco de Goya, c. 1819–1823 The Garden of Earthly DelightsHieronymus Bosch, c. 1490–1510 The Third of May 1808Francisco de Goya, 1814 The Nobleman with his Hand on his ChestEl Greco, c. 1580 The Triumph of DeathPieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1562 The Descent from the CrossRogier van der Weyden, c. 1435

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