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Gran Vía

Madrid, Spain

About Gran Vía

Madrid's most spectacular boulevard — a mile-long avenue of early 20th-century Beaux Arts and Art Deco skyscrapers built between 1910 and 1930, nicknamed the 'Spanish Broadway' for its concentration of theatres. The Edificio Metrópolis with its winged victory sculpture at the Alcalá junction is the definitive Madrid postcard.

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📍Gran Vía, Madrid

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Why it works for solo travelers

✓ Comfortable to visit on your own.
✓ Free to visit.

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The world's finest collection of European Old Masters — Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings (Saturno devorando a su hijo), El Bosco's The Garden of Earthly Delights, Titian's complete Habsburg portraits. A top-ten museum of the world; free entry Monday–Saturday 6–8pm and Sunday 5–7pm.

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