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What to see in Madrid on foot

50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.

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Madrid is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, museums and galleries and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the Madrid pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.

Landmarks1

  1. 1Capilla de Nuestra Señora y de san Juan de Letrán

Historic Sites20

  1. 2Monumento a los Caídos por España
  2. 3Kilómetro Cero
  3. 4Monumento en honor a los abogados de Atocha
  4. 5Cabo Luis Noval
  5. 6Cánovas del Castillo
  6. 7Estatua de Goya
  7. 8Monumento a los caídos en el cuartel de la Montaña
  8. 9Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla
  9. 10Cruz Puerta Cerrada
  10. 11Corral de comedias de la Cruz
  11. 12Obelisco Laus Deo II
  12. 13Manuel Alonso Martínez
  13. 14Elena Fortún
  14. 15Placa en honor a los abogados de Atocha
  15. 16Leonardo Torres Quevedo
  16. 17Eduardo Rosales
  17. 18Fray Alonso de Contreras
  18. 19Iglesia de San Salvador
  19. 20José del Castillo
  20. 21Jaime Balmes

Museums & Galleries5

  1. 22Museo ABCMuseo ABC is a museum in Madrid, Spain, dedicated to drawing and illustration.
  2. 23Museo de Arte ContemporáneoThe Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, formerly known as Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporáneo, is a municipally owned museum in Madrid, Spain, located in the historic Conde Duque barracks.
  3. 24Museo de Cera
  4. 25Real Monasterio de Santa IsabelThe Royal Monastery of Santa Isabel is a monastery located in Madrid, Spain.
  5. 26Palacio Real de MadridThe Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the Spanish royal family and is used primarily for state ceremonies.

Public Art24

  1. 27Monumento a Claudio Moyano
  2. 28Estatua de la Mariblanca
  3. 29Estatua de Federico García Lorca
  4. 30Emilia Pardo Bazán
  5. 31Estatua a Jacinto Ruiz Teniente de Infantería
  6. 32Estatua a Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
  7. 33Eloy GonzaloThe Monument to Eloy Gonzalo is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain.
  8. 34Joven caminando (Susana)
  9. 35Estatua Agustín Lara
  10. 36Monumento a Sor Juana Inés de la CruzJuana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was a Hieronymite nun and a Novohispanic writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, nicknamed "The Tenth Muse", "The Mexican Phoenix", and "The Phoenix of America" by her contemporary critics.
  11. 37La Violetera
  12. 38Bárbara de Braganza
  13. 39Fernando VI
  14. 40Alfonso VIII
  15. 41Fernando V, El Católico
  16. 42Jaime I El Conquistador
  17. 43Isabel la Católica
  18. 44Alfonso X El Sabio
  19. 45Adhesión de España a las Comunidades Europeas
  20. 46Tras Julia
  21. 47Monumento a Agustín de ArgüellesAgustín Argüelles was a Spanish liberal politician.
  22. 48Jean Jacques Rousseau
  23. 49Felipe II
  24. 50Alfonso VI

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