Week-end in Madrid週末在馬德里
Madrid being the capital and biggest city of Spain with around 3.5 Million inhabitants you might feel overwhelmed at 1st by the amount of things to see and do on a short week-end trip.作為首都馬德里和西班牙最大的城市大約有3.5萬居民，您可能會感到不知所措在第一的數額東西可看，並做短期週末之旅。 You sure won't be able to visit all of the museums, galleries, palaces, parks, architectural sights, Churches, Cathedrals, etc. it has to offer.你肯定將無法訪問所有的博物館，美術館，宮殿，公園，建築景點，教堂，教堂等，它必須提供。 Instead of running a marathon, take your time, one of the great things about Madrid is its easygoing atmosphere.而不是跑馬拉松，需要你的時間，其中一個偉大的事情，是對馬德里的隨和的氣氛。 If you want to get the most out of the city do just how the Madrilenos do by taking things slowly with lots of coffee breaks and long lunches spread throughout the day.如果你想獲得最大的城市是如何做的Madrilenos可以採取緩慢的事情很多的咖啡休息和漫長的午餐傳遍天。
Aerial view on the final approach to Madrid鳥瞰圖的最後辦法，馬德里
Arriving in Madrid at the Bus terminal I was so pleasantly surprised by the 21°c that I made it this my first picture.抵達馬德里的巴士總站我非常驚喜的21℃，我這使我的第一張圖片。 Since temperature does play a role on how you will enjoy a trip I couldn't be happier for what still is an early month of March.由於溫度確實扮演了一個角色，您將如何享受旅行我不能快樂的東西仍然是初期3個月。 Downtown Madrid can be easily reached from the Airport with public transportations in about 10 to 15 minutes for only 1€ .馬德里市中心可以很容易地從機場到公共交通運輸在10至15分鐘僅1€。 Look either for the Metro line 8 that will drop you off at the Nuevos Ministerios station or take bus number 200 outside of the terminal 1 and 2 that will get you to Avenida de America station.查詢無論是對地鐵線8條，可以降低你送行在Nuevos Ministerios車站或乘坐公車200以外的終端1和2，將讓你超越美國站馬路。
The Plaza de Cibeles where you can see the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) building in the back.大地女神的廣場，你可以看到帕拉西奧墨西哥通信 （通訊宮）建立在後面。 More known by the locals as the General Post Office this extraordinary building was made by Architects Antonio Palacios and Joaquin Otamendi.更多已知的當地人作為郵政總局這個非凡的建築是由建築師安東尼奧帕拉西奧斯和華金奧塔門迪。 The influences of this palaces range from Romanesque, Renaissance Gothic, Art Deco and Spanish Plateresque.在這個宮殿的影響範圍從羅馬式，文藝復興時期的哥特式，裝飾藝術和西班牙銀匠。
In the middle of the Square is the statue of Cybele the Phrygian goddess in a chariot pulled by lions在廣場中間的雕像是在弗里吉亞的西貝萊女神的戰車拉著獅子
The Metropolis is another one of best known architectural sights of the Madrid. 都會是另一種最有名的建築景點馬德里。 The building was designed in 1905 by French Architect Jules et Raymond Février for an Insurance company.該建築於1905年設計，由法國建築師朱等雷蒙德費夫里耶在一家保險公司。
The highlight is the dome that glows in the sunlight and its winged statue on top活動的高潮是圓頂在陽光下發光，其翅雕像頂部
Parque Del Retiro's boating lake in front of the Monument to Alfonso XII .麗池公園的湖中划船的紀念碑前向阿方索十二 。 This large park of 350 acres when it first opened in 1767 was only the playground royalty and aristocracy.這個大型公園三百五十英畝第一次打開時，僅在1767年的王室和貴族的遊樂場。 Ordinary Madrilenos and visitors has to wait another hundred years before the gates were opened to them.普通Madrilenos和遊客必須再等一百年前的大門是向他們開放。
Monument in honor of Jacinto Benavente (1922 Literature Nobel Prize) in Parque Del Retiro紀念碑榮譽哈辛貝納文特（1922年諾貝爾文學獎）在麗池公園
Home to one of the best arts collections is the Prado Museum .首頁一個最好的藝術收藏是普拉多博物館 。 Top on the list of most tourists attractions it boats over 9000 paintings with most famous by: Velázquez, Titan, Goya, Bosch, El Greco, Rubens, Raffael, Tintoretto.熱門名單上大多數的景點有9000餘艘最有名的畫作與方式：委拉斯蓋茲，土衛六，戈雅，博世，埃爾格列柯，魯本斯，拉斐爾，丁托列托。 Admission: 6€ Mon-Sat (Free on Sundays).門票：6€星期一至六（星期日免費）。
A view of the busiest streets of the city: Gran Via有一種意見最繁忙的街道城市： 大威盛
Quite a contrast with this colorful quiet little side street不少與此相反豐富多彩的寂靜的小街
The Palacio Real : Madrid's famous Royal Palace with no less than 2800 rooms is considered one of Europe's most spectacular architectural monument achievements. 皇馬的帕拉西奧 ：馬德里著名的皇家宮殿，至少有2800間客房被認為是歐洲最壯觀的建築紀念碑的成就。 Open to the public 7 days a week with an admission charge of 8€ (9€ guided tours).向公眾開放，每週7天與入院費8€（9€導遊）。 Free on Wednesday for EU citizens.免費週三歐盟公民。
The Royal Palace seen from the Sabatini Gardens皇宮看到的薩巴蒂尼花園
The bear and the Strawberry Tree at Puerta del Sol. 熊樹的草莓在太陽門。 The statue that symbolizes the city “El Oso y El Madroño”.該雕像象徵著城市的“埃爾奧索輜薩爾瓦多石南樹”。 Madrid's name even comes from the name of the plant “madroño”.馬德里的名字，甚至來自於植物的名稱“石南樹”。
King Carlos III's statue again at Puerta del Sol 國王卡洛斯三世的雕像再次在太陽門
The San Jeronimo church (15th Century) 聖赫羅尼莫教堂 （15世紀）
Eucharistic celebration going on inside彌撒聖祭正在進行內部
Some of Madrid's café and tapas bars一些馬德里的咖啡館和小吃店
Madrid's most popular square: The Plaza Major馬德里最流行的廣場： 主要的廣場
Capable of holding 50 000 people it was built on a grand scale.能有50萬人，它是建立在大規模。 During its history it has been used(not in order)as: A market, open-air theater, bullfighting ring, a place where executions and tournaments were held though nowadays its mainly used as a place to relax in the sun…在其歷史上一直使用（不按順序）為：A股市場，露天劇場，鬥牛圈，一個地方的處決和賽事舉行，但現在它主要用作休息的地方在陽光...
Statue of King Philip III and its fabulously painted bright red facades of Plaza Major in the back 雕像國王菲利普三世及其驚人成耀眼的紅色廣場外牆，主要在背部
Catedral de la Almudena 拉阿爾穆德納大教堂
Entering from one side走進從一個側面
The Gothic interior哥特式內飾
Exiting from the other side facing the Palacio Real退出對方所面臨的帕拉西奧真實
The Plaza de la villa with at its center the statue of Admiral Alvaro de Bazan who was made famous for defeating the turks in 1571 at Lapano. 該廣場拉維拉按照其中心雕像海軍阿爾瓦羅德索托巴桑誰寫了著名的戰勝土耳其人在1571年的Lapano。
Art can sometimes be found everywhere… don't forget to take a look on the top of some buildings藝術有時隨處可見...別忘了看看對一些建築物的頂部
On top of the BBVA bank is an odd sight of two horse pulled chariot sculptures在頂部的西班牙對外銀行是一個奇怪的視線拉兩馬戰車雕像
Close up on one of them關閉在其中一人
Time for a much deserved break in this fine looking establishment…時間一當之無愧打破這個看起來不錯的成立...
Some good wine and as always drinks are accompanied with some free tapas一些好的葡萄酒和飲料是一如既往地伴隨著一些免費的餐前小吃
The feel from the interior on one side的感覺從內地一方
and another另
Monastery of the Incarnation dating from 1611 修道院的化身 ，從1611年代
The Puerta de Alcalá located in the middle of Independence Square was designed in 1769 by Francesco Sabatini 阿里卡拉的普埃爾塔位於中間的獨立廣場，在1769年設計的弗朗切斯科薩巴蒂尼
Welcome to the “Museo del Jamón” or Museum of ham where you can sample just about any kind of ham possible at the counter歡迎來到“普拉多火腿”或火腿博物館 ，您可以品嚐幾乎任何類型的火腿可以在櫃檯
or Take-outs或以超時
The Real de Calatravas church 17th century church 真實的德Calatravas教堂 17世紀的教堂
La latina district located in the center of Madrid is know for its cafés 拉拉提納區位於馬德里的中心是知道它的咖啡館
and good restaurants良好的餐廳
Streets around la Latina附近的街道拉拉提納
This café gave me some souvenirs from the Philippines and its San Miguel beer I hadn't tasted since…這咖啡給了我一些紀念品，菲律賓生力啤酒和啤酒我沒有吃過，因為...
The Café central Jazz club is rated one of the finest in Europe and since it opened its doors in 1980 booked some of the top international acts. 咖啡廳中央爵士俱樂部被評為最優秀的之一，在歐洲，由於它敞開了大門，1980年預定的一些頂尖的國際行為。 Shows 7 days a week in an exceptional setting for 10€顯示每週7天，在特殊設置10€
The best place to start your day on a Sunday morning in Madrid would the be Spain's most popular open air flea market: El Rastro最好的地方開始新的一天在星期天早晨將在馬德里的是西班牙最流行的露天跳蚤市場： 埃爾拉斯特羅
