Hostal HorizonteMadrid; Museum
Madrid; Museum
Cildo Meireles en el Palacio de Velázquez
J. L. Gamallo. El Retiro es sin duda uno de los espacios naturales de Madrid y toda persona que nos visite tiene que pasarse en algún momento para conocer este estupendo jardín.
Museum of the Academy of San Fernando (Madrid)
J. L. Gamallo. Certainly The Prado Museum is the most visited museum in Madrid, not in vain is one of the first museums worldwide. The image of tourists patiently queue for storing and it has become customary for transiting the Museum. For those who want to enjoy a world-class museum, no queues and no influx of people, nothing better than a visit to the Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, at the beginning of Alcala Street, a couple of minutes from the Puerta del Sol. The visit really worthwhile, and Wednesday morning is free.
Museo de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Madrid)
J. L. Gamallo. El Museo del Prado es el museo más visitado de Madrid, y no en valde es una de las primeras pinacotecas del mundo. La imagen de los turistas guardando pacientemente cola para entrar ya se ha hecho habitual para los que transitan por el Museo. Para los que quieran disfrutar de un Museo de primera categoría, sin colas y sin afluencias de gente, nada mejor que acercarse al al Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, al principio de la calle de Alcalá, a un par de minutos de la Puerta del Sol.
Turismo en Madrid, desde el Hostal Horizonte
J. L. Gamallo. Se titutlaba una vieja película española de 1968, El turismo es un gran invento, donde el inefable y cazurro Paco Martínez Soria, a la sazón alcalde de Valdemorillo del Moncayo, acompañado de su secretario, se marchan a la Costal del Sol, para estudiar in situ, que había que hacer para convertir a su pueblo en una potencia turística y evitar que los jóvenes tuvieran que emigrar del pueblo.
The Hostal Horizonte, a casa de Madrid in the historic center
J. L. Gamallo. The Hostal Horizonte is located in historical and artistic heart of the capital of Spain, on a street that is already in the plane made by Pedro de Teixeira in the seventeenth century, Atocha street, which from the Plaza Mayor was heading shrine of Our Lady of Atocha, the patron of the royal family, and who were offered at the time of his birth and infant princes. The present appearance of the street is the one that took over the nineteenth century, when it built the most houses.
The art of the present. Helga de Alvear Collection
J. L. Gamallo. Although we are in Madrid at the height of heat, why not cease the activity in all areas, and is still interesting exhibitions in museums and cultural centers in Madrid. The Palacio de Cibeles, or CentroCentro as the name he has given the municipal authority, is one of the flagships of the culture belonging to our City, its magnitude enables simultaneous multiple exposures. If one is interested in the latest trends in art, now you can enjoy "The art of the present. Helga de Alvear Collection".
El arte del presente. La colección de Helga de Alvear en el Palacio de Cibeles
J. L. Gamallo. A pesar de que estamos en Madrid en pleno estío canicular, no por eso cesa la actividad en todos los ámbitos, y sigue habiendo interesantes exposiciones en los museos y centros culturales de Madrid. El Palacio de Cibeles, o CentroCentro según la extraño nombre que le ha dado la autoridad municipal, es uno de los buques insignia de la cultura pertenecientes a nuestro Ayuntamiento, la magnitud del mismo hace posible la simultaneidad de varias exposiciones.
Hostel Horizonte, a youth hostel in Madrid center
J. L. Gamallo. Today a huge number of tourists who come to see and enjoy the charms of Madrid are young. His image, usually with a backpack costs and air of fatigue, it is common on the streets of downtown Madrid. And on hot days the backpack should weigh more, and have to think that many come from northern Europe, the United States or Canada, with more benign climates in summer. They are the protagonists of a car certainly cheap, most are students, so that your chances are not very big econónicas.
The Saint Pantaleon blood´s miracle. (Monastery of Encarnacion, Madrid)
J. L. Gamallo. Very near the Royal Palace stands one of the most beautiful churches Madríd, the Royal Monastery of the Incarnation, founded by Queen Margaret of Austria, wife of Philip III.
The Puerta del Sol, the center of life in Madrid
J. L. Gamallo. The Puerta del Sol, the center of Madrid and road km 0 of Spain, is a unique and especially attractive for all tourists visiting the capital of Spain. It is the heart of city life, a place to meet friends, to go to the shopping areas, have a few beers, eat at the tavern typical of many that are very close, and so on. It is difficult to come to Madrid and not feel attracted by the special attraction of this place, whose name former city gate adorned with a sun.