Cheap Madrid Breaks

Madrid is a city with a unique flair. Nowhere else in the world is the past so close to the present. Nuns and Monks still live and worship in convents and monastries that date back for centuries and locals still stop for olives and a small glass of wine in the way that their forebears have done for centuries.

But Madrid is also a city known for its exciting modern architecture, trendy small hotels and buzzing nightlife, with bars and clubs open until dawn and even later at weekends. The city provides everything you would need for a short break. While thousands flock to watch the traditional rites at the world's most famous bullring, even more fans head for the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu to watch Real Madrid, arguably the most famous football club in the world.

Madrid is a city where you need to go with the flow. Only a foreigner eats dinner as early as nine at night and only a foreigner walks the boiling pavements on an afternoon in high summer. So do as locals do: sit down to dinner at 10pm, take an afternoon nap, then stay up to the small hours.
Read more on this destination in The AA Citypack Guide to Madrid.