This area, known in English as Art Walk, boasts art and beauty as you’ll see nowhere else in the world. Along a stretch of just over one kilometre, you’ll find the Prado Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and the Reina Sofía Museum, as well as a number of other institutions and buildings well worth visiting.

Art galleries (www.artemadrid.com)

CaixaForum Madrid (Paseo Prado, 36)

Casa de América (Plaza de la Cibeles, 2)

La Casa Encendida (Ronda de Valencia, 2)

Mapfre Foundation. Recoletos Exhibition Hall (Paseo Recoletos, 23)

National Archaeological Museum (Calle Serrano, 13)

National Library (Paseo Recoletos, 20 – 22)

National Museum of Decorative Arts (Calle Montalbán, 12)

Naval Museum (Paseo Prado, 5)

Prado Museum (Paseo del Prado, s/n)

Reina Sofía Museum (Calle Santa Isabel, 52)

Royal Botanic Garden (Plaza Murillo, 2)

Royal Observatory of Madrid (Calle Alfonso XII, 3)

Royal Theater. Opera (Plaza de Isabel II, s/n)

Teatro Circo Price (Ronda de Atocha, 35)

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Paseo del Prado, 8)