Madrid Spain
277
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Emerald Waterways (24 Cruises)
Emerald Radiance
24 Cruises
Scenic Cruises (128 Cruises)
Scenic Azure
92 Cruises
Scenic Diamond
36 Cruises
| 30 March | 10 days | One-way from Bordeaux to Madrid |
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| 30 March | 11 days | One-way from Bordeaux to Madrid |
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Tauck Cruises (102 Cruises)
ms Andorinha
46 Cruises
MS Saudade
56 Cruises
Uniworld Boutique River Cruise (23 Cruises)
S.S. São Gabriel
23 Cruises
| 20 July | 20 days | One-way from Madrid to Porto-Leixoes |
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| 20 July | 19 days | One-way from Madrid to Porto-Leixoes |
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Frequently Asked Questions
No. Madrid sits on its plateau more than three hundred kilometres from the nearest coast. The capital appears in itineraries as a gateway or a trip extension, never as a port of call.
By high-speed rail: two to three hours to Barcelona, Valencia or Málaga. Madrid's international airport, among Europe's busiest, is also the natural gateway to the Iberian peninsula.
At least one night, ideally two. A full day covers the Prado, the Retiro and the historic centre. Leaving the same day you land from a transatlantic flight means crossing the city without seeing it.
The Prado in the morning, Retiro park next door to catch your breath, then Habsburg Madrid in the afternoon: Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, the San Miguel market and the Royal Palace. Dense, but realistic.
Two well-chosen hours. Trying to cover everything turns into four hours of exhaustion and a blurrier memory. Velázquez and Las Meninas, Goya's black paintings, El Greco's saints — the rest can wait for a next visit. Book online the day before; the queue grows fast in high season.
At the Reina Sofía museum, a few hundred metres from the Prado on the Paseo del Arte. Picasso's canvas hangs among the Spanish avant-garde, and visitors invariably fall silent in front of it. The Thyssen-Bornemisza completes the trio with seven centuries of European painting.
The former royal garden that became Madrid's lung, its gates a short walk from the Prado. Shaded avenues, statues, a large basin where you can row a boat, and the Crystal Palace, a monumental iron and glass greenhouse beside a turtle pond. It is the necessary counterweight to a morning of museums.
Iberian ham, olives and a vermouth at the counter of the San Miguel market, an iron and glass hall steps from the Plaza Mayor. For something sweet, churros dipped in the thick chocolate at Chocolatería San Ginés, open since 1894.
Yes. The Retiro with its rowing boats, the Royal Palace and the changing of the guard, and short distances between central sights: the capital works with children without heavy logistics. The three great museums, however, force a choice.
Spring and autumn. July and August are crushing on the Castilian plateau and many locals leave town; winter is dry and cold, which hardly troubles a Canadian. Street life, for its part, only fades at dawn, in any season.
