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Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida

The main attraction of this tiny Ermita (hermitage) are the frescoes painted by Goya in 1798 and the hermitage itself was built in 1732 (main and second pics); (unfortunately,.no pics allowed of the frescoes).

The hermitage was declared National Monument, and a twin one was built next to it just for religious usees (third and fourth pics

A statue of the painter is in front of both hermiatges (fifth pic).

How to get there:

- Address: Glorieta de San Antonio de la Florida
- Metro: Príncipe Pío (lines 5, 10 and Ramal Opera-Príncipe Pío)
- Bus: 41, 46 and 75 (intercambiador Príncipe Pío)
- Train: Príncipe Pío

- E.mail: sanantonio@madrid.es
- Internet: www.madrid.es/portal/site/munimadrid/menuitem.f4bb5b953cd0b0aa7d245f019fc08a0c/?vgnextoid=797368822e3ab010VgnVCM100000d90ca8c0RCRD&vgnextchannel=0c369e242ab26010VgnVCM100000dc0ca8c0RCRD

- Tuesday to Sunday, from 9,30 to 20,00 (9,30 am to 8,00 pm)
- Free entry

Phone: (+34) 91 542 07 22

Day trip to Villarejo de Salvanés

Villarejo de Salvanés is a nice town not far from Madrid.

Trip to Almagro

In this case, what I recommend you is not a day trip because the town of Almagro is a bit far. Once there, stay at least one night, there are some interesting places nearby.

Day trip to Chinchón

I recommend to visit Chinchón, for a day trip, it's only at 45 kms. from Madrid.

Heavy Snow

According to the title "Off The Beaten Path Tips": What most travellers miss when visiting Madrid", I've decided to add this tip because "most travellers miss this heavy snow when visiting Madrid", it's not normal.

It took place on 9 January 2.009 (Friday).

Arquitectura en Metro/Architecture by Metro: L1

The following tips are dedicated to architecture and photography lovers.

There are dozens of emblematic buildings and monuments in Madrid, famous and less famous. I bring here the possibilty of seeing some of them linked to each other by metro.

* Metro: Cuatro Caminos (also lines 2 and 6)
Name: Hospital de Jornaleros (right now, it houses the Environment Department of Comunidad de Madrid)
Address: Calle Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, 18
Architect: Antonio Palacios and Joaquín Otamendi
Year: 1.908-1.916

* Metro: Tribunal (also line 10)
Name: Pachá Disco (formerly, Cine Barceló)
Address: Calle Barceló, 11
Architect: Luis Gutiérrez Soto
Year: 1.930

* Metro: Gran Vía (also line 5)
Name: Edificio Telefónica (2nd pic)
Address: Gran Vía, 28
Architect: Ignacio de Cárdenas
Year: 1.925-1.929

* Metro: Sol (also lines 2 and 3)
Name: Real Casa de Correos (it houses now the Presidency of the Comunidad de Madrid) (main pic)
Address: Puerta del Sol, 7
Architect: Jaime Marquet
Year: 1.760-1.768

* Metro: Tirso de Molina
Name: Palacio de Santa Cruz (Ministerio de AAEE/Foreign Affairs Ministery) (3rd pic)
Address: Plaza de la Provincia, 1 (close to Puerta del Sol)
Architects: Juan Gómez de Mora and Juan de Villanueva
Year: 1.629-1.636 and 1.791-1.793

* Metro: Atocha
Name: Iglesia de los Jerónimos (4th pic)
Address: Calle Ruiz de Alarcón, 19-21 (behind Prado Museum)
Architect: Enrique Egas (supposed)
Year: 1.503-1.505

* Metro: Atocha and Atocha Renfe
Name: Ministerio de Agricultura
Address: Paseo de la Infanta Isabel, 1 (or Glorieta del Emperador Carlos V, commonly known as just Atocha)
Architect: Lorenzo Alvarez Capra and others
Year: 1.879-1.897

* Metro: Atocha Renfe
Name: Observatorio Astronómico
Address: Calle Alfonso XII, 5.-7 (Retiro Park)
Architect: Juan de Villanueva
Year: 1.790-1.808

Important notices:
1. Some buildings or monuments are very close to the metro station and easy to be found whilst some others are a bit far and it's not so easy to get to them, you only have to look for the correct street or square.

2. The link shows the list of the stations of the different metro lines.

3. As I said before, there are many buildings/monuments, but I only bring here a few of them.

Arquitectura en Metro/Architecture by Metro: L2

There are dozens of emblematic buildings and monuments in Madrid, famous and less famous. I bring here the possibilty of seeing some of them linked to each other by metro.

* Metro: Ventas (also line 5)
Name: Plaza de Toros Monumental (Bullring) (3rd pic)
Address: Calle Alcalá, 237
Architect: José Espelius
Year: 1.919-1.929

* Metro: Príncipe de Vergara (also line 9)
Name: Antiguas Escuelas Aguirre (2nd pic)
Address: Calle Alcalá, 62 (in front of Retiro Park)
Architect: Emilio Rodríguez Ayuso
Year: 1.881-1.886

* Metro: Retiro
Name: Parroquia de San Manuel y San Benito (4th pic)
Address: Calle Alcalá, 83
Architect: Fernando Arbós
Year: 1.902-1.908

Name: Puerta de Alcalá
Address: Plaza de la Independencia
Architect: Francisco Sabatini
Year: 1.769-1.778

* Metro: Banco de España
Name: Banco de España (main pic)
Address: Paseo del Prado, 2 (Plaza de la Cibeles)
Architect: Eduardo de Adaro and Severiano Sainz de la Lastra
Year: 1.884-1.891

* Metro: Sevilla
Name: Banco Español de Crédito/Antiguo Palacio de La Equitativa (last pic)
Address: Calle de Alcalá, 14
Architect: José Grases Riera
Year: 1.887-1.891

* Metro: Sol (also lines 1 and 3)
Name: Real Casa de Correos (it houses now the Presidency of the Comunidad de Madrid)
Address: Puerta del Sol (Casa de Correos is number the 7 of the square)
Architect: Jaime marquet
Year: 1.760-1.768

* Metro: Opera (also line 5 amd ramal Opera-Príncipe Pío)
Name: Real Monasterio de la Encarnación
Address: Plaza de la Encarnación, 1
Architect: Juan Gómez de Mora and Fray Alberto de la Madre de Dios
Year: 1.611-1.616

Important notices:
1. Some buildings or monuments are very close to the metro station and easy to be found whilst some others are a bit far and it's not so easy to get to them, you only have to look for the correct street or square.

2. The link shows the list of the stations of the different metro lines.

3. As I said before, there are many buildings/monuments, but I only bring here a few of them.

Arquitectura en Metro/Architecture by Metro: L3

There are dozens of emblematic buildings and monuments in Madrid, famous and less famous. I bring here the possibilty of seeing some of them linked to each other by metro.

* Metro: Moncloa (also line 6)
Name: Cuartel General del Aire (Air Force Headquarters)
Address: Plaza de la Moncloa
Architect: Luis Gutiérrez Soto
Year: 1.939-1.954

* Metro: Ventura Rodríguez
Name: Palacio de Liria
Address: Calle Princesa, 18-20
Architect: Ventura Rodríguez
Year: 1.770-1.783

* Metro: Plaza de España (also lines 2 and 10)
Name: Torre de Madrid (main pic)
Address: Plaza de España, 18
Architect: Julián Otamendi
Year: 1.954-1.960

Name: Edificio España (main pic)
Adresss: Gran Vía, 86-88 (Plaza de España)
Architect: Joaquín Otamendi and Julián Otamendi
Year: 1.947-1.953

Name: Monument of Miguel de Cervantes (main pic)
Address: Plaza de España (in the centre of it)

Name: Templo de Debod (2nd pic)
Address: Parque del Cuartel de la Montaña
Architect:
Year: 200-180 b.c.

Name: Edificio Coliseum
Address: Gran Vía, 78
Architect: Pedro Mugurza y Castro
Year:1.931-1.933

* Metro: Callao (also line 5)
Name: Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (3rd pic)
Address: Plaza de las Descalzas, 1
Name: Palacio de la Prensa
Architect: Antonio Sillero and Juan Bautista de Toledo
Year: 1.557-1.563 and 1.559-1.564

Address: Gran Vía, 46 (Plaza del Callao)
Architect: Pedro Muguruza
Year: 1.924-1.928

Name: Cine Callao
Address: Plaza del Callao, 2
Architect: Luis Gutiérrez Soto
Year: 1.926-1.927

Name: Palacio de la Música
Address: Gran ía, 35
Architect: Secundino de Zuazo
Year: 1.924-1.928

* Metro: Delicias
Name: Museo del Ferrocarril/old Estación de Delicias (4th pic)
Address: Paseo de las Delicias, 61
Architect: Emilio Cachelievre
Year: 1.878-1.879

* Metro: Legazpi (also line 6)
Name: Antiguo Matadero (Old Slaughterhouse)
Address: Paseo de la Chopera, 2 to 12
Architect: Luis Bellido
Year: 1.907-1.926

Important notices:
1. Some buildings or monuments are very close to the metro station and easy to be found whilst some others are a bit far and it's not so easy to get to them, you only have to look for the correct street or square.

2. The link shows the list of the stations of the different metro lines.

3. As I said before, there are many buildings/monuments, but I only bring here a few of them.

Arquitectura en Metro/Architecture by Metro: L4

There are dozens of emblematic buildings and monuments in Madrid, famous and less famous. I bring here the possibilty of seeing some of them linked to each other by metro.

* Metro: Colón
Name: Edificio Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library of Spain) (main pic)
Address: Paseo de Recoletos, 20
Architect: Francisco Jareño
Year: 1.865-1.868

Name: Museo Arqueológico (3rd pic)
Address: Calle Serrano, 13
Architect: Antonio Ruiz de Salces
Year: 1.885-1.892

* Metro: Alonso Martínez (also lines 5 and 10)
Name: Palacio de Longoria (2nd pic)
Address: Calle Fernando VI, 4
Architect: José Grases Riera
Year: 1.902-1.904

Important notices:
1. Some buildings or monuments are very close to the metro station and easy to be found whilst some others are a bit far and it's not so easy to get to them, you only have to look for the correct street or square.

2. The link shows the list of the stations of the different metro lines.

3. As I said before, there are many buildings/monuments, but I only bring here a few of them.

Arquitectura en Metro/Architecture by Metro: L5

There are dozens of emblematic buildings and monuments in Madrid, famous and less famous. I bring here the possibilty of seeing some of them linked to each other by metro.

* Metro: Núñez de Balboa (also line 9)
Name: Colegio de Ntra. Sra. de Loreto
Address: Calle Príncipe de Vergara, 42
Architect: Juan Bautista Lázaro
Year: 1.889-1.898

Name: Colegio de Ntra. Sra. del Pilar
Address: Calle Castelló, 56 (it’s the official, although it’s in front of N.S. de Loreto)
Architect: Manuel Aníbal Alvarez and Luis Moya
Year: 1.908-1.916 and 1.959-1.960

Name: Embajada de Italia (Embassy of Italy)
Address: Calle Juan Bravo, 16
Architect: Joaquín Rojí
Year: 1.914-1.917

* Metro: Rubén Darío
Name: Museo Sorolla
Address: Paseo del General Martínez Campos, 37
Architect: Enrique María Repullés y vargas
Year: 1.910

* Metro: La Latina
Name: Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo (main pic)
Address: Calle Nuncio, 12-14
Architect: Unknown
Year: 14th and 15th centuries

* Metro: Puerta de Toledo
Name: Puerta de Toledo
Address: Glorieta de la Puerta de Toledo
Architect: Antonio López Aguado
Year: 1.811-1.827

Important notices:
1. Some buildings or monuments are very close to the metro station and easy to be found whilst some others are a bit far and it's not so easy to get to them, you only have to look for the correct street or square.

2. The link shows the list of the stations of the different metro lines.

3. As I said before, there are many buildings/monuments, but I only bring here a few of them.