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Walks in Gran Vía.

One walking route through Gran Vía — a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk — plus nearby routes for the same morning.

Madrid's early-twentieth-century showpiece — the Metropolis dome, the cinemas, the rooftops, down to Plaza de España.

Nearby

Other walks close to Gran Vía.

Sorted by distance from the start of gran vía: the great boulevard. Good for stitching together a longer day.

Madrid's most confident barrio, a glass food market, and the design shops down to Fuencarral.

Cibeles to Nuevos Ministerios — fountains, Colón, and an open-air sculpture museum under a bridge.

A grand café with a literary past, the national library, and the gardens at Colón.

Three of the world's great galleries, two fountains, and a wall that breathes.