Madrid Summary

The time has come to head off for the next destination and have a moment to reflect upon Madrid. If it wasn't for the Prado, I probably won't have ventured into Spain on this trip. The Prado was fantastic and it was great to see all the Velazquez works.

Also managed to check out the other two main museums (Centro de Sofia and Thyssen) and they were both worth a look. The metro was great those few times that I used it, but the hostel had an awesome location, fantastic character, free internet, new/clean fascilities, and fresh breakfast (and for €15 a night, unbelievable value - looks like it is rated as one of the 10 best hostels in Europe)

Outside of that and a couple of parks, Madrid would appear to be more of a party city - with things kicking off around midnight. Thus it was great to visit, but unless I was after the night life or a better look at some of the artworks, I'd probably go elsewhere next time (south to Seville seens to be the tip, but no one speaks English so would really need to know some Spanish).