Tapas, Sangria and Wine in MADRID, SPAIN

I just came back from a long weekend (Thursday-Sunday) in Madrid with 16 awesome ladies from the American Woman's Group here. Madrid is the capital of Spain and is the largest city in Spain. We had a wonderful time seeing all of the wonderful monuments and sights such as the Royal Palace, the Plaza Mayor, the Almudena Cathedral and Puerta del Sol. We visited The Prado Museum, which holds Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas and Francisco de Goya's La maja vestida and La maja desnuda. In the Prado is the best collection of artworks by Goya, Velazquez, El Greco, Rubens, Titian, Hieronymus Bosch, Jose de Ribera and more. We also visited The Reina Sofia Museum, where Pablo Picasso's Guernica is located.

During our trip we went on a tapas and wine tour, we took the hop on hop off bus, ate at the world's oldest restaurant in the Guinness Book of World Records dating from 1725 (Botin), saw the Real Madrid Stadium, ate Chocolate con churros at the Chocolateria de San Gines Restaurant (established in 1894),  visited the Rastro flea market, watched Flamenco at the Corral de la Moreria...awesome...and did more shopping! We also enjoyed many many tapas, sangria and wine!

Our Hotel, The Westin Palace

Plaza Mayor

Food Market

Plaza De La Villa

Wine and Tapas Tour

Wine on Tap

Tiles

Our Hotel at Night

The Prado Museum

Puerta de Alcala

La Plaza de Cibeles

La Gran Via

Royal Palace

Madrid Cathedral

Oldest Restaurant in the World - Botin

Real Madrid Stadium

At the Food Market

Chocolate con Churros

Our last dinner at Madrid Corral De La Moreria where we watched Framenco, LOVED it!!

Meat Market