Madrid es un lugar que no necesita excusas ni explicaciones para ser visitado
Consulten con alguno de los 10,2 millones de personas (53% internacionales y 47% nacionales), que nos visitaron a lo largo del 2018, o a los 3.266.464 que han llegado a la capital, hasta abril de este año, comprobando in situ how magical, welcoming, surprising and fun our city is.
Still, if you still need some excuse to visit this fantastic city and you are also a fan of numbers and exact data, 4U Madrid gives you a few that will surely surprise you:
- Madrid es la única capital europea de origen y nombre árabe: MAŶRIT.
- According to the National Statistics Institute (January 2019), the community has 6,661,000 million inhabitants and the city has 3,223,000 registered residents.
- It is the third Spanish community with the largest population, behind Andalusia (8.4) and Catalonia (7.5).
- It is the tenth most visited city in Europe.
- It has three properties listed as World Heritage: EL ESCORIAL, UNIVERSITY AND HISTORIC CENTER OF ALCALÁ DE HENARES Y el PAISAJE CULTURAL DE ARANJUEZ.
- Tiene el hotel más antiguo de toda España: LA POSADA DEL PEINE, 1610.
- Aquí encontrarás el restaurante más antiguo del mundo: SOBRINO DE BOTÍN, 1725.
- THE PRADO MUSEUM was recognized by the Travellers Choice Awards, as the fifth best museum in the world, the third in Europe and the first in Spain.
- According to the European Union, Madrid It is the ninth city, ahead of London and Berlin, with the best cultural infrastructure.
- It is the Spanish city with the largest number of museums, 132 to be exact.
- We have the largest royal enclosure in Western Europe, ahead of the Buckingham Palace or Versalles, with an area of 135,000 square metres and 3,418 rooms: ROYAL PALACE OF MADRID.
- We also have the largest suburban network in the country, the second in the world with the most escalators, behind Shanghai, and the third in Europe in number of kilometers, behind London and Moscow: MADRID METRO.
- Although it is number 43 on the list of the largest urban parks in the world, it is the largest in the capital and is 5 times larger than Central Park from New York and almost 7 more than the Hyde Park de Londres: CASA DE CAMPO.
- Para los de intereses turísticos un poco más peculiares, tenemos el cementerio más grande de Europa occidental, con 120 hectáreas de terreno: CEMENTERIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ALMUDENA.
- In the Puerta del Sol descubrirás el primer letrero luminoso del España: TÍO PEPE, 1935.
- Tenemos la tercera calle más larga de España, con 10,5 kilómetros de largo que atraviesan 5 de los 21 distritos de la capital: CALLE ALCALÁ.
- KILOMETER ZERO, located in front of the Royal Post Office, is the point from which the distances to all points in Spain are measured and where you can take one of the most typical photos... if the Chinese let you.
- The geographical centre of Spain is located in Getafe, one of the most important municipalities in the Community of Madrid, more specifically in CERRO DE LOS ÁNGELES… although those from Pinto dispute the same honour. Whatever it is, both are in the Community of Madrid!
- In Madrid you will find the second largest fish market in the world, after Tokyo: MERCAMADRID… and we don't even have a sea!
- We have the second largest store in the world, from the Irish clothing and accessories chain PRIMARK, with 12,400 square metres, spread over 5 floors and located on our illustrious Gran Vía.
Mas crifras de Madrid:
- También contamos con la segunda plaza de toros más grande del mundo, por detrás de la de Ciudad de México: PLAZA DE TOROS LAS VENTAS.
- La primera escultura ecuestre del mundo, con el caballo sostenido sólo en sus patas traseras (construida a mediados del Siglo XVII), preside la Plaza de Oriente, frente al Palacio Real: MONUMENTO A FELIPE IV.
- The TELEFÓNICA BUILDING, built between 1926 and 1929 and also located on Gran Vía, was the first skyscraper in Spain.
- Tenemos también el edificio más alto de toda España, con 249 metros, de altura: LA TORRE DE CRISTAL, 4 TORRES BUSINESS AREA.
- The third best theatre in the world, according to its acoustics, behind The Scala of Milán and the Colon Theatre from Buenos Aires, is from Madrid: TEATRO REAL DE MADRID.
- Here is the first triumphal arch erected in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, preceding those in Paris and Berlin: LA PUERTA DE ALCALÁ.
- En el centro histórico de la ciudad podrán admirar la tercera cúpula circular de templo cristiano más grande del mundo (33 metros de diámetro), por detrás de la de St. Peter's in the Vatican (42) and that of Pantheon of Agrippa (43), belongs to the ROYAL BASILICA OF SAINT FRANCIS THE GREAT.
- And so as not to forget the sporting field and taking advantage of the residue that the final of the Champion League He has left us in the capital, we have a football club with four Récord Guinness within this competition: the player with the most games played (Iker Casillas with 171 matches played), player with the most goals (Cristiano Ronaldo, with 121 goals), three consecutive finals and the most successful team in the history of the European competition, with 13 "orejonas" (big ears) won and displayed at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium: REAL MADRID FOOTBALL CLUB
Do you need more reasons to come and discover the city? If so, come and find us with the purple umbrella in the Puerta del Sol and we give you more reasons to fall in love with Madrid! 😉
