MADRID'S MAGNIFICANT BUILDINGS

Overview: The first thing that will strike you when you arrive in Madrid's city center are Madrid's towering and vibrant buildings. Madrid's architecture in the city center are tourist attractions of their own. Reflecting foreign influences and styles over the centuries, Madrid's highly detailed, ornate and colorful (red and orange) buildings tower around the city and you get the feeling of being enclosed in the rich culture of Madrid. Madrid's buildings aren't modern skyscrapers; rather, they're the product of the grandiosity of the past rulers and foreign influences. They have much more personality than today's skyscrapers.

Accessibility: View from the streets

Getting There: All's you gotta do is walk or wheel around and take it in.