CICLAMADRID, Madrid is committed to bicycle tourism
Under the name of Ciclamadrid we find an ambitious initiative by the General Directorate of Tourism of the Community of Madrid to promote bicycle tourism in the Community of Madrid.
The Picasso Tower
When it was built in 1988, it was the tallest building in Madrid. For 20 years the Picasso Tower maintained the leadership with its 45 floors and 157 meters high.
Monastery of the Incarnation
The Royal Monastery of La Encarnación is a convent of Augustinian Recollect nuns. The institution was founded by Queen Margaret of Austria, wife of Philip III, at the beginning of the 17th century.
Convent of the Trinitarians
The monastery of San Ildefonso and San Juan de Mata, better known by its former name of Convento de las Trinitarias Descalzas de San Ildefonso, is a baroque architectural complex well known in Madrid because it is considered that Miguel De Cervantes is buried here.
The oldest tree in Madrid, the Ahuehuete de El Retiro
It is a majestic tree, an Ahuehuete (Taxodium mucronatum) the national tree of Mexico. Its plantation dates back to around 1630, and it disputes the honor of being the oldest tree in Madrid with the great cypress of the Botanical Garden located very close to the Retiro.
First look at the Prado Museum
The first choice of the series has been the most representative work of Diego Velázquez. The master shows great use of perspective: in the foreground appears the Infanta Margarita (daughter of Philip IV) and her ladies-in-waiting, the meninas; and in the background, the painter takes a self-portrait. But there is something more revolutionary: behind, reflected in a mirror, the kings appear, they are posing for the artist no less than where you are seeing the painting!
The Perrault Bridge
The bridge is designed as a monument in itself so that it captures the attention of passers-by, and becomes one of the emblematic images of Madrid Río. Its nighttime image is especially attractive, thanks to the luminaires that illuminate it from below and the 32 streetlights inside.