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Madrid's vitality and character will soon have you hooked.
This is Spain's headiest city, where the revelling lasts long into the night and life is seized with the teeth and both hands. Strangers quickly become friends, passion blooms in an instant, and visitors are swiftly addicted to the city's charms.
Madrid may not have the Roman origins that get city historians hot and bothered, and it may be a comparative parvenu, selected from rural obscurity to become the capital only in the second half of the 16th century, but it oozes an ebullience that rarely fails to move.
Shopping
From local craft shops and slick fashion temples to old-fashioned food stores and full-to-bursting department stores, Madrid impresses with the quality of goods on offer, reasonable prices and courteous service that rarely descends to obsequiousness. Prepare to stretch your credit card to the limit. |
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