Madrid
The capital of Spain, located in the heart of the peninsula and right in the centre of the Castilian plain 646 meters above sea level, has a population of almost four million. It is a cosmopolitan city, a centre for economics, finance, administration, industry, services and the home of the Spanish Royal Family. It combines the most modern infrastructure with an important cultural and artistic heritage, the legacy of centuries of fascinating history.
Its old town is exemplary among major European cities, and blends harmoniously with the most modern and convenient of urban infrastructure. Madrid offers a broad range of accommodation and services along with the most advanced audiovisual and communication technology. All this, combined with the momentum of a society that is dynamic and open, and at the same time warm and welcoming, has turned this metropolis into one of the western world's great capitals.
Madrid gathers the culinary art from all around the country and there is no regional cuisine that is not expertly represented in our city. Madrid has included these contributions in its gastronomy and also those which have come from afar, originating a great variety of dishes with the Madrilenians stamp.
The Region of Madrid has all the necessary facilities for holding incentives, conferences and trade fairs being one of the most attractive venues for such events. It boasts an extensive range of superb quality hotels, half of which are in the four and five-star category, to cater for the growing number of visitors that it attracts each year.
Interesting sites around Madrid which can be reached in one hour or two are, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Segovia, Avila, Aranjuez, Alcalá de Henares or Toledo which together with the Spanish capital are fascinating cities from a historical, architectural and artistic perspective and also host major conferences and meetings.
“I enjoy what Madrid offers, Madrid only” Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (1875 – 1939)