I had two reasons to visit Madrid. Its Spain’s capital and BA fly a long haul plane once a day (or did). I booked LHR to MAD on BA’s 777 service, when booking you have to assume the plane may get switched back to a regular A320.
We arrived in Madrid and took a taxi to our hotel. I booked the Melia with level access, which gave you lounge access. The next day we commenced a photography tour of Lisbon.
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We walked a long way and en-route back we visited the tomb which was stone for stone relocated.
The next day we checked out and explored the markets and the more retail areas of Madrid.
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We then headed back to our hotel, collected our bags and took the subway/train back to the airport.
The airbnb experience gave us a good orientation of Madrid providing history and photographs – it was a good way to get some photos ! I’d link to it, but it looks like the host has stopped offering the experience.
To find similar experiences see these links