Madrid may be famous for the Gran Vía, late dinners, and world-class museums, but the capital is only the beginning. Step beyond the city centre and the wider Community of Madrid opens into royal gardens, stone-built mountain villages, historic university streets, palace towns, forests, reservoirs, and plazas made for slow afternoons. That is what makes the region so rewarding. It combines the energy of a major European capital with day trips that feel completely different in
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