Let me know what we need to see there. We're going in late November.
Once my trip is finished, will list out what's worth checking out; Madrid definitely offers A LOT to tour and see.
Meanwhile, reading @Cincydawg's entertaining post on his time in Amsterdam, and my weeklong reaction to Madrid just so happens to be the opposite, with the city seeming remarkably more cleaned up than the rest of Europe's larger cities.
As a severe heatwave leads the headlines across Europe, with temperatures topping 40C (over 100F) in France, and temperature records tumbling across Germany, Italy, and Denmark, by contrast the weather is surprisingly mild here in Madrid, cooled by steady morning rains, and, along with the breeze stirring through the sidewalk trees, it makes for an even more walkable day across the city.
By afternoon, sunlight brightens the facades of buildings, and block after block, it’s as refreshing as the rain to walk streets so unmarked by graffiti or trash collecting along the curbs – Madrid appears more polished than Europe’s other larger cities such as Paris and Naples. By early evening, World Cup matches air in café bars. Sunlight until 10PM.
One of central Madrid's side streets (if this were Paris graffiti would be visible on the building exteriors and trash would be accumulated along the curbs):
