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TOURIST OFFICES
Madrid Tourism Centre Plaza Mayor, 27 (Salón de Columnas de la Casa de la Panadería)
Metro: Sol (Lines 1, 2 and 3) and Ópera (Line 5)
Open: 09:30-20:30 daily
www.esmadrid.com
Colón Tourism Centre Plaza de Colón
Metro: Colón (Line 4)
Bus lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 37, 40, 45, 51, 52, 53, 74, 146, 149, 150, 152, 202
Open: 09:30-20:30 daily
Plaza de Cibeles Tourist Information Point Bulevar, on the corner with Paseo del Prado
Metro: Banco de España (Line 2)
Open: 09:30-20:30 daily
Plaza de Callao Tourist Information Point
Plaza de Callao, on the corner with C/ Preciados
Metro: Callao (Line 3 and Line 5)
Open: 09:00-00:00 daily
Madrid-Barajas Aiport (Terminal 4) Tourist Information Point T4 de Barajas, arrivals Halls 10 and 11
Metro: Aeropuerto T4 (Line 8)
Open: 09:00-20:00 daily
Paseo del Arte Tourist Information Point C/ Santa Isabel (corner with Glorieta de Carlos V)
Metro: Atocha (Line 1)
Open: 09:30-20:30 daily
Ronda de Toledo 1 Centro Comecial de la Puerta Toledo Estación de Chamartín Gate 16 of the Central vestibule Puerta de Toledo Market
Plaza Puerta de Toledo 34-35 Madrid Community Tourist Information Offices Calle Duque de Medinaceli, 2 Tourist Information Screen - Literary Quarter Huertas, 39 (Asociación de Empresarios y Comerciantes del Barrio de las Letras)
Metro: Antón Martín (L1)
Foreign Tourist Assistance Service (SATE)
Comisaría de Centro. C/ Leganitos,19 (next to Plaza de España).
Metro: Santo Domingo (Line 2), Plaza de España (Line 3 and Line 10) and Callao (Line 3 and Line 5)
Bus lines: 1, 2, 44, 46, 74, 75, 133, 148 and C
Open: 09:30-22:00 daily
Tourist Information Mobile Office
A mobile unit with the latest info technology located in tourist areas during Easter, Summer and Christmas.
Open: 09:30-22:00 daily Useful websites with tourist information on Spain: TURESPAÑA (Tourism in Spain) - www.spain.info Tourist Office of Spain - www.okspain.org All About Spain - www.red2000.com Cybersp@in - www.cyberspain.com TRAVEL AGENCIES The Tourist Information Office in Plaza Mayor (www.esmadrid.com) offers a variety of guided tours around the city including one of Real Madrid stadium, medieval and literary Madrid. Contact the office for details. See the listing above. Madrid Vision Calle Felipe IV (between the Prado Museum and the Ritz Hotel) Open: 9am-2pm, 4pm-7pm Mon-Fri
www.madridvision.es/en/index.php Madrid Vision has a fleet of buses that operate over three routes throughout the city on Historical, Modern and Monumental tours. You can hop on and off wherever your like, there is another bus along every 20 minutes. You can purchase tickets online or at the office. They are €17,00 for one day, discounts for seniors and children. Madrid & Beyond
www.madridandbeyond.com Made up of British, Spanish and American nationals with first hand knowledge of Spain. Wine tours, bullfighting, culinary and other options available. Tours can be customized but probably for the middle market rather than the budget traveller. EMERGENCY NUMBERS Emergency number: 112 National Police: tel. 091 Local Police: tel. 092 Guardia Civil: tel. 062 Fire: 080 or 085 All-Night Chemist's: 098 Red Cross Emergencies: 91 522 22 22
Red Cross Intoxications: 91 562 04 20
Red Cross Ambulances: 91 473 93 61
Anglo-American Medical Unit (Unidad Medica) Calle del Conde de Aranda 1 (Retiro) tel. 91 435 18 23 www.unidadmedica.com Open: 9am-8pm Mon-Fri, emergencies 10am-1pm Sat A private clinic with English and Spanish speaking doctors. Consultations cost around €120. Hospital General Gregorio Marañón
Calle del Doctor Esquerdo 46; Sainz de Baranda tel. 91 586 80 00 www.hggm.es One of Madrid’s main hospitals. CREDIT CARDS AND BANKS Credit cards are widely accepted throughout Madrid and you should see signs everywhere for American Express, Mastercard and other providers. Go to your provider’s websites for locations in the city where you can find their services: American Express (www.americanexpress.com) Thomas Cook (www.thomascook.com) Cirrus (www.mastercard.com) PLUS (www.visa.com) EMBASSIES
For traveller’s to Madrid, you’re lucky as most of the foreign embassies reside here with just consulates in other cities like Barcelona. Here is a shortened list of embassies available, please see www.madrid-guide-spain.com/madrid-embassy.html for more. Australian Embassy Torre Espacio, Paseo de la Castellana, 259D, Planta 24
Phone: 34 91 353 6600
Fax: 34 91 353 6692
www.embaustralia.es Embassy of (Great) Britain
Torre Espacio, Paseo de la Castellana 259D
Phone: 917 146 300
Fax: 917 146 301
http://ukinspain.fco.gov.uk/en
Canadian Embassy Nunez de Balboa, 35
Phone: (34) 914 233 250
Fax: (34) 914 233 251
Office Hours: Sept-July Mon-Thurs 8.30am-2pm, 3pm-5.30pm, Fri 8.30am-2.30pm
August Mon-Fri 8.30am-2.15pm www.international.gc.ca/missions/spain-espagne/menu.asp metro: Velázquez Irish Embassy
Paseo de la Castellana 46 4
Phone: 914 364 093
Fax: 914 351 677
www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=5520
New Zealand Embassy Pinar 7, 3rd floor
Phone: 915 230 226
Fax: 915 230 171
www.nzembassy.com/home.cfm?c=27
Metro: Gregorio Marañón
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Open Mon-Fri 9am-2pm, 3pm-5.30pm
July & Aug: Mon-Fri 8.30am-1.30pm, 2pm-4.30pm Embassy of South Africa
Claudio Coello, 91
Phone: +34(91) 4363780
Fax: +34(91) 577 74 14
www.sudafrica.com/Index2.htm
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U.S. Embassy
Serrano 75 Phone: 91587-2200
Fax: 91-587-2303
www.embusa.es
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Office Hours: Mon - Fri 0900 – 1300
metro: Rubén Darío INTERNET CAFES Internet cafes close, move location or disappear and spring up all the time. Here is a list of some we have recently confirmed (or tried to) but you will be able to find interent cafes all over Madrid. Ask your hotel/guesthouse when you arrive to point you to the closest one or visit the tourist information centres to find some. Otherwise happy hunting through this list below: Asicibercenter Castello 46 Bajo C,28001
www.asiinfo.net/cyber.htm
CyberNet c/costa rica 25
www.easyinternet.com Laser Coffee Shop 21 Rosario Street
Vortex Madrid Ave Maria 20, metro: Anton Martin or Lavapies tel. 91-5060571, fax. 91-5060571 www.geocities.com/mfbodoque/vortexmadrid.html LANGUAGE SCHOOLS Madrid is a great place to learn Spanish, the language spoken by 400 million people around the world. Here are a few places you could enrol for studies: Academia Madrid Plus Arenal, 21. 6º D
Metro: ÓPERA / SOL
Don Quijote Madrid
Duque de Liria, 6
Metro: VENTURA RODRÍGUEZ / PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
www.donquijote.org
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