Places georgesanders Wants to Go

The memory of the ancient unit of measurement of local builders.

Where mountaineers were checked for lice before entering the city.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

A unique Baroque bridge preserved in Madrid's largest public park.

This modernist bridge highlights the bear as a symbol of Madrid.

A neighborhood represented by an apparent geocentric and flat-earth model of the Solar System is hidden in the subway of Madrid.

After the queen of Spain had a dream where these statues fell and crushed her, they were removed from the palace and given new homes around Madrid.

The oldest building in Madrid.

The Spanish king's private bathroom embraced the idea of a porcelain throne.

Automatons that were once removed after one fell from the building.

These three pillboxes still remain as a witness of the Spanish Civil War in a park of Madrid.

Known as the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, this haunted 16th-century manor has a dark, mysterious past.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

This taberna has been frying up crunchy salt cod since 1860.

Kingly French toast comes soaked in milk or red wine, then drizzled in a citrus-perfumed syrup.

A must for film lovers in Madrid and home to the Spanish Film Library's projection space.

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store

One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.

The remains of the second-oldest zoo in Europe can be seen within these library gardens.

An exact replica of a colossal Olmec head sits atop a pyramid within a Madrid traffic circle.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.