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Madrid - Travel Video.  DVD.  Vista Point.  26 Minutes.
Madrid is Europe’s most elevated metropolis, a royal capital of history, outstanding buildings and cultural treasures.

Most of Madrid’s royal palaces are in Madrid, the capital of Madrid since the 17th century. Including the Palacio Real that even today serves as a royal castle. The colossal building of grey granite and limestone owes its impressive appearance to its length of five hundred metres and strategic elevated location.

On the southern side of the castle is Madrid’s most recent cathedral, La Almudena. It boasts a combination of styles between New Gothic and Classical and was two hundred years in construction.

Madrid also has a boulevard that has transformed it into a major metropolis, the Gran Via, that compares in both flair and dimensions with the exquisite streets of Paris and New York, with splendid noble buildings along with the contemporary.

What the Gran Via a hundred years ago the Paseo De La Castellana achieved comparable renown at the end of the last millennium: a replica of Manhattan, the Zona Azca. A modern city district with spectacular skyscrapers and spacious streets where chrome, glass and concrete dominate the futuristic skyline.

The royal splendour of former times has managed to successfully combine with the contemporary, and today Madrid is no less flamboyant - a city of historic joie de vivre!
 

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Rick Steves' Spain and Portugal 2000-2007 - Travel Video.  DVD.

Six Shows: 3 hours, closed captioned, NTSC format, all region compatible.

Here's where we'll take you...

The Majesty of Madrid — Madrid is studded with riches from its glory days. We tour the lavish Royal Palace, enjoy art-packed museums, and look deep into Picasso's greatest masterpiece. Experiencing Madrid at its fun-loving best, we're mesmerized by flamenco dancers and munch on pigs' ears. Then, for a dose of Madrid's dramatic history, we side-trip to El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen.

Highlights of Castille: Toledo and Salamanca — Castille sparkles with Roman Segovia, walled Avila, student-filled Salamanca, and holy Toledo! We marvel at El Greco, pop some explosive pickles, and ramble Madrid's most awe-inspiring medieval walls. Then, just for fun, we drop in on a bachelorette party with local troubadours, slice and savor tasty jamon, stroll with the crowd, and grab a front-row seat to enjoy Europe's most enchanting square.

Sevilla and Andalusia — Sevilla is the flamboyant city of Carmen and Don Juan. It's where bullfighting is still politically correct and where little girls dream of growing up to become flamenco dancers. Sevilla has soul — and we feel it in its lacy Moorish palace, massive cathedral, lavish royal tombs, labyrinthine Jewish quarter, and its people-filled streets. After munching tasty tapas, we head south for Andalusia's ultimate whitewashed hilltown, Arcos de la Frontera.

Madrid's Costa del Sol — Here in southern Madrid, we explore Granada's Alhambra — Europe's last and greatest Moorish palace, and we soak up the sun on a Costa del Sol beach. As we check out Gibraltar, a last vestige of the British Empire, we feed the legendary monkeys at the Rock of Gibraltar. Finally, a day trip to Africa takes us to Tangier where we plunge into the exotic, packed-tight markets and streets of old Morocco.

Lisbon and the Algarve — Experiencing the best of Portugal, we start in Lisbon, a ramshackle mix of glorious old and fun-loving new. Salty sailors' quarters and wistful Fado singers mix with ornate architecture to recall the glory days when Vasco da Gama and Magellan made Portugal a world power. After a uniquely matador-brutalizing Portuguese bullfight, we head for the south coast of your travel dreams — the Algarve. We explore the Land's End of Europe — windy and historic Cape Sagres before savoring pristine beaches and arm-wrestling octopi in the sleepy fishing village of Salema.

Portugal's Heartland — Leaving Lisbon for the countryside, we eat barnacles in a salty old fishing town, march with pilgrims on the anniversary of a miracle, ponder the local Romeo and Juliet, sample university life, and rummage through the riches of Portugal's Golden Age.
 

RICK

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El Escorial (Real Monasterio De San Lorenzo De El Escorial) - Travel Video.  DVD.  Global Treasures.  10 Minutes.
Around fifty kilometres northwest of Madrid, the austere yet opulent residence of El Escorial extends up the southern slope of the Sierra De Guadarrama. It was built during the rule of King Phillip II after his father Karl V ordered him to build a magnificent church in which he would eventually be buried. The Escorial was to be a pantheon for the Spanish aristocracy and also served as the country’s new centre of authority.

In rooms such as the Pudridero the significance of El Escorial as a burial place is evident. King Phillip II required that the exterior of the building should be plain and simple in contrast to the interior with its unusual works of art and priceless treasures.

The impressive art museum contains an exclusive collection by important artist such as Titian, Tintoretto, Rubens, Van Dyck, Hieronymus Bosch, Velázquez and El Greco.

In the royal pantheon, the Panteón De Reyes, lie the coffins of eleven Spanish monarchs. The splendid marble coffins with their golden inscriptions add both dignity and elegance to this burial place.

Philipp II was not only a larger-than-life tyrant, he was also an educated man who supported science and the arts. El Escorial was his most significant bequest to Madrid.
 

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Royal Palace of Madrid (Palacio Real De Madrid) - Travel Video.  DVD.  Global Treasures.  10 Minutes.

The charming older part of Madrid is dominated by numerous monumental and magnificent buildings including, most notably, the wonderful Palacio Real.

A harmonious and elegantly designed facade opens onto the Plaza De Oriente. This was formerly the location of numerous buildings: originally, the Moors built an Alcazar here;in the course of time, it was transformed into the main palace of the Hapsburg royal family that once reigned over the country.

The magnificent halls of the palace are breathtaking. The hall in the Comedor De Gala contains the most beautiful, grandiose chandeliers and precious paintings by the Bohemian, Anton Raphael Mengs and ceiling frescos by Gianbattista Tiepolo decorate several of the rooms.

Even though the royal family no longer resides in the palace, it is still a much-prized historic jewel in the Spanish crown.



 

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Rick Steves' Travel the World: Spain, Madrid & Toledo ~ Travel Video.  VHS.

Rick discovers El Greco's home town, jousts with windmills in La Mancha, does the tapa tango in Madrid, marvels at the treasures of the Prado Museum.

  Unwinding in the Pueblos Blancos of Andalusia, he claps to flamenco in Seville and enjoys both the sherry and equestrian art of Jerez.

Study the masters El Greco, Velasquez, and Goya at the Prado.
Learn the ancient Moorish city Toledo's turbulent history.
Travel to Andalusia's whitewashed villages and winding streets.  51 minutes

RICK

$19.95
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Super Cities: Madrid - Travel Video.  VHS.

Madrid beckons one and all with her diverse attractions.  For lovers of art there is the Madrid of El Greco, Goya and Velazquez, of Lope de Vega and Cervantes.

For those who love excitement there is the Puerta del Sol, the hub of the city's social life. 
 

For lovers of shopping, uncover hidden treasures at the Ribera day Curtidores.

  30 minutes.

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$19.95
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