SITUATION
Madrid
is the capital of Spain
as well as the main city
and the geographical
centre of Iberian Penynsula.
It is the starting point
of national and international
lines of communication.
The autonomous region
of Madrid has a surface of about 8.000 Km. |
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WEATHER
| During
the springtime Madrid has a temperature which
oscillates between 7° and
19° degrees, with an average of 27 raining
days: during the summertime temperature
records are between 16°and 31° degrees,
with and average of 15 raining days; in autumn
it is between 8° and 21° degrees, with
17 raining days; and during the wintertime it is
between 0° and
11° degrees. |
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TIMETABLE
The usual opening time is from 10:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m.
and from 17:00 p.m. to 20:00 p.m., from Monday
to Saturday.
Banks and savings banks are opened from 8:15
a.m. to 14:30 p.m., from Monday to Friday, banks
are opened also on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to
13:00p.m., while savings banks are opened
on Thursday afternoon from 17:30 p.m. to 19:30
p.m.. During the San Isidro’s
Day ( the third week of May) who is the patron
of Madrid, the opening time
of both banks and savings banks is from 9:00
a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Big storehouses and shopping
centres are opened all day from 10:00 a.m. to
21:00/22:00 p.m. from Monday to Saturday. These
big centres are opened only during special Sundays and public holidays.
Restaurants opening time
is from 13:30 a.m. to 15:30 p.m. (lunch or
a break); while from 21: 00 p.m. to 23:30 p.m.
(dinner).
USEFUL INFORMATION
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Discovering
Madrid
leisure facilities
Cinema,
music, theatre,
dancing, museums,
arts, afternoon
and night, Madrid
in English and
much more in
the following
guides. |
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