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The gate as it is seen today was rebuilt. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Twice a year in spring and autumn, cars take a detour and it becomes a passing place for flocks of sheep to move from summer pasture to winter pasture or vice versa, and has evolved into a ritual to preserve ancient traditions.

At the southeast corner of Puerta de Alcalá is the beautiful Retiro Park, reminiscent of royal gardens such as the Summer Palace or Beihai Park. Built in the 17th century by Philip IV, the Retiro Park was originally the exclusive preserve of the kings, queens and retinues of Spain, and is now the domain of the people of Madrid.

There are beautiful lawns, woods, bright lakes and beautiful marble statues, and Madridians love to bask in the sun and drink coffee. You can go boating in the lake in the park for about 5 euros per hour.

After Yunluo and Yan Shenyu came to Madrid, the weather here was like a pumped wind, the sun rose in the east and it rained in the west, it was still raining on this street, and the next street had cleared. The next three days were just as sad, and the blazing sunshine of the legendary southern European plateau was full of wood! Fortunately, when Yunluo and Yan Shenyu needed the sun the most in Retiro Park.

The sun was still strong, driving away the dark clouds, so that Yunluo and Yan Shenyu enjoyed a short warm afternoon by the lake with the locals. It's a shame to say that I have never been to places like Beihai or the Summer Palace in the capital to sit quietly.

Retiro Park is very large, including many 6★ hills, woods and sculptures, as well as the mausoleum of Alfonso XII, the Gypsy Fountain, the Crystal Palace, the Villazquez Palace, the few devil statues in the world and the forest of the dead, etc., physical strength and time do not allow Yunluo and Yan Shenyu to see them one by one.

Walk southeast along the Prado Avenue at the entrance of the Retiro Park, passing the Prado Art Museum before arriving at the Reina Sofía National Art Center. Due to time constraints, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu chose to visit the latter, which coincided with Sunday. Admission is free.

The Reina Sofia National Art Center is one of the largest museums in the world, built within the framework of an 18th-century hospital, and works by Picasso and Dalí are indispensable, including Picasso's legendary Guernica, as well as Dalí's famous work "** Addict" and some works by Miró.

Visitors who know how to appreciate can catch a glimpse. To Yunluo, Yunluo can only say. came here and returned ignorantly, if it weren't for the introduction of "Guernica" later, Yunluo really didn't know what Picasso wanted to express.

There are many exhibits in the Queen Sophia National Art Center that refuse to be photographed, especially works like "Guernica", which are heavily guarded, although there are also "enthusiasts" who candid photos, but Yunluo still obeyed the rules and never took out the camera, so only the exterior of the art center and the image of the corridor on the first floor were left.

Known as the capital of art, Sofia is a big work of art in its own right. She occupies a large area on the west side of Piazza Carlos V, and the interior is as simple as the exterior, which better complements the rarity of the artwork.

Sophia Art Center has a straight elevator for visitors to ride, which is convenient for visitors with bad legs and too tired. But there were a lot of people in the elevator, and they had to queue up, so Yunluo and Yan Shenyu basically took the stairs and went up the stairs to the top floor of the art center, and they saw such a view. To be honest, LZ is a rough man with little culture.

I still prefer the scenery above. Yunluo and Yan Shenyu visited inside, and it rained again, and now the air is fresher and intoxicating!

After coming out of the Sophia Art Center, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu realized that the Atocha train station (Patatocha) that they arrived in the morning was just east of Sophia. The only disadvantage of taking the subway is that it will make people dizzy, because in the morning because you go directly from the train station to the subway station. I didn't know where Atocha was.

Built in the 19th century as a combination of iron and glass, the Atocha railway station is relatively well preserved, and in 1992 it was transformed into a tropical garden with 500 species of plants, making it more of a transport hub than a transport hub. It's more of a wooded conservatory, but the porous ceiling betrays her identity as an old European railway station.

It dawned on people that she belonged to another era. Since Yunluo and Yan Shenyu were going to take a plane back to the capital when they left Madrid, and Toledo and Segovia, which went to the next two days, also chose to arrive by bus, so this was the only and last time that Yunluo and Yan Shenyu saw Atocha Railway Station from the outside.

Walk back to Plaza de la Cibeles from Paseo del Prado and follow the Granvia until you reach Puerta del Sol. At this time, the rain began to fall for the nth time.

Puerta del Sol is located in the very center of Madrid, where it is the starting point of the zero kilometer of Madrid and the entire Spanish highway. In Rome it is said, "All roads lead to Rome." In Spain, it is said that "all roads lead to Puerta del Sol." "When the New Year arrives, all Madrid citizens flock here to celebrate the New Year.

It's hard to imagine that this small city, 50 kilometers from Madrid, was once the capital of Spain. Toledo is a place that every visitor to Spain must not miss, it is very small, perhaps not a city at all, but where history is piled up and where Christianity, Islam and Judaism coexist.

In the old city, you can still see Mudejar architecture that combines Roman and Arabic styles, interspersed with Gothic churches, Visigothic houses, synagogues, and Renaissance mansions.

Because of this unique urban appearance, this inclusive ancient city is listed as a World Historical and Cultural Heritage Site. The old city of Toledo is not to be missed, but even more important is to climb the hillside outside the city to get a good panoramic view of Toledo.

To get from Madrid to Toledo, I personally think that the Grand Bar is more convenient than the train. Toledo's train station is quite far from the old city. Take Metro Line 6 to Plaza Eliptica station in Madrid.

Get off the bus and follow the signs for terminalautobuses to find the bus stop, and after exiting the subway station, pay attention to the purple arrow on the pillar on the same floor, there is a ticket window that says Taquillamadrid-Toledoenelnivel-3 and follow the arrow to find ALSA (the name of the bus company).

I have to admire the perfect design of the Madrid bus station and the subway transfer, just right to make it easy for newcomers to Madrid to find the station.

There are many trips from Madrid to Toledo, which takes 1 hour. The bus stands not far outside the city, and when you get off the bus, you can see the ancient city on the hill.

Climb and climb until you see the famous gate of Toledo, Puertade Bisagra, which is the main entrance to the old town of Toledo and consists of two main parts and a huge imperial coat of arms. There is also a courtyard. Originally built by the Arabs, this majestic gate was rebuilt during the reign of Carlos I.

Compared to Toledo's history, the gate is not very old, it was rebuilt in the 16th century. However, the city wall was in the form of an Arabic wall, and as the name suggests, the gate was supposed to have existed during the Moorish reign. It's just that the styling has long since changed. It became a new product after the 16th century.

Enter the ancient city, everything is ancient. 400 years ago, the painter Al? Greck once painted "Toledo's Landscape and Planning", and 400 years later, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu saw that Toledo was exactly the same as it was at that time, which has to make people sigh. Legal provisions of Toledo.

All new buildings had to be built in the style of buildings from the 11th to the 14th centuries, and walking the streets of Toledo, it was impossible to tell which was new and which was old.

Keep climbing. You can see the Puerta del Sol, built in the 13th century, which suddenly appears here and looks a little abrupt. The Puerta del Sol is in a typical Arabic style, tall, magnificent and upright. There are two theories about why it is called the Sun Gate: one is that the door has the pattern of the sun and the moon.

The second is the astrological measurement results of the time of Alfonso X, and this gate is located at zero degrees of the meridian. From sunrise to sunset, the sun shines on this door.

Yunluo and Yan Shenyu chose to stay overnight in Toledo. Fortunately, the hotel in Madrid agreed to store luggage, so I only came to Toledo with a light luggage for one night.

Returning to Madrid from Toledo and staying at the same hotel as yesterday, I was able to travel lightly to this small town on the hill and stay overnight, and I didn't have to spend time looking for a new hotel when I got back to Madrid. Kill three birds with one stone~

The hotel is easy to find, next to the Sudek Bell Square, which is the most prosperous square in Toledo, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu really didn't expect to stay in such a good location for 60 euros a night. The hotel is also in quite good condition and good value for money. Can recommend. A panorama of Toledo was hung at the front desk of the hotel. The first glance strengthened Yunluo's determination to go outside the city to take a look.

The weather in Toledo is the same as in Madrid, when I entered the hotel, the sun was shining outside, and Yunluo and Yan Shenyu were still glad that they finally escaped Madrid's "child face" today. Well, for Toledo's sake, it's a mountain town, so go with the flow.

Toledo must not be able to find a big supermarket, asked the front desk, and pointed out to Yunluo and Yan Shenyu the Chinese supermarket on the street away from the hotel, the price of water is fair, 1.5 liters 0.3 euros. There are also freshly baked baguettes here, super fragrant, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu came here to buy two at night, 0.5 euros for one, 0.75 euros for two, 0.9 euros for three.

A lot of locals come here to buy a lot of roots to walk. Taking advantage of the effort of buying water, Yan Shenyu chatted with the supermarket owner about Chinese restaurants, and the boss introduced her to the Chinese restaurant next to the square, or a buffet, 9.95 euros per person, similar to Brother Haolun, there are fried rice, all kinds of stir-fried vegetables, as well as shrimp and chicken wings, in short, in the end, Yan Shenyu opened a meal.

Walking out of the restaurant, the whole person seems to have gained weight, haha, is the charm of Chinese food so great?

Yun Luoliang, who has always been reluctant to eat Chinese food abroad, naturally parted ways with Yan Shenyu and casually chose a restaurant around the square to solve lunch. However, it seems that Yan Shenyu did not choose the right one. Yan Shenyu asked for barbecue and french fries, and Yunluo asked for his favorite meat sauce noodles, but they were not very successful, and the amount was very small.

In the end, I went to McDonald's next to me and bought a custard burger for 1 euro. It is said that the custard burger in Spain is really a good thing, cheap, full, generally enough to eat two, cheaper than kebab, but always can't bear it, from back to now, Yunluo has never eaten McDonald's.

Finally, to sum up, this meal, Yan Shenyu is more successful than Yunluo and Yan Shenyu, it is recommended that you can also go to the Chinese food buffet to try, it is easy to find, next to Sudek Bell Square, you can find it by asking, very close to the Chinese supermarket.

When it comes to Toledo, the cathedral is not the most important, nor is the Alcázar Castle, the most important thing is to go around the hillside outside the city to get a panoramic view of Toledo.

For the most important trip of Yunluo, Yan Shenyu began to study how to go around the mountains outside the city.

It is completely possible to walk from the ancient city to the hillside outside the city, but to be on the safe side, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu decided to take the bus to go back to their legs. The terminus of almost all buses is next to the Alcázar Castle.

Yunluo and Yan Shenyu want to go out of the city and go up the mountain No. 71 is also here, with a relatively long interval, about 45 minutes. When I arrived at the station, I just walked away and could only wander around the Alcázar Castle.

Alla Salle Castle was once the residence of the emperors, and in its annex it houses a military museum and a regional library. The castle is built on the highest hill in the city, and all the fortified fortresses since Roman times have been built in this area.

The castle as seen today is based on the original of the castle designed by Covarrubias and Herrera for King Carlos V, which was completely destroyed during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 after several fires.

The most prominent part of the castle is the north façade, the grand central courtyard and the imperial staircase (escaleraimperial, also known as the escaleradehono) from the oldest east façade of the castle. You will also see a garden-style watchtower that leads to the city walls, and when you climb the tower, you can enjoy a beautiful view of the narrow valley formed by the Tagus River that surrounds the city of Toledo.

The 71 road where Yunluo and Yan Shenyu were going to sit just stopped next to the outer wall of the castle, and asked the driver if they could reach the hillside outside the city, and the driver gave a positive answer and told Yunluo and Yan Shenyu where to get on the bus. Although the roads in the ancient city of Toledo are narrow, the buses are not inferior at all, they are all big guys!

Toledo is a lonely city on a hilltop surrounded by the Horta River, and it is more of a natural military fortress than the original Spanish capital. This geographical situation is probably the reason why Toledo was chosen as the capital by the Visigoths during that war-torn era. (To be continued.) )

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