Tag: ES – Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro a landscape of Arts and Sciences

Spain’s capital city is evolving by the day with fresh touristic attractions from its first UNESCO World Heritage site to a wealth of new hotels and restaurants.

Source: How travellers can see Madrid in a new light

UNESCO added 39 traditions to its cultural heritage list on Friday, including some from countries represented for the first time.

Source: 39 Traditions Added to UNESCO Cultural Heritage List, From Arabic Calligraphy to Truffle Hunting

SURROUNDED by trees and birds flitting through the air, it’s a place the writer comes to take a bit of time out, to sit and watch the world go by.

Source: Take on Nature: A ‘landscape of light’ to be enjoyed where humanity is balanced with nature in Madrid

An ‘unholy pact’ and several politically fuelled decisions have UN advisers to Unesco concerned the committee is not acting to protect the world’s most special places…

Source: ‘Low point’ in world heritage committee history as politics ‘tramples’ human rights of the Karen people

Madrid’s tree-lined Paseo del Prado boulevard and the adjoining Retiro park have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list…

Source: Madrid’s Retiro park, Prado avenue join World Heritage list