Cool, but it could be better if some of the paintings didn't have so much light reflected from the roof, like in room 12. Maybe the camera should have been higher?
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#22Google Arts & Culture has hundreds of excellent 360 museum (and other cultural site) tours here: https://artsandculture.google.com/
Separately, you can also zoom in to many artworks with extreme detail (e.g. 1000+ dpi).
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#23For anyone planning a visit to Spain, I can't recommend Madrid highly enough. I wasn't sure what to expect from the city, but it might be my favorite I've ever been to. Madrid is beautiful, clean, walkable, and very welcoming. The food was all amazing and it seemed like we never had to wait for a table. I had a great time in Barcelona, but I'd recommend Madrid over Barcelona in a heartbeat.
I preferred Madrid as well, however as far as museums go I would make a trip to Barcelona just for MACBA.
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Which time of year would you recommend?
March - early June or Mid September - November Avoid July and August, horrible heat and most people have left the city
> Avoid July and August, horrible heat and most people have left the city
You mean it's bad that you don't have to wait in lines or get into crowded spaces?
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#25For anyone planning a visit to Spain, I can't recommend Madrid highly enough. I wasn't sure what to expect from the city, but it might be my favorite I've ever been to. Madrid is beautiful, clean, walkable, and very welcoming. The food was all amazing and it seemed like we never had to wait for a table. I had a great time in Barcelona, but I'd recommend Madrid over Barcelona in a heartbeat.
I’m glad more and more people are realizing. Preferring it over Barcelona is very personal; I completely get people who prefer a coastal city as beautiful as the Ciudad Condal. But Madrid was underrated for ages. It’s sunny, beautiful, safe, fun, imperial. Luckily it’s been booming for a while now.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
March - early June or Mid September - November Avoid July and August, horrible heat and most people have left the city
> Avoid July and August, horrible heat and most people have left the city You mean it's bad that you don't have to wait in lines or get into crowded spaces?
There are still tourists who for some weird reason come in the worst heat. Bring a hat.
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#28For anyone planning a visit to Spain, I can't recommend Madrid highly enough. I wasn't sure what to expect from the city, but it might be my favorite I've ever been to. Madrid is beautiful, clean, walkable, and very welcoming. The food was all amazing and it seemed like we never had to wait for a table. I had a great time in Barcelona, but I'd recommend Madrid over Barcelona in a heartbeat.
I also prefer Madrid, which I believe is really under-rated, but Barcelona is superb as well.
Sadly, Barcelona is a bit too hyped and gentrified. It suffers from the same kind of issues SF has.
Both are great in terms of access to an inexpensive talent pool.
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#29For anyone planning a visit to Spain, I can't recommend Madrid highly enough. I wasn't sure what to expect from the city, but it might be my favorite I've ever been to. Madrid is beautiful, clean, walkable, and very welcoming. The food was all amazing and it seemed like we never had to wait for a table. I had a great time in Barcelona, but I'd recommend Madrid over Barcelona in a heartbeat.
For tips, commentary and insight about visiting Madrid, and the rest of Spain, this Youtube channel [0] is a gold mine.
James and Yoly really enjoy living here in Madrid, and they explain the good and the bad of our culture and customs. No bullsh*t, warts and all.
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#30For anyone planning a visit to Spain, I can't recommend Madrid highly enough. I wasn't sure what to expect from the city, but it might be my favorite I've ever been to. Madrid is beautiful, clean, walkable, and very welcoming. The food was all amazing and it seemed like we never had to wait for a table. I had a great time in Barcelona, but I'd recommend Madrid over Barcelona in a heartbeat.
I'd recommend Valencia in addition to Madrid. I can't say I enjoyed Barcelona that much, it felt too touristy. Valencia had a wonderful balance of tourism, low prices, food, and waterfront.