Discover Madrid's main attractions with this new service in five languages (Spanish, English, French, Italian and German). EL Patronato de Turismo de Madrid offers a selection of tours which will unveil for you the secrets, anecdotes and history of the city in a fun and interesting way. A narrator will tell you all the little stories about each monument and spot in the city;  you go at the pace you choose accompanied by a professional guide at all times. Each tour comes with photographs so you can easily identify all the monuments.

FITUR, the largest tourism trade fair on the international circuit will hold its next edition from 28 January to 1 February 2009

Fitur  : A TRADE MEETING POINT
With more than 13,000 exhibiting companies from 170 countries/regions, FITUR has the largest representation of supply thus allowing more than 150,000 sector professionals to establish the biggest and most useful network of business and institutional contacts.

 Fitur  : THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PROMOTIONAL PLATFORM
Fitur allows exhibitors and visitors to establish new strategies, promote their destinations and products and perform different marketing activities to reach the entire distribution channel. The international media attention which FITUR attracts is proof of its significance. More than 8000 journalists attended the previous event, ensuring that the trade fair received widespread media coverage, both in the industry media as well as the economic and general media.

 Fitur  :THE FUTURE IS NOW
The growth of FITUR and IFEMA's commitment to provide the best installations and services to all exhibitors and visitors has enabled us to extend the site to 200,000 m2, distributed over 12 halls. More new services are now available, as well as the best installations. There is also the new addition of an exclusive access hall to speed up access to the site and the new East Entrance with direct access to halls 12 and 14 and the rest of the site via convenient corridors connecting with halls 4 and 6. More car parking spaces, modern rooms for conferences and meetings, to mention just a few, make FITUR a great opportunity for the future.

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If we had to choose one word to define Christmas in Madrid, that would be fiesta; even though there are of course many others such as non-stop fun, bright streets, celebration... Christmas in Madrid is not to be missed!

When December rolls around, the city gets ready to shed its regular image and become even more dynamic and sparkly, and the number of leisure and culture offers multiplies infinitely.

Everything kicks off when the lights are switched on, illuminating the city until the beginning of January. Once again, this year prestigious designers and architects will be in charge of "dressing" the city. This time, new ideas come from David Delfín, who suggests using simple, dynamic designs for Calle Jorge Juan; Oscar Mariné, who reflects on the tranquillity and silence of the Gran Vía; and Teresa Sapey, who, among others, will be in charge of filling Plaza de Tirso de Molina with eyes which open and close.

Once more the city will boast designs by artists such as Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada, Juan Duyos and Elio Berhanyer, who are also responsible for the huge fir trees dotted around the city, including the one by Devota & Lomba, a centre piece in the Puerta del Sol.