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The Santiago Bernabeu: Is the stadium of the Real Madrid football team, it has special rooms with all history of the club. The stadium opened in 1947. The name is in honor of the Santiago Bernabeu who was the president in the club for 35 years. It has a distinction of five stars stadium, is the second largest stadium in Spain with capacity of around 80.000 spectators.

largest stadium in Spain with capacity of around 80.000 spectators. You can see the trophy room, walk around the technical area and see the dressing rooms. It has various restaurants and shopping area.

The Camp Nou Stadium: Is the stadium of the Barcelona Football Club, was opened in 1957. Is the largest stadium in Europe with capacity around 99.000 spectators. You can see the Barcelona Museum, the club shop and the dressing rooms. It also has restaurants, television studios and the offices of the clubs departments.

Also, if you are interesting in cultural places, in Spain you have a big variety of museums, historical places, castles and others. You should go for example to:

The Prado Museum: This is the most visited museum in Spain. If you like art, this place is not to be missed. It is internationally famous, because it has a big collection of paintings. You can find works of paintings, sculptures, drawing, prints and decorative arts. It has special works by greats masters artists such as El Greco, Murillo, Goya and Velasquez.

Reina Sofia National Art Museum: This museum is located in the old general hospital in Madrid. It house one of the most highly prized permanent collections. This has collection of famous artists as Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. The museum was enlarged in 2005 to create new exhibition areas. The area has been increased, making the Reina Sofia is one the largest contemporary museums in the world.

Similarly, if you like the Art, you should know the creation of Gaudi.