Football, basketball, golf, horseback riding, bicycle races: whatever you like you will find it here. The number of top sporting events that take place in Madrid is flabbergasting.

The “Football club of the 20th century”, with more titles than any other team on the planet, Real Madrid dazzles the entire world with its display of greatness. Real Madrid also ranks among the top clubs in Europe in basketball, giving Spain many titles in the arena of hoops. Each autumn the international golf competition Volvo Masters takes place in town.

Maybe you don’t like to stay at home or in a bar with a glass of cold beer watching games? Not a problem at all.

Madrid is full of public sport installations and private clubs, so traditional tennis, squash or swimming are always an option. Although Madrid is located in the center of the peninsula, there are also water sports avaliable in the nearby lakes. Rock climbing, mountain biking and skiing in the surrounding mountain ranges also make Madrid a place for sports lovers of all shapes and sizes.