SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES
Independently of his historical and monumental peculiarities, the city of Badajoz possesses a series of services and infrastructures, which there includes a wide offer that goes from the world of the health, the communication and the business, to that of the leisure and the tourism.
They are the sanitary services one of those who stand out, so much for his wide area of influence, since for the variety of specialities and of his technical, pioneering some facilities they and with international recognition.
The Public Health (S.E.S.) offers its services through agreements to clients on both sides of the border, with the Infanta Cristina, Perpetual Help and Maternal and Child Hospitals. The Extremaña Health Clinic and the Capio-Clideba Hospital stand out for their extensive services and specialties in the private sector. Próximamento Quiró Salud will begin the construction of a new Hospital Complex that will replace the classic "CLIDEBA" Other clinics of smaller entity but with an excellent catalog of services stand out in Advanced Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Aesthetics, Dentistry, etc.
The Madrid-Lisbon motorway is the main means of communication, having been at the very beginning of the Badajoz-Cáceres project. Badajoz-Granada and the connection with Levante, still do not go beyond mere projects. As for the railway, the works of the AVE Badajoz - Madrid are progressing although slow, being soon put into service the fast train (fuutro internal AVE) Badajoz - Merida - Caceres - Plasencia, of which its electrification and the double track assemblies have begun in a large part of the route. Of the section of connection of Extremadura with Toledo - Madrid, work is being done on the environmental impact statement. At the same time, the Merida lines to Zafra, Huelva and Seville are being improved. Likewise, it is intended to recover the Lusitania Expreso between Madrid and Lisbo.
In Portugal, progress is being made by great strides, on the new Frantera - Elvas - Évora line, which will substantially acoratará the route between the two Iberian capitals.
After the interruptions of operations at the Areopuerto de Badajoz, the connections with Madrid and Barcelona were normalized and the connections of the Balearic Islands, operated by Air Nostrum and Volotea, were expanded during the summer season.
Fairgrounds (I.F.E.B.A.), Palacio de Congresos, the El Faro Commercial Park, a wide and varied hotel offer, the great Casino de Extremadura, Golf Course, are some of the many attractions that already attract to the city a large number of people, coming from both sides of the border and from towns located an hour's drive and a maximum distance of 90 or 100 kilometers.
Complete this panorama, a wide cultural offer and a prestigious network of museums. Gastronomy is another of the "main dishes" of the city, which allows both leisurely food in excellent restaurants, and the traditional "tapas" in the streets of the Old Town.
