Madison (Wisconsin) - Wink Travel Guide

Madison is a fairly large city in south central Wisconsin. Situated on an isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, Madison is the capital of the State of Wisconsin and the anchor of the Greater Madison Area.

Madison has many excellent restaurants, an active theater community, a great music scene, and good shopping. Madison is also minutes away from a beautiful rural countryside featuring larger fields and a more scenic and hilly terrain, depending on which direction one travels outside of the city.

National groups and magazines rank Madison highly for being a very bike-friendly city, a great place to raise a family, having a healthy and fit population, and an overall high quality of life.

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