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Everything you need to plan the perfect trip — from a 24-hour layover to a full week covering every barrio, museum, pueblo and tapas bar in the Comunidad.

Itineraries

3 guides

Day trips

5 guides
Alcalá de Henares Day Trip: Cervantes’ City in a Day
7 min
Alcalá de Henares Day Trip: Cervantes’ City in a Day
A UNESCO university city 35 minutes out by Cercanías — storks on every tower, the world’s longest arcaded street, and tapas that still come free.
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 Aranjuez Day Trip: Palace, Gardens and the Strawberry Train
7 min
Aranjuez Day Trip: Palace, Gardens and the Strawberry Train
A Bourbon palace on the Tagus, UNESCO gardens the size of a town, and a heritage steam train that serves strawberries on board.
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 El Escorial Day Trip: Philip II’s Granite World
7 min
El Escorial Day Trip: Philip II’s Granite World
The monastery-palace that ran an empire, an hour from Madrid — plus the oak forest and the king’s own viewpoint to walk it off.
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 Chinchón Day Trip: the Plaza in the Round
6 min
Chinchón Day Trip: the Plaza in the Round
Spain’s most theatrical square — three storeys of green balconies, garlic ropes, wood-oven lamb and anís with everything.
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 The Sierra in a Day: Cercedilla, Navacerrada and Cotos by Rail
7 min
The Sierra in a Day: Cercedilla, Navacerrada and Cotos by Rail
Madrid’s mountains run on train timetables — a Roman road, pine valleys at 1,800 m and a roast lunch, all without a car.
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Essentials

4 guides

Food & drink

7 guides
The Madrid Tapas Guide
7 min
The Madrid Tapas Guide
How the tapeo actually works — the Cava Baja method, the dishes to order, free tapas versus paid, and where locals go when they’re paying.
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 What to Eat in Madrid: Cocido, Callos & the Castizo Classics
8 min
What to Eat in Madrid: Cocido, Callos & the Castizo Classics
The dishes Madrid actually calls its own — where they live, when they’re in season, and how to order them without a translator.
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 La Hora del Vermút: Madrid’s Vermouth Hour and the Centenary Tabernas
7 min
La Hora del Vermút: Madrid’s Vermouth Hour and the Centenary Tabernas
The pre-lunch rite of tap vermouth, a splash of soda and an anchovy olive — and the hundred-year-old taverns built to serve it.
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 Madrid’s Food Markets: Eat Where the City Shops
7 min
Madrid’s Food Markets: Eat Where the City Shops
The working halls where lunch costs €6 at a counter, the gourmet cathedrals where it costs €26 standing — and how to use each without regret.
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 Churros, Torrijas & the Old Pastelerías
6 min
Churros, Torrijas & the Old Pastelerías
Madrid’s sweet tooth runs on a calendar — fried dough at dawn, Easter bread pudding, saints’ bones in November — and on shops older than the streetlights.
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 Eating Well for Less: the Menú del Día Playbook
6 min
Eating Well for Less: the Menú del Día Playbook
Madrid remains the European capital where €13 buys three courses, bread and wine — if you eat when and where the city does.
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 Terrazas & Rooftops: Drinking Madrid in the Open Air
6 min
Terrazas & Rooftops: Drinking Madrid in the Open Air
From April to October the city moves outdoors — plaza terraces, hotel azoteas and free sunset hills, ranked by what you actually pay for.
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Experiences

2 guides
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