City of Madrid overview tailored to your interests
Take a Half-Day Walking Tour of Madrid in the company of a knowledgeable private tour guide who will be delighted to share their enthusiasm and love for their home city. Walk though Madrid’s plazas, streets and neighborhoods at a leisurely pace, learning snippets of history intervened with curious facts and stories. As the tour progresses, it will be shaped to accommodate your personal passions and preferences, so every private walking tour is uniquely different, just like our clients!
This is the perfect walking tour of Madrid for first-time visitors and those looking for an overview of the city’s history and highlights. Starting from your hotel, you will wander through the streets of the old city and will understand how the city works now and back in times. Enjoy the sights, chat with your personal tour guide and ask questions to make this a unique walking tour focusing on your individual interests.
End the tour with a complimentary drink and tapa in an authentic tavern where you can experience local culture for yourself.
Highlights
See Madrid’s most important sights, churches and architecture
Discover a cultural side to Madrid that few visitors get to experience
Enjoy a complimentary drink and tapa as you chat with your private tour guide
Absorb the history of Madrid as you leave the typical tourist trail behind
Experience local neighborhoods and hidden viewpoints that you’ll never forget!
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Our guide picked us up at our hotel and we enjoyed a four hour walking tour of the highlights of central Madrid. He was a delightful young man with excellent English skills, very enthusiastic about his city. We stopped several times to enjoy some local food and snacks. It was a great overview and we returned on our own to the sights that interested us.
Explore the most impressive highlights of Madrid on this brief Half Day Walking Tour in the company of a laid-back and knowledgeable local tour guide. This fascinating private tour lasts approximately four hours, taking you on a journey through history, covering the very heart of the city.
Your informative tour guide will take you through Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Oriente, the historical heart of this impressive capital, and will include other magnificent monuments and sights. On the journey, you’ll discover how the ancient Egyptian Templo de Debod came to be sited in Madrid, learn the significance of June 13th celebrations at the San Antonio de la Florida Chapel and might have a chance to stroll through the beautiful Jardines del Moro.
Your private tour guide will keep you on your toes, waiting for the next run of events in Madrid´s history and won´t be short of insights into the city culture along with a background to the history of Madrid. This Half-Day Walking Tour of Madrid might also include visits to Las Vistillas Park, a peek inside Almudena Cathedral and a stroll through La Latina, one of Madrid’s liveliest neighborhoods. This exciting walking tour around Madrid’s highlights ends with a complimentary drink and tapa – and the chance to ask any additional questions of your private guide. You won’t believe how quickly 4 hours passes by!
If you would like us to recommend a good restaurant just let us know. Our personalized touch and helpful tips are just some of the benefits of taking a private tour of Madrid.
Remember that Madrid can be hot and sunny (and occasionally it can be showery) which can all affect this Half-Day Walking Tour. Please dress appropriately for the weather.
Important Information
Duration: 4 hours
Languages Available: English, Spanish, Italian, French
Languages available on demand: Chinese, Arab, Russian, German, Portuguese (write to confirm availability)
Inclusions: private guide, entrance to free museum and sights, use of public transportation if necessary
Inclusions: private guide, entrance to free museum and sights, use of public transportation if necessary, complimentary drink and tapa
Exclusions: pick-up by car
Meeting Point: the guide meets you at your hotel lobby or at the entrance to your apartment building. This is a walking tour, the pick up service is on foot, not by car. Alternatively you can meet your guide at the entrance to the museum, you´ll just need to let us know that this is your prefered meeting point.
Cancellation: you can cancel with 100% refund up to 72 hours in advance. 50% is returned with 48 hour notice and no refund with less than 48 hours notice.
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Our guide picked us up at our hotel and we enjoyed a four hour walking tour of the highlights of central Madrid. He was a delightful young man with excellent English skills, very enthusiastic about his city. We stopped several times to enjoy some local food and snacks. It was a great overview and we returned on our own to the sights that interested us.
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