Delightful experiences
Madrid Delightful
Madrid doesn’t try to impress—it reveals itself slowly. It’s a city where history isn’t locked in museums; it walks beside you.
This is a city where grand history and everyday joy live side by side: royal palaces and world-class museums just steps away from buzzing markets, sun-filled terraces, and neighborhoods that never lose their soul.
In Madrid, time stretches generously, from daylight to night time; lunches turn into conversations, art is felt as much as admired, and nights unfold with an effortless elegance that feels both vibrant and deeply human. It’s a place where passion is expressed openly, where culture is lived rather than displayed, and where visitors don’t just see Spain… they feel at home in it.
Route
-The Austrias’s Tour.
-Rooftop best views of Madrid.
-Borbones’s Tour.
-Prado Museum.
-Flamenco Show.
-Toledo tour.
Included
-Accommodation
-Transfers
-Breakfasts
-Lunches
-Dinners
-Private guide
Optionals
-Bernabeu Stadium and Madrid Team experience
-Las Rosas Shipping Center
-Reina Sofia’s Museum
-Thyssen Museum
-Night Murders and Mystery Tour
-Literature Tour
Day 1
As soon as you land on Spanish ground we’ll take care of you.
Step into the heart of Madrid where the city first learned how to be a capital.
Our Austrias Walking Tour begins in the narrow, echoing streets around Plaza Mayor and unfolds through centuries of power, intrigue, and everyday life under the Habsburg kings. As you walk past stone façades, hidden courtyards, and ancient taverns, Madrid reveals itself not as a museum, but as a living story. This is the neighborhood where emperors ruled an empire “on which the sun never set,” where poets, merchants, and common people shaped the soul of Spain. Every corner holds a secret, every square a turning point in history.
We move at a human pace, ending with a deeper understanding of why Madrid is not only visited, but remembered.
Restaurant Casa Ciriaco.
Casa Ciriaco is a true emblem of Madrid, much more than just a century-old tavern. It is a piece of living history on Calle Mayor.
Witness to history: it has been the scene of key moments, such as the assassination attempt on Alfonso XIII in 1906. Illustrious visitors: its tables have welcomed figures such as Valle-Inclán, Julio Camba, Zuloaga, Mingote, legendary bullfighters and members of royalty.
Legendary cuisine: famous for its honest, traditional cuisine, with iconic dishes such as chicken in almond sauce and Madrid-style tripe. Authentic setting: It retains its classic bar, an open kitchen and walls adorned with bullfighting, monarchical and Madrid cultural memorabilia.
PUERTA DEL SOL – The Heartbeat of Spain
Puerta del Sol is not just a square; it is Kilometer Zero of Spain. Every national road begins here, symbolically placing Madrid at the center of the country.
It has witnessed royal proclamations, uprisings, dictatorships, revolutions, and celebrations. The famous clock on the Real Casa de Correos marks the New Year for the entire nation—when Spaniards eat the 12 grapes, they are literally syncing their hopes with this place.
Unique fact: Sol has been a stage of resistance and freedom more times than any other square in Spain.
PUERTA DE TOLEDO – Madrid’s Forgotten Gateway
Built to honor King Ferdinand VII, Puerta de Toledo once welcomed travelers arriving from the ancient capital of Toledo. Unlike other monumental gates, this one speaks of imperial ambition mixed with vulnerability—it was erected after Madrid survived the Napoleonic invasion.
Unique fact: It marks where medieval Madrid truly ended and the modern city began expanding south.
PLAZA MAYOR – Where Power, Blood & Celebration Met
Plaza Mayor was once Madrid’s main stage of life and death. Here took place royal coronations, bullfights, markets—and executions during the Spanish Inquisition. The symmetry and red façades hide a turbulent past.
Unique fact: The frescoes on Casa de la Panadería depict Madrid’s mythological origins and its zodiac signs.
MERCADO DE SAN MIGUEL – From Iron Market to Gourmet Icon
Built in 1916, this is one of the few surviving iron markets of Madrid. It transformed from a local food market into a global gourmet hotspot.
Unique fact: It mirrors Madrid itself—traditional foundations reinvented for the modern world.
CATEDRAL DE LA ALMUDENA – The Cathedral That Took 110 Years
Madrid is the only European capital whose cathedral was completed after the 20th century. Its exterior is neoclassical to match the Royal Palace, but inside it surprises visitors with modern art, colors, and contemporary iconography.
Unique fact: It was consecrated by Pope John Paul II, something extremely rare outside Rome.
PALACIO REAL / PALACIO DE ORIENTE – Europe’s Largest Royal Palace
With over 3,400 rooms, it is larger than Versailles or Buckingham Palace. Though Spanish kings no longer live here, it remains a symbol of continuity, ceremony, and power.
Unique fact: Beneath the palace lie the remains of a Moorish fortress—Madrid’s Islamic origins still support royal Spain.
SUNSET, VIEWS & DINNER 360 Rooftop Bar
360° Rooftop Bar, located on the 27th floor, is the best place for leisure with amazing panoramic views over the city. The best moment of all: stepping out onto the glass balcony and walkway to see Madrid beneath your feet.
Day 2
Free time
After visiting and learning the heart of Madrid the afternoon before, now you have the complete next morning to merge and walk at your own pace there.
Some of the places that you can enjoy:
BARRIO DE LAS LETRAS – Where Literature Changed the World
Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Quevedo—the greatest writers of the Spanish Golden Age lived, argued, and wrote here. The streets themselves quote poetry engraved in stone.
Unique fact: Cervantes died just meters away from where Shakespeare was buried—on the same date.
PLAZA DE SANTA ANA – Madrid After Dark, Then and Now
Once a monastic area, later a bohemian refuge, today it’s the soul of Madrid nightlife.
Unique fact: It was once filled with theaters where censorship, satire, and rebellion thrived under authoritarian regimes.
TEATRO ESPAÑOL – 400 Years of Drama
One of Europe’s oldest theaters, it has survived fires, wars, and dictatorships.
Unique fact: Plays here once had to be approved by the Inquisition.
Botín Restaurant.
Botín, founded in 1725, is the oldest restaurant in the world according to the Guinness World Records and a benchmark of the finest traditional cuisine in Madrid.
Signature cuisine that honors the essence of the finest ingredients, bringing you the traditions and history of Madrid in every bite.
Borbones Walking Tour
Madrid is best discovered on foot, and nowhere is its soul more vivid than along the path shaped by the Bourbon kings.
This walking tour invites you to step into the enlightened ambition of the 18th century, when the Bourbons transformed Madrid from a medieval court into a European capital of elegance, reason, and power.
Along the Bourbon route, you will feel how royal vision shaped daily life: from ceremonial avenues to public gardens created for citizens, from palaces of power to spaces of pleasure and culture.
GRAN VÍA – Madrid’s Broadway
Built in the early 20th century, Gran Vía symbolized modernity, cinema, capitalism, and ambition. It was nicknamed “Madrid’s curse” because of how long and controversial it was to build.
Unique fact: It has changed names multiple times depending on who ruled Spain.
FUENTE DE CIBELES – Power, Football & Feminine Strength
Cibeles represents the earth goddess riding a chariot. Today she’s celebrated by Real Madrid fans, but historically she symbolized fertility, authority, and Madrid’s soul.
Unique fact: She marks the boundary between aristocratic and bourgeois Madrid.
PUERTA DE ALCALÁ – Madrid’s Roman Soul
Built before Paris or Berlin had monumental arches, this gate greeted kings and peasants alike.
Unique fact: It has bullet holes from the Spanish Civil War—history literally engraved in stone.
PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA – From Stream to Financial Power
Once a simple creek, now Madrid’s most important axis.
Unique fact: It divides Madrid socially and economically, north and south, old and new power.
EL RETIRO PARK – Royal Garden Turned People’s Paradise
Once exclusive to kings, now Madrid’s green heart. Crystal Palace, hidden statues, secret corners.
Unique fact: There is a statue dedicated to Lucifer—one of the very few in the world.
MUSEO DEL PRADO – Where Art Speaks Truth
Not just a museum, but a moral mirror of humanity. Velázquez, Goya, Rubens—art that questions power, war, madness, beauty.
Unique fact: Goya’s Black Paintings were never meant to be seen—he painted them on his own walls.
Day 3
Toledo – Where Spain Was Forged
For centuries, Christians, Muslims, and Jews lived inside Toledo’s walls. This was not merely coexistence; it was collaboration.
Jewish scholars translated Arabic scientific and philosophical works into Latin. Muslim artisans built Christian churches. Christian kings protected synagogues.
Why this matters today: Modern Spain ( its tolerance, complexity, and cultural depth) was born here. Toledo is where Europe rediscovered Aristotle, medicine, astronomy, and mathematics through Arabic and Jewish knowledge.
Before Madrid existed as a capital, Toledo ruled the kingdom.
The Archbishop of Toledo remains the most powerful religious authority in Spain to this day.
Unique fact: Madrid became capital in 1561 largely because Toledo was too powerful and too independent. Centralizing power required starting fresh.