Madrid Tapas Night Walking Tour
Madrid Tapas Night Walking Tour
Sample Spanish nightlife and Madrid's tasty tapas on an evening walking tour that will tantalize your taste buds! Led by an entertaining foodie guide, this walking tour is the best introduction to the laidback Madrileno lifestyle. You'll visit Madrid’s tucked-away corners and feast on tasty treats you’d never discover on your own, leaving you with a lasting feeling for Madrid and its people, and an appetite for its fabulous food and drink!
On the walking tour you'll visit four traditional bars/restaurants to try authentic Spanish delicacies. It might be chorizo in cider, octopus from Galicia, cider from Asturias, sherry from Andalucia or other regional specialties. The tour price includes your first drink and tapas at the first bar you'll visit. You can then choose how much or how little you'd like to eat and drink at the other bars/restaurants you'll visit on the evening walking tour. For a satisfying night out you should expect to spend about 30 to 35 euros per person.
Along the way, your English-speaking guide will explain the traditions behind Madrid's food and wine, and advise on local specialties. Your local guide will also assist with language and translation, while providing interesting facts about Madrid’s history, culture and customs.
As the average maximum group size is six people, you will enjoy a unique personalized experience on this special evening walking tour of Madrid’s fabulous tapas bars and restaurants. It's the perfect way to discover local insights, while sampling traditional food and drink in great company. Ultimately, adding more color and flavor to your Spanish sojourn!
Schedule details
Departure Dates: Daily, except Sunday
Departure Point: Tour departs from Statue of the Bear (Oso y Madrono) in Puerta del Sol
Departure Time: 8:00pm
Return Details: Tour concludes at the last bar/restaurant, however a taxi back to your hotel can be organized by the guide (not included in tour price).
Hotel Pickup: Hotel pickup not available
Itinerary:
First stop:
An authentic Asturian bar, frequented by Spaniards of every age and description. A great place to kick off the evening trying their specialties of cabrales (blue cheese), chorizo and cider, which is poured in a very original way!
Second Stop:
A typical, very traditional "fino" or Sherry bar. This hostelry has changed very little in the last century with standing room at the bar or seating at wooden tables at the back. The bar is complete with the authentic oak sherry casks. "Fino" and "Manzanilla" sherries of various hues and tastes are served by the glass or from bottles filled directly from the kegs. Drinks come with complimentary olives or bread sticks.
Next stop:
This intimate local bar gives you a real taste of Madrid, with bulls' heads on the wall set off by various football shirts, and sawdust on the floor where locals deposit their olive pips before a final clear up at the end of the night. On the bar there is a huge selection of "tapitas" and "pinchos" (similar to canapes). Beside the bar is a model ship full of prawns which are usually provided as your complimentary "tapita" with drinks.
Final stop:
A very popular bar/restaurant serving wonderful "tostadas" and great salads, meats, cheeses and Tapas. This is a fantastic eatery with very good quality, no nonsense food and a great atmosphere with orders being shouted from waiter to waiter to bar to chef!
After this the night is yours! With the largest density of bars and restaurants per square meter in Europe, Madrid is famed for its vibrant nightlife. Even at 4 o'clock in the morning the streets are teeming with revelers, some only part way through their night out, others going to partake of the traditional "chocolate y churros" (gloopy hot chocolate and deep-fried doughnut twists) before bed. Madrid is not a place to sit back and watch the world go by, but rather somewhere you should throw yourself into the melee!
THE ABOVE ITINERARY IS AN EXAMPLE ONLY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Prices - Group Size
From 38.80 €
Duration
4 hours
What's Included
- First drink and Tapas
- English speaking guide
- Guided visit to 4 bars/restaurants
- Assistance with language translation
- Advice on Spanish food and beverages
Supplements
- Optional gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Food and beverages other than the first drink and Tapas
Booking Conditions
- This tour must be booked at least 72 hours in advance of your travel date
- Confirmation for this tour will be received within 48 hours of booking
- Tour is operated in English unless otherwise stated
- This tour is not suitable for disabled persons
- This tour requires a minimum number of passengers to operate. There is a possibility that the tour may be cancelled after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be provided the option to take the tour on an alternative date or be refunded in full. It will be necessary for you to call 48 hours prior to your departure date to reconfirm (contact details provided on your confirmation voucher).
