Half-Day Madrid History and Legends Private Walking Tour with Hotel Pick Up

Recommended by 96% of travelers

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Madrid, Spain

4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Get a better understanding of Madrid's history and culture than you would on your own on this private walking tour. The tour can be customized to suit your interests, whether you want to check out the city’s arts scene, see the most famous landmarks, get the inside scoop on the best places to dine, or delve into the Spanish capital’s fascinating history. Enjoy the undivided attention of your guide, and recharge like a true Madrileño with a stop for drinks and tapas (additional cost)

Get a comprehensive overview of Madrid's highlights
Get tips and insights from your local guide
Choose a starting time that best suits your schedule
Flexibility to customize your itinerary to your own preferences

What's Included

Private tour
Local guide
Professional art historian guide (upon request)

Private transportation

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We can also agree on a meeting point

Itinerary

Austrias

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Royal Palace of Madrid

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Plaza Mayor

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Literary Quarter (Barrio de Las Letras)

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Your private guide will meet you at your hotel to start the tour.
Any necessary transportation via metro or bus is included, but does not include private transportation.
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
Russian language tours have limited availability. Please, confirm, before booking (34-669-413-609)
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.9

based on 28 reviews

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Friendly, knowledgeable guide with flexible agenda

Mark_S, May 2024

Friendly, knowledgeable local guide who took us to a variety of historical places in Madrid. Our guide was flexible as we were not able to tour the Royal Palace so we wlkoto others places and stopped in a coffee shop and cafe for a drink and snack at the end of our tour.

Response from Host, May 2024

Thank you very much for your great feedback, it makes us immensenley happy you had a great time, and we are sure, Eva your guide would also be pleased to learn about it! Thank you for choosing touring with us, and we hope seeing you, your fiends and family in the future with us again!! Safe travels

Unique

Christo_P, Dec 2022

An extraordinary experience on an extraordinary day in an extraordinary city with an extraordinary tour guide

Response from Host, Dec 2022

We are very happy to read you had a great time with us in Madrid, and we thank you for your feedback! We may see you again in the future! Happy New Year!!!

Enrique is incredibly...

jfish19, Jul 2022

Enrique is incredibly gifted at telling the vast stories of Madrid’s history. He is very engaging and took very good care of us throughout the tour.

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Thank you, thank you, thank you

Historical tour

Pam_W, May 2022

This was a wonderful tour. The guide was a wonderful historian and we learned a lot. Well worth the money

Response from Host, Jun 2022

Thank your for your feedback, we are very happy to read you had a great tour with us, we hope to see you or your friends in the future

Don’t miss!!

Herbert_S, Mar 2022

Excellent guide! Covered areas and history we would never have known about otherwise. She had a breadth of knowledge and shared her experiences living in the neighborhood.

Response from Host, Mar 2022

Thank you very much for your comment, it make us very proud and happy to read about it, and we hope to see you or your friends in the future, Madrid awaits you. Best Regards

All the history we learned

John_L, Mar 2020

Inesto (natcho) was AMAZING!! Loved every single second of him.. he has so much info and we walked over 5 miles... didn’t even realize but would not change a thing.. he is so informative, personal , and one of the BEST. Tour guides we have ever had.. we wouldn’t change a thing and learned sooo much.. with my husband being a history buff ... omg this was right up his alley!!! 5++ stars for sure

Passionate Guide

Robin_A, Jun 2019

We had a great tour with Enrique. He was very passionate about the history of Madrid and took us to many different areas. The highlight was when he took us to one of the local market areas and we had a sample of wine and tapas. I thought this was excellent and really made the tour complete.

We were looking for a convenient way...

Anthony M, May 2018

We were looking for a convenient way to get to know Madrid and to understand it's history and local life at the start of our 5 day visit. Enrique met us at our hotel and the tour and education he provided us far exceeded our expectations. He is a passionate historian and Spaniard! We especially liked being shown the differences between the tourist Madrid and the real Madrid. We stopped for a drink and Tapas at the Mercado de la Cebada, a local market. This was one of the best walking tours we have ever been on, and we would highly recommend it to all.

super friendly guide, we walked...

Daniel_R, Apr 2018

super friendly guide, we walked through the old streets, learn some stories about the city and walked in some museums, i recommend this tour if you have limited time in madrid and want to walk a little bit

This was a helpful orientation to...

Amy K, Jul 2016

This was a helpful orientation to Madrid and we now know roughly where things are and have a better sense of how to plan our time. Our guide was just mediocre.

Marta did a fantastic job moving at...

Teri H, Jun 2016

Marta did a fantastic job moving at our pace and ducking into a great bar/restaurant for tapas when a storm shower made it too wet outside. Marta accommodated our request for hot chocolate and churros while taking us to all the highlights of Madrid. She was very accommodating while making sure we saw as much as possible. Very easy to understand her English, we highly recommend her as a guide.

Our guide Enrique was both...

Marilyn_P, May 2016

Our guide Enrique was both passionate and knowledgeable about Spanish history, literature, architecture and art. Our tour was customised to our requirements and developed around the themes of history and architecture, and exceeded our hopes and expectations. We felt that we had been exposed to Madrid in a way we could not possibly have achieved on our own. We would definitely recommend this tour.

We thoroughly enjoyed our history...

Suzanne P, May 2016

We thoroughly enjoyed our history and legends walking tour. Our guide, Enrique was knowledgeable and friendly. He tailored our tour so that we didn't duplicate items on a second tour we are taking with a group we will be traveling with. He gave us clear instructions for the Metro and he left us with directions to get back on our own to our hotel. It forced us to get to know the area better. We used that info to do more exploring on our own the next two days. He also recommended sights for us to see based on our interests.

Tour was with Yolanda who was...

Ian M, May 2016

Tour was with Yolanda who was brilliant. She is an Art Historian and had a fantastic depth of knowledge and enthusiasm. The customised tour was everything we wanted and more. Brilliant job!

One of the best tours I have done in...

Kenneth D, Nov 2015

One of the best tours I have done in all my travels. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable of Spanish history, the city of Madrid and Spanish food and wine. He actually extended the tour for more then a half hour as there's so much to see and we were grateful that he did. The guide took us to places that regular tourist would never see even though they were near the main sights. It was a wonderful day and I was able to take many great photos along the way. This tour should not be missed if you're planning on a trip to Madrid.