What to Do in Madrid: Guides from Local Hosts
Madrid is three world-class museums in a row, a royal palace, and a bar on every corner that stays open later than you planned. These guides are what the city’s own hosts send guests to first.
7 lists, each ordered by what guests actually opened rather than by what ranks on review sites. Pick a guide below, or open the app to see everything sorted by distance.
Best restaurants in Madrid
Madrid eats late and everywhere: standing at a counter, in a hundred-year-old tavern, or in a converted power station. This is what local hosts recommend, not what ranks on review sites.
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What to see in Madrid
Madrid keeps the Prado, the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen within one walk of each other, and a working royal palace at the end of it. These are the places its own hosts send guests to first.
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Madrid nightlife
Madrid goes out later than almost anywhere in Europe, and it does not stop for a bad Tuesday. These are the neighbourhoods and venues locals keep going back to.
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Typical products of Madrid
Madrid’s specialities are not only on restaurant menus — they are in the markets, the century-old sweet shops and the bars locals actually use. This is what hosts point guests toward.
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Free things to do in Madrid
Madrid gives away more than it charges for: the best sunset in the city from a hill in Vallecas, museums that go free in the evening, and tours that cost nothing but a tip.
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Day trips from Madrid
Madrid sits in the middle of Spain with three UNESCO cities and a mountain range inside an hour of it. These are the days out the city’s own hosts send guests on.
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Shopping in Madrid
Madrid shops on one grand avenue, at an outlet village outside town, and on a Sunday morning street market that has run for four centuries.
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