From where to find the best tapas in Madrid to how to decipher a traditional lunch menu, we have all the tips you need to make the most out of your stay! Explore the posts below to discover the best things to do in Madrid. If you want to leave the research up to an expert, join us on one of our food tours in Madrid!
Easter in Madrid is all about breathtaking processions and sweet treats!
From where to get the best torrija to how to navigate the Easter processions, here’s everything you need to know about celebrating Holy Week in Madrid.
Food is the centerpiece of Madrid life!
After more than a decade of delicious research, here are the 8 most iconic dishes that top our list of the best foods in Madrid.
It is hard to overstate the importance of wine in Madrid.
From centenary sherry wine taverns to modern natural wine bars, here are my picks for the best wine bars in Madrid and my insider tips for enjoying wine in Spain’s capital.
Madrid is one of the best cities in Europe for eating gluten free!
From 100% gluten-free bakeries to naturally gluten-free tapas, follow these tips to experience authentic and delicious food in Madrid without any gluten.
Madrid tapas bars can be a bit intimidating.
Tapas tour guide Oliver makes the case that as soon as you get into Madrid, you must get on a tapas tour in order to get your bearings and experience the best of Madrid!
Finding good, authentic paella in Madrid can be quite a challenge!
Here’s everything you need to know about Spain’s most famous rice dish, the best paella restaurants in Madrid and common mistakes to avoid when eating paella in Spain.
Here’s everything you need to know before visiting the most famous market in Madrid!
After more than a decade visiting Mercado San Miguel, we have the scoop on the best tapas to try, the best times to visit and mistakes you don’t want to make.
Madrid is a food-lover’s paradise.
To really experience this city, you must try it’s most famous tapas! From fried potatoes to fresh seafood, the tapas in Madrid showcase Spain’s bounty of incredible ingredients.
Madrid is home to the oldest restaurant in the world!
Depending on who you ask, Botin is either the oldest restaurant in the world or the longest continuously operating restaurant (a subtle but important distinction). Regardless of which definition you chose, if the stone walls could talk they would tell the history of Spain itself.
Madrid is a great city to visit as a family!
From plazas filled with playgrounds to cafés serving fresh churros and hot chocolate, Madrid offers a perfect mix of fun, culture, and adventure for the whole family. Here are my picks, as a mom living in Madrid, for the top things to do in Madrid with kids.
If you know where to look, Madrid has great vegetarian and vegan food!
The Spanish kitchen has always relied heavily on local vegetables, beans and eggs. From fried Padrón peppers from Galicia to the Catalan roasted vegetable specialty known as escalivada, there is an incredible range of vegan and vegetarian food to try in Madrid!
In Madrid we don’t just eat tapas, we do tapas!
Build your own tapas tour in Madrid with this list of best tapas neighborhoods, which tapas bars to go to and what to order. No trip is complete with feasting on the incredible tapas in Madrid!
Where you stay in Madrid makes a big difference!
Our resident hotel specialist, Karen Rosenblum, who runs the fantastic boutique travel service Spain Less Traveled, gives us her tips on choosing where to stay in Madrid.
Epic meals are our thing here in Madrid. Thanksgiving is no exception!
Whether you are looking to celebrate Thanksgiving in Madrid with the classic American feast or if you want to go with a traditional Spanish meal, here are our picks for the best places to enjoy this all-American holiday in Madrid!
Madrid can be a magical place during the summer months. The sun is shining 99% of the time. Sunset isn’t until almost 10:00 pm. And the midday siesta is an absolute must!
While the city is always chock full of activities, during the summer months there are oodles of fun things to do in Madrid. Here are a few of our favorite things to do in Madrid in the summer!
Breakfast in Madrid can be as traditional as a toasted country bread drizzled with olive oil or as extravagant as an eggs benedict and two-mimosa brunch!
For great breakfast and brunch options, Malasaña has it all. Sip your café con leche at an outdoor café, dunk churros into thick hot chocolate at a family-run churrería or tuck into poached eggs on avocado toast at a neighborhood hotspot.
If you’re like us, you count your time in Madrid in meals instead of days.
We’ve got everything you need to know about not just where to eat in Madrid, but when and how to enjoy each spot like a local! Here are our carefully curated, constantly updated picks for the best restaurants in Madrid right now and how to best enjoy them.
I am so excited to say that after a year and a half, we are finally ready and able to walk, eat and explore again!
With vaccination rates picking up and restrictions easing, Spain is slowly but surely opening up to travel. On the heels of this very exciting news, I’ve made the very exciting decision to re-open Walk and Eat. Our tour calendar is now officially open for bookings!
Lunch in Spain is the main meal of the day and it is serious business!
Here in Madrid, most bars and restaurants serve a set lunch menu that features two courses along with a drink and dessert for a set price. Here are our tips for navigating the menu and our picks for the best lunch restaurants in Madrid!
If you love discovering local cuisines but gluten doesn’t love you, you’re in luck in Madrid!
Many traditional Spanish foods are gluten free. From which foods to avoid to key phrases to tell your waiter, here is everything you need to know to eat gluten free in Madrid!
No trip to Madrid is complete without a visit to a neighborhood market.
Madrid’s fresh food markets are the center of neighborhood life and the best place to buy fresh produce, meats, cheeses and traditional snacks! Madrid’s neighborhood markets are also the perfect place to grab supplies for a picnic in Madrid’s Retiro park or river-walk park (Madrid Rio) or to have an informal lunch moving from stand to stand.
Christmas in Madrid is a magical time.
From where to get your Christmas feast to where to spot the best Christmas lights, here is everything you need to know to have a marvelous Christmas in Madrid!