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Best things to do and see in Madrid

Madrid is a city that doesn’t need any introductions. It is the capital of Spain, and a tourist hotspot every year along with Barcelona. Its abundant culture, architecture, cuisine, and art make it obvious why so many decide to visit this Iberian city, along with all the different niches and interesting sites it has to offer if you know where to look, that is! If you are planning on visiting this European metropolis, it’s important that you have a few reference points so you get the most out of your trip.

If you are looking for the best free walking tour in Madrid , the best idea is for you to do it with a local guide who knows all those mandatory tourist stops and of course the more hidden charms of this great city. If you tour this capital city you can’t miss places like: walking through Madrid’s Retiro, park area, or walking by the Gate of Alcala, (la Puerta de Alcalá) Cibeles Square, continuing until the Sun Gate, (la Puerta del Sol). A visit to the Main Square, (Plaza Mayor) where you can take a walk to the gardens beside the Royal Palace is also a must. There are also more specific tours you can choose that will take you some of Madrid’s different neighborhoods like: Salamance, Chueca, La Latina or Argüelles. If you enjoy art and museums, Madrid is a top destination with world-renowned museums like the Prado, Queen Sophia, the Archeological Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza or the Sorolla Museum. If you are choosing a walking tour, you can’t forget about places like Columbus’ Square, the Argüelles viewpoint, Santa Ana’s Square, the Gran Vía Avenue or the Plaza de España itself.

Find out more info about the free walking tours available in Madrid , by going to the webpage and reading other walkers’ opinions and reviews about their experiences on the same route with the same guide.  Whether you book a guruwalk in the morning, afternoon, or evening, you will have a great time getting to know some of the charms with professional guides who will get you the most out of your holidays in this Spanish capital. 

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Madrid is one of the greatest cities in Spain

Madrid is a vibrant, buzzing city. Its many cafés, tapas bars and restaurants are testament to the Spanish capital's legacy as a cultural and very social city - indeed it's home to Botin restaurant, the oldest in the world! There's always a party in Madrid, from Puerta del sol square to the hip district of Chueca you'll embrace a famous local nightlife made of excellent flamenco bars, great pubs & taverns and a world renowned clubbing scene. This coupled with a wealth of fantastic museums, galleries & theatres, beautiful gardens and parks makes Madrid an ideal city to visit.

Madrid's winding streets have seen a great deal of history and freetour.com recommended free walking tours will give you an unbeatable, authentic insight to this wonderful city. Join enthusiastic local guides to see hidden secrets & key sights like Palacio Real, Puerta de Alcala & majestic Almudena Cathedral and to learn about fascinating history including occupations, the civil war, the Spanish Inquisition, General Franco and much more.

There's so much to do in Madrid after your tour. You can shop and bargain hunt at El Rastro flea market, watch the world go by with a great coffee in Plaza Mayor, soak up the sun and spirit in Buen Retiro park, visit the Prado gallery for art works by Goy and Bosch, or even catch a Real Madrid game at the Bernabeu. Before long, you'll be madly in love with Madrid.

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Expertise matters! We offer free walking tours in Madrid since 2013 , what make us one of the most experienced walking tour companies in Madrid. Join us and discover the Madrid you never knew.

Small-Group Walking Tours

We always offer small groups on our guided tours in Madrid. In this way, the experience is much more dynamic and we can offer an excellent service to our clients . Forget about being herded from one location to another with little time to ask questions or see anything in detail.

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Feel the tradition. Our team of hand-picked guides will make you discover Madrid and its history in a fun and entertaining manner. They love sharing with you the hidden gems not mentioned in guidebooks, secret spots and the local people you wouldn’t otherwise meet.

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We have established customer centricity as the core philosophy of our company . Thanks to that, we are one of the best rated walking tour companies in Madrid: 1000+ 5 star reviews on TripAdvisor, Facebook and Google.

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The Best Walking Tours in Madrid with Expert Guides

Old Town Madrid Free Walking Tour

• Puerta del Sol, Equestrian Statue of Carlos III
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Private and Custom Tours in Madrid

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Flamenco Shows in Madrid

• 1 hour (approximate duration)
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What our clients say about our Madrid Walking Tours

• We are proud to have received seven consecutive Certificates of Excellence from TripAdvisor (based on more than 1,000 reviews. 95% of them are 5-star reviews)
• Our walking tours in Madrid are recommended by independent travel blogs and prestigious publications such as “DK Eyewitness Travel Guides” or the German newspaper WELT

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The Personal Touch of a Family-Run Business

Hola! We are Javier and Tatiana, a couple passionate about Madrid and its fascinating history. In 2013 we decided to start OgoTours, a walking tour company specialized in Madrid. This project would change our lives forever.

Time has flown by since OgoTours started but we are proud to continue being a 100% local business. This is the backbone of our company. Being a family-run business give us a special relationship with the city and community. A connection that extends far beyond business relationships. Unlike the big multinational tour operators, being a small local company allows us to keep the authentic essence of the city.

Nowadays, our small team of guides consists of historians, art historians and local experts who love sharing their favorite spots in the city and its history. We will make you feel Madrid like a local.

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Smaller groups (max. 10 people).

Our groups are now limited to 10 people, therefore it is required to book your spot in advance.

MANDATORY USE OF FACE MASK

Mandatory use of face masks for guides and customers . Following the Spanish legislation, the wearing of face masks in all public spaces is obligatory.

SOCIAL DISTANCING (2 METERS)

When available, we highly recommend to maintain 2-meters social distancing between all the participants of the tour.

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All our guides will be carrying hand sanitizer during the tour and it will be available during the whole route for you.

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You will hear the explanations perfectly , as your guide will be carrying a voice amplifier.

You don´t need to print out your tour confirmation (just in case keep the email confirmation on your phone). Your name and last name will be enough for the guide to complete the check-in process.

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Prado Museum Guided Tour - Avoid Queues

Explore the Prado Museum, Spain’s great treasure-trove of art. Enjoy a selection of the greatest masterpieces that are kept in this great Madrid gallery, one of the most important in the entire world.

Free cancellation : up to 24 hours in advance.

Days of the visit: Morning Tour: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Afternoon Tour from November to March:  Tuesday, Thusrday and Saturday

Duration: 2 hours

Time: Morning and Afternoon

Royal Palace Guided Tour - Avoid Queues

Discover the immense heritage of this historic and residence inhabited by the Spanish royal family until 1931, and avoid long queues at the entrance.

Days of the visit: Daily

Duration: 1,5 hours

Prado and Reina Sofia Museums - Guided Tours

Visit the Reina Sofia and Prado museums with our expert guide and without queues. Discover the pictures, art and history from the XV century up to the present day.

Days of the visits: Monday, Wesdnesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Duration: 4 hours

Time: Morning

Night Walking Tour to Madrid´s Old Centre

Meet on this guided tour at night the charm and magic of the squares, buildings, streets and historic shops of Habsburg Madrid.

Days of the tour: Tuesdays and Thursdays

Duration: 2,5 hours

Time: Evening

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Visits to the most emblematic places of Madrid

Discover the capital’s most emblematic sites with our walking tours through Madrid . Walking along the streets of the Spanish capital is the best option for delighting yourself with its most characteristic monuments, museums and plazas. That is what will happen when you go on one of our guided walking tours in Madrid .

We offer some itineraries that will show you the range of all the attractions in the city’s historical area. Our guides show you modern-day Madrid and what the city was like in the past. Therefore we make various themed tours  available, which will contribute to a global perspective regarding the capital. And each one of the tours will show you historical episodes or relevant people who have shaped the current character of Madrid.

¿What walking tour can be done in Madrid?

We invite you to visit the Madrid of the Habsburgs and see its impressive artistic legacy with jewels of Spanish heritage like the Royal Palace. And to continue with the historical evolution of the city and, in general, the entire country, we also offer you the possibility of taking a tour through the Madrid of the Bourbons , which will take you to amazing places like the Puerta de Alcala (Alcala Gate).

But the must-see places in Madrid are numerous. And you can see and get to know all of them on our walking tours. A variety of guided tours will take you to the Plaza Mayor , the Cathedral of the Almudena , the famous fountains of Cibeles and Neptune , or to the most popular and vital place in the city: Puerta del Sol (Gate of the Sun).

However, not everything in Madrid can be appreciated from its streets. We provide other, quite different tours. For example, you can go on a guided tour through the galleries in the Prado Museum . We have selected the masterpieces of one of the most important art collections in the world and present them to you on this guided tour.

The Prado is the great art temple of Madrid, and our tours can take you to other unique thematic havens, such as the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and the Ventas bullring , two guided tours that captivate all fans of football and bullfighting.

To finish up, we offer a really fun tour where customs, cuisine and a good chat come together. Our guides will take you to sample one of the most typical traditions in Madrid. Go out for tapas at the most popular streets, pubs and taverns. It’s a tour that will give you the best tastes possible during your stay in the capital.

In short, there is a Madrid for every visitor, and with our proposed guided tours through Madrid, you will undoubtedly find the charms that you’re searching for in the Spanish capital.

Tour Reviews

Spectacular. The building and the exhibitions are impressive, but if you go out you cannot go back in.

Fantastic. I love the Goya’s paintings, and the truth is that the Guide managed to convey the full meaning of the works we saw. The visit is very good.

It was about two hours and was worthwhile. I booked just this because I wanted to study more about each one of the works and the guide was quite helpful.

Charming guide with jokes the whole time, so that it wasn’t a very serious or boring visit. Good detail on his part.

Interesting. I’m not especially art lover, but if you are in Madrid you have to see the Prado Museum. I must say that I was surprised by the visit, the explanations were very interesting and we were given a lot of information to understand pictures.

The Royal Palace is incredible, you can feel the history in every corner. The guide told us several details and anecdotes about the royal family and their history and some of the rooms were very interesting.

The time we spent in the palace ran short. Its worth the visit, especially because you get to see it without having to queue at the entrance.

They only let you see some of the rooms. The palaces size and history is amazing, but they only let you see some of the rooms.

The best palace in Western Europe. Its huge and has a lot of history and art. Its a shame they dont let you take pictures.

Amazing. The Royal Palace is incredible, much bigger than Versailles or Buckingham Palace. I didnt expect it to be so spectacular, especially its church.

Amazing. Its worth the guided tour because they show you the most important pieces in the museum and explain each paintings history.

The Prado Museum is better than the Reina Sofía museum. I went with my husband and we loved the Prado Museum, the Reina Sofía not so much.

Well organized. The guide gave detailed explanations of all the pieces we saw and of their painters. It was very interesting for art history lovers like me. A great tour.

Good guide and organization. Our guide was very professional and pleasant, knew the paintings and painters history very well. Amazing.

Good tour and fantastic organization. We didnt have to queue and got to see each museums highlights in the morning. In the afternoon we were able to return to the Prado Museum and visit it more calmly.

Good organization and great guide. The tour was very interesting and varied.

A great tour of the history of Madrid. We walked by very interesting places, buildings, streets, squares and shops.

A night to remember. Seeing the city highlights at night is beautiful. The lights create a special atmosphere.

Good value for money. We were able to appreciate the history of every important place in the center of Madrid thanks to the guide.

Good tour with a lot of history and great places. We werent many in this walking tour so it was like doing a private tour.