Audio walks in Madrid
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- 36 walks
- 382 places with a written story
- 0.1-0.5 hours per walk
- written in EN, ES, DE, FR, IT, RU
- last walk added 2026-10-17
Walks in Madrid
From the Dos de Mayo to La Movida: Malasaña & Chueca, Madrid's Rebel Quarters
Cannons in 1808, electric guitars in 1980, Pride flags today: a walk through Madrid's loudest neighbourhoods, from a painted church and tiled shopfronts to the court where a queen's harpsichord teacher wrote five hundred sonatas
Tapas, Tripe and the Sunday Rastro: La Latina & Lavapiés, Madrid's Old Popular Quarters
From the great dome of San Francisco el Grande through the inns of the Cava Baja, the flea market of El Rastro and the cigar-rollers' factory to the tenement balconies of Lavapiés: how working Madrid has eaten, drunk and lived for five hundred years
Avenue of Shells: Madrid Under Siege and the Road to Democracy
From the vanished hotel of the war correspondents and the shelled Telefónica tower to the bullet holes of 1981 and Picasso's Guernica: Madrid from the siege of 1936 to the transition
Madrid's Barrio de las Letras: Cervantes, Lope de Vega & the Writers' Quarter
Rival geniuses living a street apart, a lost grave found in 2015, quotations set in the pavement and the press that printed Don Quixote: the Golden Age of Spanish letters, door by door
Madrids Kunstmeile: Von Guernica über den Prado bis zum Kristallpalast im Retiro
Picasso, Dürer, Bosch und die Sammlung einer Ruhr-Dynastie: ein Spaziergang über den Paseo del Prado, vorbei an Göttinnen, Königstoren und Gärten, bis zu einem Glashaus im Retiro
Lope, Cervantes und der Zerrspiegel: Madrids Literatenviertel rund um die Calle de las Huertas
Durch das Barrio de las Letras in Madrid: von den Löwen des Parlaments über Goethes geliebten Calderón und Lopes Wohnhaus bis zur Druckerei des Don Quijote, zu Cervantes' Grab und in Valle-Incláns Lavapiés
Das Madrid der Habsburger: Von der Puerta del Sol zum Königspalast
Kaiserstöchter, Klosterschätze und ein Reiterstandbild, das Galileo berechnete: auf den Spuren der spanischen Habsburger durch das alte Madrid bis zum Palast der Bourbonen
Siegesgöttin, Wolkenkratzer und die Kirche der Deutschen: Gran Vía & Malasaña in Madrid
Von der goldenen Kuppel am Anfang der Gran Vía über die Kirche, die eine Habsburgerin den Deutschen schenkte, bis zum Platz des Aufstands von 1808: Madrids Prachtstraße und ihr rebellisches Hinterland
Versos y Tabernas: Del Siglo de Oro en Las Letras al Madrid Rebelde de Chueca
Un paseo literario y bohemio por los rincones donde escribieron Cervantes y Lope de Vega, tabernas centenarias y la vanguardia diversa de Chueca
Heart of Madrid: Royal Palace, Plaza Mayor, and Gran Vía
Discover the Spanish capital's grandeur—from the Habsburg cobblestones of Plaza Mayor and the golden throne of the Royal Palace to the roaring architecture of Gran Vía
El Madrid de las Letras y los Maestros: Siglo de Oro, el Prado y el Retiro
Un paseo literario y artístico—desde las huellas de Cervantes y Lope de Vega hasta las Meninas de Velázquez y el Palacio de Cristal
Imperial Madrid: Habsburg Alleys, Bourbon Palaces, and Secret Taverns
From Kilometre Zero and golden plazas to the colossal Royal Palace and Cervantes' literary taverns
Routes people ask for in Madrid
- Walk from Puerta del Sol to Royal Palace
- Walk from Plaza Mayor to Mercado de San Miguel
- Walk from Prado Museum to Retiro Park
- Walk from Gran Vía to Malasaña
- Walk from La Latina to Lavapiés
How long do you want to walk?
Is Madrid walkable?
Madrid's central core is exceptionally pedestrian-friendly, with extensive pedestrianised zones between Sol, Gran Vía, and the Royal Palace. The city has gentle slopes between the palace bluffs and Lavapiés, but walks are designed at an easy, leisurely pace.
Do routes include food stops?
Several routes explore castizo food traditions in La Latina, Mercado de San Miguel, and Huertas. Stops explain the history of vermut on tap, cocido madrileño, and historic taverns. You can pause the audio anytime to step inside for tapas.
What languages are the Madrid walks in?
The collection includes routes in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, and Russian. Each route is authored by locals with unique thematic angles rather than generic translations.
How much do the Madrid walks cost?
Listening to the first stop of every walk and reading the complete written text across all routes is 100% free. Any unlocked stops become permanently free for every visitor who walks after you.