Madrid, Spain Travel Guide
Boulevards, art and all-night tapas
Why visit Madrid
Spain’s capital trades beaches for boulevards: the Prado’s Velázquez and Goya, the Royal Palace and Retiro Park’s boating lake. Madrid lives on its schedule — lunch at two, vermouth at six, dinner at ten — and the tapas crawl from La Latina to Malasaña never really ends. Day trips to Toledo and Segovia are 30 minutes away by high-speed train.
Best time to visit Madrid
Weather decides when a city shines — and when it empties out. We pull 30-year climate averages for Madrid to show which months are warm, dry and worth booking.
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Eat your way through Madrid
These are the dishes to hunt down in Madrid — not just the country's greatest hits. Tap a dish to see where it's made best, then compare a stay in the same neighbourhood with your dates.
Plan your Madrid trip
Every link below uses the dates and travelers set in the bar above.