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Ready for a jam-packed tour, full of history, culture, stories, and sights? Checkmark from your travel bucket list all your must-sees of Madrid, because if there’s a Withlocals tour that shows you all the city's ins and outs, it’s this complete and personalized tour of Madrid.

Destination

Madrid, Spain

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

5 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Español, Lietuvių, Deutsch, Italiano

Included

• Private guide
• 1 Local snack or drink
• Public transport
• All Withlocals tours are carbon neutral

Excluded

• Entrance tickets

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 5 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at In front of Faborit Plaza de España coffee shop - Madrid to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. City Highlights

   See Plaza España, Casa Ciriaco, the Toledo bridge, and more must-sees of the city. Your local host will take you to the main spots of the city so you can get the perfect overview to what makes Madrid so special

4. Hidden Gems

   long the way, your local host will show you treasures hidden in plain sight that only the locals know about. Get to know the city through a different perspective, the local way, and discover places and stories that not many tourists get to experience

5. Special Treat

   Follow your host to one of their favorite eateries for a snack or a drink beloved by the locals. Take a break and catch up with your new local friend and get the answers to all your travel questions

6. More Things to See

   With more time, you’ll have the chance to enter some of the landmarks and attractions your host has planned for you. Get in touch with the host of your choice to hear more about their plan

7. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Vinnie🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julián )

30 June 2025

Julian is very friendly and knows a lot about the history of Spain and Madrid. Although 5 hours seems like a lot, it flew by with so much to see. He managed to make good use of the time including a nice tour of the Cathedral and the Crypts and the few, remaining ancient ruins. These were not included as part of the tour that I joined the next day.Private Tour of Cental Madrid

Bart🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julián )

9 June 2025

Julián was the most incredible tour guide of Madrid during my stay! He was kind, easy to talk to, and an expert on the history of the city. I learned so much more than I ever thought possible. As we talked and got to know each other, he customized my tour to highlight points of personal interest. We even jumped into a historic building tour after perusing Barrio de las Letras. Unbeknownst to me, he walked me through the city and led me all the way back to my hotel before parting ways. I happily recommend Julián as a tour guide and would book him again in an instant! You are lucky if you get to take a tour with him!Fantastic Tour of Madrid

Joanne

(About local Julián )

30 March 2025

We chose the 5hr walking tour with Julian, and it did not disappoint. Julian is a fantastic historian, he shared so much knowledge of Madrid with us. It was wonderful. Julian had a great sense of humour that made the tour even more enjoyable. We cannot recommend Julian enough, so go ahead and book with Julian, you will not be disappointed. George and Jo from UKFantastic Tour with a wonderful guide

Mary

(About local Egle)

16 March 2025

We had the most amazing day with Egle. She was so friendly and welcoming and knows so much about Madrid. We walked all over the city seeing not only the major things but lots of smaller, off the beaten path places, as well. Her knowledge is extensive and her enthusiasm for Madrid is contagious! Highly recommend!Fabulous Day!

Marie🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julián )

1 August 2025

We have taken many food and history tours throughout Europe. Having Julián as our personal tour guide was fantastic. We met him in the early evening of our first day in Madrid. We walked around, learned about the history of Madrid and got to taste the amazing food and drinks that are local to the region. Julián is delightful and makes you feel welcome in his city. We are very excited to try his restaurant recommendations. Julián is definitely the guide for any tour in Madrid! Fantastic evening with Julián

Michele

(About local Egle)

31 July 2025

We scheduled our tour with Egle for our first day in Madrid. She exceeded our expectations! Her personality is very warm, and her depth of knowledge is impressive. She met us at our hotel and walked us through the main areas and interest points in the main center of the city. Along the way, she gave us interesting bits of history, local legends, and recommendations for places to visit and eat. It was the perfect way to explore the city, and I’d highly recommend to any first time visitors to Madrid.Engaging and Informative

Gary🇺🇸 United States

(About local Víctor)

27 July 2025

We had a great experience with Victor. He was very knowledgeable and had a wonderful perspective on so many pieces of art at the Prado. Great knowledgeable tour guide

Laura🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julio César)

19 July 2025

Julio was great with our three kids! Very knowledgeable, fun, kind, and patient!Fantastico!!

Louise

(About local Majo)

18 July 2025

The Prado can be overwhelming and Majo did an excellent job of focusing on the most important pieces and the stories behind them. She was also good at engaging our two 12 year olds. We loved every minute of it. Our tour was at 5:00 p.m. which meant the museum was not too crowded. Excellent tour of the Prado with Majo

Jon🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julio César)

18 July 2025

We had an incredible experience touring Madrid with Julio Cesar! He was knowledgeable, kind, and had a great way of connecting with both of our kids (ages 6 and 13), keeping them engaged and curious the entire time. Julio showed us places and shared insights we never would have discovered on our own. It truly felt like exploring the city with a friend who loves Madrid and wants you to love it too. We couldn’t recommend him more!Best Tour Guide in Madrid!

Jason 🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Iker)

16 July 2025

Our sincerest thank you to Iker for his passion, knowledge and energy on our tour. Not only did he had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Prado, but he made the lives of the artists and their times come alive. Thank you Iker for an unforgettable afternoon. Iker - The Man made The Prado come alive !

Stephanie🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julián )

6 July 2025

We enjoyed our tour with Julian. He was a great guide and very knowledgeable. He took us to several interesting food places where we were able to try multiple traditional Spanish foods. We learned a ton about the food and city. Great tour

Corina🇺🇸 United States

(About local Víctor)

4 July 2025

We have booked a tour of the Prado museum, and the surroundings. Victor has helped us better plan our tour long before we even got to Madrid, and his advice did not stop to Prado museum only. He is so passionate about Madrid, and about art! We spent more than two and a half hours on the tour and have enjoyed every minute of it! Great tour, great guide!

Kat🇳🇿 New Zealand

(About local Víctor)

3 July 2025

We really enjoyed our time with Victor. He knows the art gallery well and as there are many to view, he chose the paintings or the artists that were interesting. He explained and showed us aspects of the paintings from the artists point of view. Prado with Victor

Christine🇺🇸 United States

(About local Iker)

29 June 2025

We are so grateful for this time. Iker did an amazing job setting the context for the art over time, the societal expression, the significance of art pieces and a joy and fascination both for the artistic talent and artistic expression. We feel like we got so much from the tour. Even my teenager liked it and felt it was so much better going with him and really diving into some pieces vs going on our own and not understanding much. Iker is a heart filled person who is a joy to meet and gives insights into the Spanish culture. We visited the Palace the next day and it was cool how much of what he shared informed that visit also. A gift in art, history, love and life.

gloria🇺🇸 United States

(About local Iker)

28 June 2025

Íker was absolutely wonderful! He kept us entertained. I have 3 young boys, and he was able to keep them engaged. My husband said that if he had someone like Íker who taught him art the. Perhaps he would have enjoyed it I. School! Ha haFantastic!

Patty

(About local Egle)

27 June 2025

Egle was a wonderful tour guide. She took us around so many points of interest in Madrid. She sensed our pace and adjusted to how my family and boys walked. She shared some history of the places we went to,, took pictures of us, pointed out great places to eat for meals and tapas and churros with chocolate. At the end of the tour she walked us over to a restaurant that she recommended for the type of food we wanted to it. She even called ahead to make sure they can seat us. She has a great personality and we enjoyed chatting with her during our tour. She is a gem! I high recommend her! Wonderful tour!

David🇺🇸 United States

(About local Víctor)

22 June 2025

Victor did a great job of tailoring the tour to our interests. He was informative on not only local sites but culture as well, which made the tour more interesting. He asked for feedback on what we wanted to see and what we could skip. I would highly recommend booking a tour with Victor.Informative and Fun

Doris🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Patricia )

20 June 2025

Patricia als unsere Localguide in Madrid war einfach großartig. Besonders gefallen hat uns, dass sie uns fernab der typischen Touristenpfade geführt hat. Statt der überlaufenen Sehenswürdigkeiten hat sie uns authentische Ecken der Stadt gezeigt-charmante Viertel, kleine Tapas-Bars und lokale Märkte, die wir alleine nie entdeckt hätten. Man merkt, dass sie Madrid wirklich liebt und lebt.Mit Patricia durch Chuecha

Julia

(About local Mateo )

20 June 2025

We spent an hour and a half with Matteo, learning Spanish history, looking at beautiful architecture, and seeing some hidden gems in Madrid. It was perfect! Matteo had a lot of facts and a worldly perspective of history. He was a delight, as was our tour with him. A great way to get an overview of madrid

Lizzy

(About local Majo)

19 June 2025

We truly enjoyed our tour of the Prado with Majo. We were a group with a 11 year old and an 8 year old and she held their attention and gave us a fun, energetic, informative two hour tour. Several of us had been to the prado before and this was the best prado tour any of us had taken. Thank you, Majo!Wonderful family-friendly tour of prado

Anna🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Víctor)

18 June 2025

Kelly🇺🇸 United States

(About local Egle)

17 June 2025

We had an amazing walking tour in Madrid with Egle through WithLocals! She gave our group of five a fantastic introduction to the city—full of history, local tips, and hidden gems. Egle went above and beyond to make the experience personal and memorable. Highly recommend her to anyone visiting Madrid!Egle Went the Extra Mile

Daniela🇪🇸 Spain

(About local Mateo )

17 June 2025

We had a great time exploring Chueca and Justicia with Mateo. He showed us the neighborhood and gave us a lot of interesting information about the history, architecture and daily life of the places. We went into interesting shops (chocolate! magic!), looked into hidden courtyards and had great conversations about life, music and the people of this part of the city. We know Madrid quite well, as we visit the city every year, but Mateo showed us a lot of things we did not know so far - 100% recommendable!Great tour with a lot of inside knowledge

Panos🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Patricia )

14 June 2025

Had a great time. Learned many things about the history of Madrid and saw places that are not on tourist guides. Best tour ever!

Jose🇺🇸 United States

(About local Víctor)

14 June 2025

Victor was extremely knowledgeable and provided us with great information. The tour of El Prado Museum was unforgettable. Amazing

Lisa

(About local Julián )

13 June 2025

We had a fabulous 3 hours with Julian dipping in and out of local and global history . Highly recommend for an interesting informed experience in Madrid . Excellent walking tour

Carolyn

(About local Víctor)

12 June 2025

Victor was an amazing tour guide. His knowledge and passion for art and history was contagious! My son and I enjoyed the 2 hour tour. We would not have gotten nearly as much out of the museum if we had tried to navigate ourselves. I highly recommend Victor - he is kind, funny, and wicked smart!Great Prado Museum experience

Dagmar🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julián )

11 June 2025

I very much enjoyed my amazing tour with Julian. He is very knowledgable and the tour included all the highlights. Julian was an amazing guide, soeaks imoecxable English and walked with me through the historic sites of Madrid from its founding to more modern day history. I really appreciated that he took time for in-depth commentary and was able to answer all my questions. I highly recommend Julian, and would book hin again. He even brough a bottle of water for me as it was a very hot day.Wonderful informative Historic Madrid Tour

Jerry🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julio César)

9 June 2025

Terrific host with great communications in advance, very responsive and appreciated for his flexibility. Great introductory tour and lots of good insights and tips to start off the Madrid trip for our crew. Great intro and tips for Madrid

Ash Cooper🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julio César)

8 June 2025

I did 3 days of photo workshops with Julio - and I wish I could have done more. Julio arrived prepared with suggested itineraries for each session, including different locations and lighting scenarios as well as composition and technical exercises. He had reviewed my photography in advance to ensure the workshop would help me refine and improve my skills. His enthusiasm for photography, for the city of Madrid and even helping me practice Spanish made our 3 days fly by. His workshop also feels like a cultural and historical tour of Madrid as he familiarized me with this beautiful, lively city. It was such a pleasure spending time with him. I highly recommend Julio and look forward to a future opportunity to shoot with him. Gracias por todo, Julio!Knowledgeable + passionate guide

Kim

(About local Víctor)

8 June 2025

Victor was soo kind. But spoke very fast and was hard to understand him. He talked a lot with a lot of different topics at each stop. Our group just had trouble following. Each stop just felt a little too long. We would get ancy and want to keep going. Tour of madrid

Regan

(About local Patricia )

2 June 2025

Patricia is awesome! She's knowledgeable about Spain in general and throws in interesting historical facts about anything we talked about. We saw different areas of the city and she gave us good recommendations for the rest of our stay.Lovely walk and overview of the city

Robin🇺🇸 United States

(About local Víctor)

2 June 2025

Victor was an excellent guide - extremely knowledgeable. He made the art come alive and pointed out aspects of some of the paintings that we would never have thought of on our own. We also really enjoyed the tour of the surrounding area, including the history.Our morning with Victor

Yuval

(About local Majo)

31 May 2025

The tour with Majo with very good, she took us to see the best of the museum. Majo is very nice and have a lot of knowledge about the museum and it's arts. Guided Prado tour with Majo

Kevin

(About local Víctor)

30 May 2025

Excellent private tour with Victor and my family. We stayed on the bike path along the river so it was safe and free of cars. Victor showed us many unique sites we would never have seen on our own, many of which were as amazing as the big ones you normally go to as a tourist. Victor was a great guide who had deep knowledge of the places we visited and of Madrid in general. Highly recommend!Private tour with Victor

Clarissa🇺🇸 United States

(About local Patricia )

30 May 2025

We loved spending time with Patricia, having a couple of drinks and delicious bites as she told us a bit more about Spain and its history. She is a wonderful host. Would highly recommend. Viva España

Andrew

(About local Egle)

29 May 2025

We had a vision of what our tour would be like and Egle perfected it. She is sweet, kind, and very knowledgeable of the areas we wanted to see. She answered all of our questions without hesitation and provided a wonderful late morning early afternoon tour. She’s a gem and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience. We are very grateful of her time, experience, and wonderful conversation. We highly recommend her for your tour of beautiful Madrid. Thank you!Amazing and perfect

DAVID

(About local Majo)

26 May 2025

Had a great time walking around a neighborhood of Madrid and tasting tapas. Majo was a fun and interesting host!Excellent food tour in Madrid

Robert🇺🇸 United States

(About local Iker)

25 May 2025

Iker was the gift. As a committed student of the Prado’s artworks, the knowledge and insights he shared with our family group was critical to our understanding and appreciating the art we were experiencing. We weren’t just looking, we were learning. Iker made our visit truly unique and unforgettable. Book him now. If you can!Immersed in the Art

pascale🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Víctor)

24 May 2025

We did a 3-hour bike tour with Victor and truly enjoyed it. We took a very safe itinerary and could see parts of Madrid far from the main tourist areas, which is exactly what we wanted. Vincent is very knowledgeable and friendly. He gave us some nice tips and addresses too. A real must-do upon arriving in Madrid.Totally worth the experience!

Sherry

(About local Víctor)

22 May 2025

Victor was an awesome guide. We learned so much about Madrid. I would recommend him highly.10

Pamela

(About local Iker)

22 May 2025

We had a wonderful experience on our tour of the Prado Museum with Iker. He’s incredibly intelligent and impressively knowledgeable. He guided us through the museum’s most significant artworks, sharing their fascinating histories. It’s clear that Iker has dedicated a great deal of time to studying the art at the Prado. I would not hesitate to book a tour with him.Great tour

thomas

(About local Eva)

19 May 2025

Yulia stepped up and did a great job and we can recommend Yulia not EvaEVA canceled at the last minute

Bärbel

(About local Patricia )

18 May 2025

Die Stadtführung mit Patricia war ein ganz besonderes Erlebnis – persönlich, authentisch und mit viel Herz gestaltet. Es war spannend, Madrid nicht nur durch Sehenswürdigkeiten, sondern auch durch das persönliche Viertel der Stadtführerin kennenzulernen. Dabei hat uns Patricia nicht nur ihre ganz eigenen Eindrücke der Stadt vermittelt, sondern auch durch ihr Wissen beeindruckt. Die Mischung aus lebendiger Erzählweise und sehr guter Kenntnis der Geschichte Madrids hat die Tour für uns sieben Mädels zu etwas ganz Besonderem gemacht. Vielen Dank für diese eindrucksvolle, sehr persönliche Perspektive auf Madrid!Eindrucksvoll und wunderbar persönlich.

David🇺🇸 United States

(About local Iker)

16 May 2025

We had limited time so we booked the 2.5 hour tour with Iker. He was very communicative and showed up right on time. Our group of 4 saw all the highlights we wanted to see, plus much more. Iker is very knowledgeable and passionate about the paintings and sculptures, and we appreciated that very much! Overall, it was an enjoyable few hours at the Prado!Excellent Tour by Iker!

Unknown

(About local Víctor)

15 May 2025

Victor's passion for the works in the Prado, the history and culture of the gallery, and of Madrid and Spain generally, was infectious. The selection of works on which he focussed our attention and the thoughtful comments were inspiring. I hope Victor is available to guide us through the Prado again when we next visit Madrid (hopefully soon). There is still much to see and discuss (as there always will be)! Excellent, stimulating experience

Reme🇪🇸 Spain

(About local Víctor)

12 May 2025

Pasamos tres horas recorriendo Madrid en el tour *Lo Más Destacado y Gemas Ocultas*, y no podríamos haber tenido un mejor guía. Victor posee un conocimiento impresionante sobre la ciudad y comparte historias y anécdotas fascinantes que hacen que cada rincón cobre vida. Fue un recorrido entretenido, educativo y lleno de momentos memorables. Su pasión por Madrid es contagiosa, y gracias a él, aprendimos muchísimo sobre su historia, cultura y rincones menos conocidos. Si estás buscando una experiencia auténtica y enriquecedora, Victor es la persona ideal para guiarte por esta maravillosa ciudad. ¡Muy recomendado! Reme & Familia¡Una experiencia increíble con Victor!

britt.l.hopballe🇺🇸 United States

(About local Mateo )

10 May 2025

Mateo had good information, was friendly, and was flexible with us booking last minute. I would book another time, thank you!Madrid Walkkng Tour

Lisa🇿🇦 South Africa

(About local Víctor)

8 May 2025

We had a most enjoyable and informative experience with Victor, who combines great enthusiasm for the Prado and its art treasures with a very detailed knowledge of the subject. Highly recommended.Fascinating and knowledgeable guide