7 Secret Tips for Madrid, Spain – Tapas and more Tapas

Secret Tips Madrid

Venga, Madrid!

We LOVE Madrid for its flair, culture, and nightlife! Madrid offers many culinary highlights, sights to visit, and bars to have your café con leche in the morning and your cold cerveza in the evening.

The royal city in the center of the Iberian peninsula is one of the main highlights when traveling through Spain. We wrote this guide by first reading about this article on fun things to do in Madrid.

Update: Find our guides to the 3 best hostels in Madrid or check out the Best Party Hostels in Madrid!

And when around, it is common to hop over to Barcelona as well.

In cooperation with Madrid-Expert Lavi from Laviwashere.com we put together our 5 Secret Tips for Madrid we love to share with you.

It highlights for you the real authentic bars, cafés, and restaurants we fancy. The guide is 100% non-touristic and unique – for free to download!

7 Secret Tips for Madrid for free

Enjoy the guide, enjoy Madrid! No strings attached! Anna&Matt

The guide to Madrid covers:

  1. Hipster! This Café is the most trendy & easy-going café in Madrid
  2. a traditional Spanish bar with a youthful crowd
  3. go hiking and discover a beautiful view
  4. amazing Galician food for a locals price
  5. rent a bike, but where to go? We have the best bike-tour recommendation for you!
  6. From this spot you will have a beautiful panoramic view over Madrid
  7. A big piece of art hidden between the trees! Sounds interesting, right?!

Make sure you dive into the must-dos in Madrid as well.

No 5 Star Hostels in Madrid – no problem!

Do you need a great Hostel in Madrid? Currently, there is no 5 Star Hostel in Madrid, but of course we would be thrilled to help you! Just check out our huge guide to the best and coolest hostels in Madrid.

Which hostels do we include?

  1. The Hat Hostel
  2. MOLA Hostel
  3. Sungate One

You will also find a wide range of cheap youth hostels in Madrid.

The Double Room with a balcony at THE HAT - Stylish, right?!
The Hat Hostel

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