The Ultimate List of The Best Things To Do In Madrid, Spain
- Visit the Royal Palace of Madrid
- Take a walk through Retiro Park
- Rent a row boat at Retiro Park
- Tour the Prado Museum
- Visit the Sorolla Museum
- Eat at Mercado de San Miguel
- Go to the oldest restaurant in the world
- Shop along Gran Via
- Take pictures at Plaza Mayor
- Get a spa treatment at the Arabic Baths
- Get drinks with free tapas at Bar El Tigre
- Party at Teatro Kapital
- Gaze at the Plaza de Ciebles
- See “El Rey Leon”, the Lion King, in Spanish
- See Picasso at The Reina Sofia Museum
- Get lost in the Thysenn Museum
- People watch in Puerto De Sol
- Get pastries at La Mallorquina in Sol
- Go vintage shopping in Malasana
- Get drinks at the sandy beach bar in Ojala Cafe
- Check out the multi-cultural neighborhood of Lavapies
- Eat on the top floor in El Corte Ingles in Gran Via for a great view
- Take a free walking tour of the city
- Take a hop-on-hop-off tour bus
- Eat pallea
- Watch the sunset at Templo de Debod
- Go Spanish wine tasting
- Go on a Spanish Tapas and Wine food tour
- Learn how to navigate the metro
- Attend intercambio classes to learn some Spanish
- Visit the Museum of Madrid in Tribunal
- Buy souvenires and gifts at El Rastro fleamarket (every Sunday 9-3)
- Eat chocolate con churros in La Latina
- Get dinner in La Latina
- Take a day tour to Toledo
- Go inside the Crystal Palace in Retiro Park
- Get lost in the neighborhoods
- Drink lots of cafe con leche
- Have Tortilla de Patata (potato omlette) for breakfast
- Buy street art
- Go to a Real Madrid game
- Get a Tour of Stadium Santiago Bernabeu
- Buy a Real Madrid jersey
- Take a ride on the Teleferico
- Drink blue win at Mercado de San Miguel
- Read a book outside the Royal Palace
- Jog in the Botanical Garden
- Visit the Royal Basillica
- Buy a Spanish fan to cool off
- Take a day tour to El Escorial
The library inside the El Escorial Monastery - Take your picture with
- Walk under the Puerta de Alcala
- Take a train to Alcala
- Take a Spanish Cooking Class
- Attend a Flamenco workshop
- See a Flamenco show
- Ride a bike through Paseo Del Prado
- Drink lots of sangria
- Get foreign groceries at a Spanish Grocery store for -cheap- food
- Meet some kitties at the cat cafe- La Gatoteca
- Take pictures of the famous Metropolis building
- Go bar hopping until 6 AM
- Get drunk off Vino- but not too drunk.
- Take a day trip to Chueca to see the hanging houses
- Listen to street performers in Sol
- Shop 5 floors of Primark
- Take a Segway City Tour
- Visit the National Archaeological Museum
- Take a Day tour to Segovia & Avila
- Participate in one of Madrid’s many escape rooms
- See a concert at the National Music Auditorium
- Take pictures by the Ciebles Palace
- Take a city bike tour
- Explore the huge, plant filled Atotcha train station
- Visit the Bull Fighting Museum
- Visit the Cerralbo Museum
- Smell the Flowers at the Rosadela rose garden
- Stroll along the Madrid River
- See the famous Oso y el Madrono statue in Sol
- Get a panorama view from the Faro de Moncloa
- Shop along Calle Mayor
- Explore the depths of the Almudena Crypt
- Walk across Puente de Segovia, the oldest bridge in Madrid
- Visit the Palacio de Gaviria (art museum)
- See the animals at the Madrid Zoo Aquarium
- Play at Madrid’s theme park
- Ride rollercoasters at Parque Warner Madrid
- Eat Jamon Iberico (Those pig legs you see hanging all over the restaurants)
- Have a picnic in Retiro park
- Stroll through the Paseo de Recoletos
- Get a tattoo in Fuencarrall
- Buy cookies from nuns at Monasterio Del Corpus Christi
- Try blue wine at el Mercado de San Miguel
- Search for street art graffiti
- Go to a bull fight (I personally stand against this, but it is still one of Madrid’s popular attractions)
- Attend a parade
- Get a treatment at the Lush Spa
- Set up an easle in Retiro Park and paint what you see
- Take a train to Alcala de Henares
- Have a Botellon in Parque del Oeste
- Have a photo shoot in the Royal Gardens
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