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Madrid Tapas and Wine Tasting Tour
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Madrid Tapas and Wine Tasting Tour

By Gourmet Madrid Tours
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Explore Madrid's culture through its tapas and wine on this guided tour, limited to a small group of 12 people for an intimate atmosphere. Exploring alongside a guide allows you to discover Spanish specialties you may never have heard of, such as chickpea stew and salted cod. Unlike some other tapas tours, all food samples and wine are included. Choose between lunch and dinner departure times for added flexibility. 
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Ages 9-99, max of 12 per group
Duration: 3h
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Live guide: English, Spanish
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Highlights
  • Guided small-group tapas and wine tour through Madrid's streets
  • Stop at both well-known bars and gems that are hard to find independently
  • Learn about Spain's culinary history and culture through guide commentary
  • Samples, accompanied by wine pairings, add up to a full meal

  • Local Guide
  • Wine Tasting
  • Tasting more than 12 different tapas
  • Visit to 4 tapas bars (Where Madrileños go)
  • A drink (Wine, Beer, Soda or Mineral Water) at each bar
  • The tour takes place simultaneously in English and Spanish if necessary
What's not included
  • Cocktails or spirits
  • Gratuities
  • Children under 9 years can not take part of the tour.

Make your way to a central meeting point, where you join your gastronome guide and small group of fellow food lovers. Limited to just 12 people, this small group size ensures personalized attention and an intimate atmosphere, perfect for really getting to known Madrid's dining culture. Set off through the streets, stopping by both well-known establishments and spots you would have never found on your own. Along the way, taste samples of regional specialties such as roasted eggplant with honey, Iberian ham, chickpea stew, and salted cod. Sip selected Spanish wines while your guide gives you an overview of wine history and production in the country—with beer and soft drinks available if wine is not for you. End up at a centrally located bar in the atmospheric Literary Quarter, where your guide bids you farewell. You’re free to continue exploring or to make your own way home.

Start:
  • Memorial Calderon de la Barca, C. del Príncipe, Centro, 28012 Madrid, Spain
    Depart Point: Barca’s marble statue. Address: Plaza de Santa Ana (Santa Ana Square) at the marble statue of Calderón de la Barca (across from the ME Hotel).
End:
  • Plaza de Santa Ana, Pl. de Sta. Ana, Centro, 28012 Madrid, Spain
    The tour ends at a centrally located Madrid bar in the surrondings of Plaza Mayor.

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5830WINETAPAS

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Minimum age for wine tasting is 18 years
  • Operated by a bilingual guide in English and Spanish
  • Most travellers can participate
  • Small Group Tour
  • Children under 9 years can not take part of the tour.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travellers

  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5830WINETAPAS

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  • Gourmet Madrid Tours
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  • ginamt2023
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A Great Day!
    Excellent, Ismael is very knowledgeable about the wine industry and about the region. Highly recommended. We had a great time.
    Written 14 January 2025
  • 197stewarta
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent tour
    Noemi is an organized, knowledgeable, and friendly guide. I highly recommend her and would seek her out for my next tour.
    Written 21 December 2024
  • S9411LDmiken
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Wine madrid
    This was an excellent trip that was only made as such by our amazing tour guide ismael. He was so knowledgeable, passionate and helpful. His English is fantastic and provided the best day possible
    Written 18 December 2024
  • Daydream14891549399
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Enjoyable tour.
    This wine tasting tour was wonderful. Ismael our tour guide was very knowledgeable and attentive. The wineries amazing as well as the people. It was a great experience . The pace of the tour was perfect, beautiful towns and places. The wines and the sides plates delicious. All around a wonderful experience. We recommend this tour to everyone who goes to Madrid. It is a worthy tour.
    Written 18 December 2024
  • gailmm56
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Best Experience and a Highlight of our Trip
    If you’re thinking about taking this tour STOP thinking about it and DO IT! You will not be disappointed, it was a highlight of our time in Barcelona. Our tour guide Ismael was amazing, he is passionate and loves what he does and it shows. We learned a lot about the culture, wine, food and visited some really cool restaurants that you would probably never know about. The best experience from beginning to end.
    Written 4 December 2024
  • 773nicoleu
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Tour three unique wineries just 90 minutes from Madrid
    We were able to tour and taste at three unique wineries over the course of a day. It took about 11 hours total but there are tapas at each winery and a lunch stop as well. Muna, our guide, was very friendly and knowledgeable about the region and winemaking in general. Each winery had a rep there to give us a tour of their facilities and processes. A fun way to spend the day and delicious wines to taste!
    Written 29 November 2024
  • D8237IGkarlal
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Wine Tour
    Our guide Nacho was extremely knowledgeable about wine and the wine making process. We learned so much and thoroughly enjoy the experience.
    Written 16 November 2024
  • rickmC1448VN
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Warmly welcomed
    Antonio, a winemaker himself, was a great guide. The winery staffs were very friendly and willing to spend time with our group of eleven tourists.
    Written 12 November 2024
  • F4819GGshaneb
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Sincerely the best!
    THE best wine tour we’ve ever had. THE best. Tour guide could have doubled as a stand-up comedian. Made you feel like family. Great wine with local snacks to keep you on your feet. 10/10 will be back again.
    Written 9 November 2024
  • mkreillymd
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great tapas tour
    Great tour with Leticia! She provided so much information—super interesting. Really enjoyed all the food and wine and history.
    Written 7 November 2024
  • 535valr
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Lovely day touring wine producing countryside surrounding Madrid.
    Wineries tour. Fantastic day out from Madrid. We visited three wineries, had a lot of great wines to taste with tapas then a lovely lunch with additional wine. Learned a lot about the production of wine in the countryside around Madrid. Our tour guide Muna was lovely and charming.
    Written 6 November 2024
  • 535valr
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Lovely evening of tapas and wine in Madrid
    Tapas and wine evening. So much fun - amazing food and wine. We met up with 4 other couples and had a really lovely evening with Muna our guide.
    Written 6 November 2024
  • K717QKsandys
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excelent Experiencie
    It was and excellent experience. Muna make it all better with her inside and explanations. The smaller gruop also makes it better to integrate and enjoy the experience
    Written 6 November 2024
  • X6531DGkathrynd
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great Madrid Food Tour
    This was a brilliant tour covering fascinating history and delicious wine and food. Miguel was a great tour guide and despite being a very busy Saturday night, and a public holiday, he kept everyone together and made sure everyone was ok. A lovely group of people and would highly recommend this tour
    Written 3 November 2024
  • 829amyu
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Perfect way to visit wineries and learn about Spanish wines
    Antonio was a knowledgeable and enthusiastic lover of wine and sommelier who expertly guided us to 3 vineyards/ bodegas in the region south east of Madrid. He carefully explained the process of making wines from the harvest through fermentation process, and the methods of aging in barrels or clay and the consequences for the wines that result. Touring the caves of the wineries was a highlight as well as sampling the delicious wines along with tapas at each location. Highly recommend this tour
    Written 29 October 2024
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SavvyTravelerTips
5 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020 • Friends
The tour was very good. The guide was very knowledgeable and energetic. We sampled a full glass of wine at each stop, 4 total. Each restaurant/bar had unique tapas. Overall, the experience was very good! However, after walking into other restaurants/bars in Madrid, I do feel the tour is a bit expensive. An average glass of wine is about 2.5 - 4.5€. The tapas are traditionally served/included with any drink order. While we enjoyed the tour, I don’t know that I would necessarily recommend it to friends/family due to the cost.
Written 3 March 2020
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TomBooze
Cardiff, UK634 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
We did the tapas and wine tasting on the Friday over the Easter bank holiday weekend so it was very busy, but this wasn’t a problem. You get taken to four different places to enjoy food and drink at both, you can choose what drinks you have at each bar, red wine, white wine or a couple of other options. The places we visited were all very nice and all quite different, I won’t say too much but it was a mix of fish, meat, cheese, bread and other mixed dishes. The tour is very much a social event, you get to meet other people from around the world and all the people on our tour were very nice. Our guide for the tour, Carlos, was excellent, really chatty, engaging, full of knowledge and friendly, he made sure the tour enjoyable for everyone and kept the conversation flowing. We thoroughly enjoyed the night and ended up staying in the last venue with four other members of the tour until they closed, we were literally the last to leave. This tour is great value for money given the knowledge of the guide and food and drink you get and a fantastic way to meet people and explore different venues in Madrid.
Written 18 April 2022
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hedid2019
209 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2024 • Couples
Pension in the centre of Madrid so that we can visit and soak up Madrid’s culture on foot. If walking does not put you off, it is a real pleasure to discover the city.

Our stay took place in June and we had an ideal time to walk (beautiful but in excess heat). Fast lunches in the afternoon on the terrace, taste the afternoon with delicious churros with chocolate sauce, in the evening good restaurants with Spanish specialties like tasty paellas accompanied by refreshing sangrias.

Day 1 - Visit the Royal Palace, count 3 hours. We advise you to buy tickets online before the visit, so you will avoid the queue.
On the same day, we visited the Egyptian Temple in Debod, passing through Plaza de Oriente and the Royal Opera Theatre.
On the return we stopped in the plaza de Espana, his garden.

Day 2 - Visit the beautiful park of Retiro with its large basin and the Crystal Palace, then we admired outside the Palace of Cibeles and its fountain.

Day 3 – We go to the old bridge of Toledo passing through the Toledo Gate, walk in the park of Madrid Rio, below along the river Manzanares.
We take the opportunity to also pass over the modern bridge of Arganzuela, right next door.

Day 4 – Visit the Arena of Las Vantas (Plaza Toros). Very nice visit we recommend.
We strolled on the main boulevards (Gran Via), pedestrian streets that are places for Shopping and we lingered on the busy squares until late in the evening.

Day 5 – Discovery of the LAVAPIES district to get away from the touristic places. We were pleasantly surprised by the street art in this more popular neighborhood.
Visit the basilica of San Francisco el Grande.

As our Pension is very close to Mayor Square and Puerta del Sol Square, we went there every day in the evening to enjoy the atmosphere.

We opted to buy a transport pass for us 2 that allowed us to make the round trip by metro between the airport in central Madrid. For the return to the airport, an extra charge of 3€ is payable on the vending machines.

Madrid is a very nice, dynamic, lively city, with restaurants, bars, open from morning to night, people eat there at all hours. People are cool and smiling We felt totally safe, especially in the evening. However, watch out for pickpockets. We are delighted with our stay.
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Written 14 August 2024
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BhoyRacer
Exmouth, UK110 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Couples
What a fantastic few hours spent around some of the wonderful Tapas bars we wouldn’t have discovered ourselves. Carlos was very friendly and spoke excellent English. His enthusiasm for the food and wine we enjoyed was clear to see as he described each dish and origin of the 4 wines we tried in each of the 4 tapas bars and restaurants we visited, a fantastic way to get acquainted with some places where the locals go to eat and drink. Carlos was a fantastic host, highly recommended!
Written 6 February 2020
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Margie C
4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020
Extraordinary wine, delicious tapas, and terrific guide of the city! I highly recommend this tour. My husband and I were the only ones for this daytime slot and Paula really did a great job showing us the city, giving us the history behind landmarks, and providing suggestions on other things we could do during our visit. Paula was very knowledgeable about the Spanish wines that we had and did a fantastic job ordering tapas that we truly enjoyed (and would not have known to order on our own!) Thank you for an amazing afternoon!
Written 28 January 2020
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enners
Wigan, UK73 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023
we were a small group of ten any more might have been too much, we met and our guide introduced himself, with a few ice breaker questions, then we introduced ourselves to each other and off we went to visit the local taps bars. the format was pretty much the same with the history of the bar and then an explanation of the wine. our guide was very knowledgeable regarding Spanish wines and wasn't just reading from a script , he definitely seemed to know his stuff. the tapas was explained when it arrived and was very varied, those with a normal appetite would be satisfied at the end of the tour! the tour lasted just over 2.5 hours and we were then left as a group to chat for a while whilst our guide made his retreat. you could, I suppose do this tour yourselves much cheaper as I didn't find Madrid to be an expensive city compared to other cities we have visited, but as I said earlier the guide was very knowledgeable and worth the extra we paid.
Written 8 August 2023
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Kalila H
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
My friends and I went on this Wine and Tapas tour on our last night in Madrid, and we are so glad we did. There was PLENTY of food and wine (we were stuffed and a little tipsy!) and the opportunity to see the city through the eyes of a local is truly priceless. We definitely felt like it was worth the money, if not only to discover some incredible Spanish wines! Rodrigo was a perfect guide. Funny, charming, passionate, and extremely knowledgeable about all that Madrid has to offer. I can not recommend this tour highly enough!
Written 29 February 2020
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Alice L
Pleasant Hill, CA88 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021 • Solo
I’ve been coming to Madrid for years, and did not think I would learn much from this tour as I feel I know a lot of bars and restaurants in the area. At the Ribera del Duero tour (highly recommended), one of the guests recommended this tapas and wine tour and I thought, why not? I’m so glad I took the tour, because not only did I discover new venues that I had not been to before, but learned a lot about wine and good, and also passed a very enjoyable evening.
I met the guide, Carlos, at the Plaza Santa Ana by the bronze statue of Lorca. We were joined by another participant. A third was running late but we arranged to meet him at the first venue.
The first stop was El Fontan, an Asturian restaurant tgst I’ve walked by dozens of times but never thought of stopping in (mistake!). We had a lovely Mencia wine and some dry cider poured up high. I was not expecting such a delicious and bountiful spread of food, but we were served eggplant with honey, 2 types of croquetas, and a strong cabrales cheese.
The second stop was a stealthy venue I would never have discovered otherwise. La Venencia is a sherry bar that has been around since the 1920’s! Hemingway was a fan. We were escorted down into the cave and were served a beautiful manzanilla and more food- aged Manchego cheese, cecina, mojama as well as olives and marcona almonds, all perfect with the wine.
The third place is one I’m well-familiar with as I’ve been going there for years, La Casa del Abuelo. We went to the original one (they’ve expanded and now have 5 restaurants). The restaurant is family-owned and they serve their own proprietary wine. We were served a bubbling dish of gambas al ajillo and patata bravas with our wine.
The fourth and last stop was to a place that I would never have thought about going to, as I generally avoid places frequented by so many tourists. Los Galayos is a restaurant in Plaza Mayor. We sat inside and prior to this visit I had no idea if how lovely it was. We had cava along with more divine food: squid with eggs, tortilla de patata (Carlos said it was second only to his mother’s!), Torreznos (deep fried pork belly) and gif dessert, torrijas, a sort of French toast with turron ice cream.
What else can I say? It was a wonderful experience, well worth the price.
I must mention that our guide Carlos was extremely professional, patient and personable.
I cannot recommend this tour highly enough.
Written 17 August 2021
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And thanks again for this excellent review as well! It's been a pleasure having you in both tours. We hope you enjoyed your time in Spain!
Written 31 August 2021
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kperkins38
Boston, MA693 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
This was an absolutely perfect way to see the city and visit some more local places you might not find on your own. Do not eat a lot before this and don't plan to have a meal right after, because you will be full! Our tour guide was Carlos, and he was amazing!

We stopped at 4 places and got a background of each place, which was really cool to learn about. At each place we had several tapas (big portions for the group) and a drink choice (wine is recommended but can have beer/soda/water etc).

Every place was unique in its own way and filled with locals which was super cool (we did do this on a Saturday though, so not sure how it would be on a week day). The tour guide made sure to ask if we had any allergies/food restrictions, and he remembered throughout the duration of the day. It lasted about 3 hours, which was the perfect time.

Was not an awful lot of walking as all places were pretty close by, and you do not travel too far from the starting point.

Overall highly recommend, would definitely do this again when in Madrid!
Written 22 January 2023
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Zack Ellington
Greensboro, NC1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023 • Couples
Eva's expertise and warm personality made the entire experience unforgettable, as she guided us through the city's culinary gems with passion and knowledge. My wife and I wholeheartedly recommend Eva's food tour of Madrid to anyone seeking a remarkable gastronomic adventure. From the exquisite wines to the mouthwatering tapas, Eva will take you on a journey through Madrid's culinary treasures, leaving you with a profound appreciation for the city's vibrant food culture.
Written 29 June 2023
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