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💡 The Short Version: For a first food walk, book the Tapas & Wine Tasting Tour with Local Guidead: from €85, 3 hours, 2,576 reviews, with at least 12 tapas in four century-old bars. The cheapest is the San Miguel Market and Street Food Walking Tourad, from €52 for 2 hours. For a class, the Paella and Sangria Workshopad is from €54.40 for 3 hours. Two rooftop tapas tours look alike and are not the same tour. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices and move with the date.
The tours and classes, compared
| Experience | Operator | Length | GetYourGuide from | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tapas & Wine Tasting Tour with Local Guidead | Gourmet Madrid | 3 hours | €85 | Four century-old bars, at least 12 tapas, 2,576 reviews |
| Authentic Tapas Tour – Eat Like a Local & Have Fun!ad | Food Lover Tour Madrid | 3 hours | €72 | Four stops away from the crowds, 10 to 12 tapas |
| Guided Food Tour with Local Tapas & Spanish Winead | Tipsy Tours by Carpe Diem Tours | 2.5 hours | €89 | Five eateries in La Latina and the centre |
| Guided Tapas, Wine & Rooftop Terrace Experiencead | World Experience | 4 hours | €89.99 | Three tapas stops and a cava toast on a rooftop |
| Tapas & Wine Tour with Visit to a Rooftopad | Travel Vibes Agency | 3.5 hours | €58.65 | Tapas bars round the Plaza Mayor, ending over Gran Vía |
| Ultimate Food Tour of Local Markets & Tapasad | Devour Tours | 3 hours | €79 | Eight stops, the Mercado de Antón Martín |
| San Miguel Market and Street Food Walking Tourad | Hili srl | 2 hours | €52 | The market, a squid sandwich and churros |
| Guided Food Tour with Authentic Tapas & Delicaciesad | Secret Food Tours | 2 to 3 hours | €76.24 | A 3-hour or a 2-hour express route |
| Tapas, Taverns & History Tourad | Devour Tours | 3.5 hours | €63 | Tapas, Asturian cider and a history walk |
| Paella and Sangria Workshop in the City Centerad | Travel Vibes Agency | 3 hours | €54.40 | A hands-on class, 1,802 reviews |
| Half-Day Hands-On Spanish Cooking Classad | Cooking Point | 4 hours | €85 | A paella class with a market visit, or a tapas class |
| 10 Tapas 2.5-Hour Cooking Classad | A Punto Cooking School | 2.5 hours | €68 | Ten regional tapas in groups of three or four |
| Seafood, Chicken or Vegetable Paella & Sangria Classad | Paurora Experiences | 3 to 4 hours | €85 | A choice of paella, and a sangría workshop |
The iron-and-glass front of the Mercado de San Miguel. Photo: Fred Romero, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Tapas walks
Tapas & Wine Tasting Tour with Local Guide
From €85 · 2,576 reviews · 3 hours
Madrid: Tapas & Wine Tasting Tour with Local Guidead is run by Gourmet Madrid in English and Spanish. It visits four century-old bars, the youngest 70 years old, in the Literary Quarter, with at least 12 tapas chosen by the guide and one drink at each bar. The group is 2 to 13 people. You meet at the Plaza de Santa Ana, by the bronze statue of Federico García Lorca, and the tour ends near the Plaza Mayor. It is not suitable for children under 4 or wheelchair users. The bars on the lists are in Madrid tapas.
Authentic Tapas Tour
From €72 · 1,308 reviews · 3 hours
Madrid: Authentic Tapas Tour – Eat Like a Local & Have Fun!ad is run by Food Lover Tour Madrid in English, with private or small groups. It takes four places away from the tourist crowds: a market-style eatery, a neighbourhood bar, a modern slow-food tavern and a century-old bodega, with 10 to 12 tapas and a house drink at each. The meeting point depends on the option you choose.
Two tours by Tipsy Tours
From €89 and €85 · 896 and 155 reviews · 2.5 hours
Madrid: Guided Food Tour with Local Tapas & Spanish Winead is run by Tipsy Tours by Carpe Diem Tours through La Latina and the centre, from the Plaza de los Carros to Calle del Arenal, past the Calle de la Cava Baja and the Plaza Mayor. It stops at five eateries for a tortilla, a squid sandwich, garlic mushrooms and churros with hot chocolate, with a beer, a vermouth cocktail and a tinto de verano. Vegetarian and alcohol-free options are available, vegan and gluten-free ones are not, and it is not suitable for wheelchair users. The operator’s Small-Group Food Tour with Local Tapas and Winead is from €85, with the same five-eatery route in its description.
Two rooftop tours
From €89.99 and €58.65 · 657 and 541 reviews · 4 and 3.5 hours
Madrid: Guided Tapas, Wine & Rooftop Terrace Experiencead is run by World Experience from the Plaza de San Miguel: three tapas stops through La Latina, the Cava Baja and Calle de Cuchilleros, with garlic prawns, pork cheeks and croquettes, then a cava toast on a panoramic rooftop. Madrid: Tapas & Wine Tour with Visit to a Rooftopad is a different tour, run by Travel Vibes Agency from the Taberna Tirso de Molina on the Plaza de Tirso de Molina. It visits bars in the Madrid de los Austrias and the Plaza Mayor and ends on a terrace over Gran Vía with a glass of wine. It has gluten-free and vegetarian options.
Markets, street food and history
Ultimate Food Tour of Local Markets & Tapas
From €79 · 228 reviews · 3 hours
Madrid: Ultimate Food Tour of Local Markets & Tapasad is run by Devour Tours: eight family-run stops with more than 15 tastings and one drink, in English. It includes the Mercado de Antón Martín, a sip of red vermouth, a cheese tasting at a neighbourhood deli, a squid sandwich near the Plaza Mayor, and ends in the Plaza Mayor. The churros and chocolate stop is on the morning tours only, and the 17:00 tour visits a tapas bar instead.
San Miguel Market and Street Food Walking Tour
From €52 · 194 reviews · 2 hours
Madrid: San Miguel Market and Street Food Walking Tourad is run by Hili srl for a small group. It starts inside the Mercado de San Miguel with tapas, goes through the Plaza Mayor to a squid sandwich, along Calle Mayor, then churros with chocolate, and ends at the Puerta del Sol. It is not suitable for vegans or people with gluten intolerance, and the meeting point is Calle de Ciudad Rodrigo 5. The market’s own hours are in where to eat in Madrid.
Churros and hot chocolate. Photo: Marta Lino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Tapas, Taverns & History Tour
From €63 · 112 reviews · 3.5 hours
Madrid: Tapas, Taverns & History Tourad is run by Devour Tours. It starts in a historic tavern with tapas and vermouth, goes to a family-run Asturian restaurant in a former stable for cider and two regional tapas, and includes a 35-minute walk past the Royal Palace and through the Habsburg quarter. A version with a guided visit and a meal at Botín is one of the options on the listing.
Guided Food Tour with Authentic Tapas & Delicacies
From €76.24 · 154 reviews · 2 to 3 hours
Madrid: Guided Food Tour with Authentic Tapas & Delicaciesad is run by Secret Food Tours in two versions. The 3-hour tour has more than 8 tastings for 12 people or fewer, and the 2-hour express tour visits a century-old tavern, a squid-sandwich bar and a pastry shop. Both include a tortilla, patatas bravas, Manchego and a “secret dish” that the guide reveals on the day.
Cooking classes
Paella and Sangria Workshop
From €54.40 · 1,802 reviews · 3 hours
Madrid: Paella and Sangria Workshop in the City Centerad is run by Travel Vibes Agency in English and Spanish, from Calle de la Montera 24. You make a sangría, then a paella with chicken and seafood in a traditional pan, and eat it. Vegetarian and allergy-friendly versions are available if you tell the operator in advance. You take the recipes home.
Half-Day Hands-On Spanish Cooking Class
From €85 · 393 reviews · 4 hours
Madrid: Half-Day Hands-On Spanish Cooking Classad is run by Cooking Point, at Calle de Moratín 11 in the Barrio de las Letras. You choose a morning paella class, which starts with a visit to a market and makes a mixed paella, gazpacho and sangría, or an evening tapas class, which makes five tapas, a dessert and sangría: a Spanish omelette, garlic shrimp, chorizo in cider, patatas bravas and tomato bread with ham. Cooking Point’s own site gives the paella class as Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and the tapas class from 17:30 to 21:30, both €85 for adults and €45 for children, with two people to a cooktop and at most twelve in a class.
10 Tapas Cooking Class
From €68 · 267 reviews · 2.5 hours
Madrid: 10 Tapas 2.5-Hour Cooking Classad is run by A Punto Cooking School, from the shop on Calle de la Farmacia 6, in English. You make ten tapas from the regions of Spain in groups of three or four, such as the Basque gilda and Catalan pan tumaca, and eat them with sangría. Half the menu is vegetarian and the dishes cannot be changed. Children under 14 are not allowed.
Seafood, Chicken or Vegetable Paella & Sangria Class
From €85 · 228 reviews · 3 to 4 hours
Madrid: Seafood, Chicken or Vegetable Paella & Sangria Classad is run by Paurora Experiences. You pick a seafood, chicken or vegetable paella when you book, make a sangría, and eat a Spanish omelette and ham toast with tomato while the paella cooks.
Sangría
Central Madrid: Sangría Workshop & Tasting with Local Cheesead is run by Travel Vibes Agency, from €26.40 for 2 hours, with 120 reviews.
How to choose
- The most reviewed walk: the Tapas & Wine Tasting Tour, from €85.
- The cheapest: the San Miguel street-food walk, from €52 for 2 hours.
- A rooftop to finish: Travel Vibes Agency’s, from €58.65, or World Experience’s, from €89.99.
- Markets and a vermouth: the Devour Tours market tour, from €79.
- History with the bars: Tapas, Taverns & History, from €63.
- Hands on: the Paella and Sangria Workshop, from €54.40, or Cooking Point’s class, €85.
- Vegetarian: the 10 Tapas class, or the vegetable paella.
To fit a tour into a trip, see Madrid in one or two days and what to book before you go to Madrid. Madrid tapas lists the bars to visit yourself, and where to eat in Madrid has the restaurants and markets. A tapas walk and a flamenco show are compared in flamenco shows in Madrid. Where to stay in Madrid compares the areas, and the best time to visit Madrid gives the weather by month. For other cities, see Seville food tours and food tours in Barcelona.
Common questions
How much is a food tour in Madrid?
From €52 for the 2-hour San Miguel Market and Street Food Walking Tour, €58.65 for the 3.5-hour tapas and wine tour with a rooftop, €63 for the 3.5-hour Tapas, Taverns & History Tour, €72 to €89 for the 2.5 to 3-hour tapas tours and €89.99 for the 4-hour tapas tour that ends with a cava toast on a rooftop. These are GetYourGuide's lowest prices.
Which Madrid food tour has the most reviews?
The Tapas & Wine Tasting Tour with Local Guide, run by Gourmet Madrid, from €85 for 3 hours, with 2,576 reviews on GetYourGuide. The Authentic Tapas Tour has 1,308 and the Guided Food Tour with Local Tapas & Spanish Wine has 896.
Are the two rooftop tapas tours the same tour?
No. The Guided Tapas, Wine & Rooftop Terrace Experience (from €89.99, 4 hours) is run by World Experience from the Plaza de San Miguel, with three tapas stops and a cava toast. The Tapas & Wine Tour with Visit to a Rooftop (from €58.65, 3.5 hours) is run by Travel Vibes Agency from the Plaza de Tirso de Molina and ends on a terrace over Gran Vía.
How much is a paella class in Madrid?
From €54.40 for the 3-hour Paella and Sangria Workshop, run by Travel Vibes Agency (1,802 reviews), to €85 for the 3 to 4-hour class that lets you choose a seafood, chicken or vegetable paella. Cooking Point, whose half-day class is also €85 on GetYourGuide, prices its paella and tapas classes at €85 for adults and €45 for children on its own site.
Is there a vegetarian food tour or class in Madrid?
The 10 Tapas Cooking Class says half of its menu is vegetarian, and the paella class from Paurora Experiences lets you choose a vegetable paella. The Guided Food Tour with Local Tapas & Spanish Wine has vegetarian and alcohol-free options but no vegan or gluten-free ones, and the San Miguel street-food walk is not suitable for vegans or people with gluten intolerance.
Is there a vermouth tour in Madrid?
GetYourGuide lists none on its own. Vermouth comes with the tapas tours: the Guided Food Tour with Local Tapas & Spanish Wine includes a vermouth cocktail, the Tapas, Taverns & History Tour starts with vermouth in a historic tavern, and the Ultimate Food Tour of Local Markets has a sip of red vermouth at the Mercado de Antón Martín.
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