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Everything on the board — events, plans, places, tour maps, intercambios and guides.
Sunset walk: Debod to Parque del Oeste
Meet at the temple, walk the ridge, finish at the teleférico.
Your first 48 hours in Madrid
A short list, in order, of what to actually do first.
How to read a menú del día
The €14 lunch that tourists walk straight past.
The August thing nobody warns you about
Half the city leaves. Here is how to enjoy the half that stays.
Free museum hours in Madrid, all in one place
When each of the big ones stops charging.
Getting around Madrid: metro, bus and what it costs
The transport card, the zones, and the airport supplement that catches everyone.
Sunday walking intercambio in Retiro
One lap in English, one lap in Spanish, coffee after.
Habsburg Madrid: the two-hour old-town walk
Sol to the Royal Palace through the oldest streets, with the tourist traps marked.
El Rastro flea market
Sunday morning chaos in La Latina. Go for the walk, not the bargains.
Day trip: El Escorial and the mountain air
Cercanías out, monastery, lunch, walk back down.
Free-hours Prado run, then vermut
Queue at 17:30, three rooms, then a drink.
Free organ recital — San Ginés
Half an hour of Bach in a church older than the country.
Guided visit: Reina Sofía free hours
Someone who knows the collection, in the free slot.
Feria del Libro del Retiro
The book fair takes over the park for a fortnight from late May.
Slow Sunday run along Madrid Río
5–7km at conversational pace, croissants after.
Malasaña & Chueca: the modern Madrid walk
Street art, record shops, the 1980s Movida, and where to stop for a caña.
El Capricho park
Madrid's most beautiful park, open only at weekends.
Madrid Río
10km of riverside park where an urban motorway used to be.
Matadero Madrid
A converted slaughterhouse that is now the best free cultural space in the city.