★ 4.9 on Google · 26 reviews
Up to 4 walkers included · add up to 8 (+€25 each) · free cancellation up to 24 h.
Maybe you’re walking with kids, or parents, or friends who set off at different speeds. Maybe you’d rather hear it in French or Spanish. Maybe you simply don’t want to share the morning with strangers, or trail a flag through a free tour. This isn’t a bigger version of the open walk — it’s a morning with no one on it but your group, and a route built around what you actually want to see.
You book online and tell me three things: how many of you, which language, and what you’re drawn to — food, history, family-friendly, or a bit of everything. I write back within twelve hours.
I draw the morning around your focus and your pace — more stops and shorter legs for kids, more ground for those who like to keep moving, a slower amble if that’s what you want.
We meet by Ópera metro, on Plaza de Isabel II, at 9:30. We talk the route through, and set off before the centre fills up. Just your group.
Two and a half hours at your pace, in your language. Before we part I tell you the places worth your own time, and the next morning I send them in writing.
Every stage shaped around your group — nothing off a shelf.
A private tour has no fixed stop list, because it isn’t fixed. You tell me what you came for, and I shape the route around it. Three ways people usually start:
Shorter legs, more stops, and a pace set by the youngest walker. Built for families who want to see the centre together, without anyone wearing out.
The Madrid behind the façades — palaces, plazas, and the corners where the city’s story turns. We read it from the street, not inside the monuments: the why, not the ticket queue.
Not sure yet? Most groups aren’t. We mix a little of each and adjust as the morning goes — that’s the point of going private.
An open tour shows you my route. A private one shows you yours.
I keep the kit light so you can travel light too.
“I did the tour with five friends and we had a brilliant time. The guide was so friendly, walking us through the whole of Habsburg Madrid with the most curious anecdotes, and he had incredible patience adapting to our pace…”
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translated from spanish
“I have to say it was a unique experience. It wasn’t my first time visiting Madrid, yet the idea of taking this tour was brilliant. I saw corners of Madrid I’d never seen before and learned stories about this city…”
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translated from spanish
“We learned a ton about the city. Great pacing and taking care of everybody in the group — muchas gracias!”
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You book and pay online, then tell me your group size, your language, and what you’d like to focus on — by email at [email protected] or WhatsApp at +34 625 795 526. I write back within twelve hours to shape the route. The morning is yours — your pace, your stops.
Yes. I grew up between Madrid, Algiers, and Casablanca, so English, French, and Spanish all feel native. Pick one when you book.
From four walkers up to eight, you book straight here — €25 per walker beyond the first four. More than eight in your group? Write to [email protected] and I’ll arrange it.
Yes — this is where private works best. I keep the legs short, add stops, and set the pace around the youngest walker, so no one wears out.
That’s the whole idea. Tell me history, family-friendly, or a bit of everything, and I build the morning around it. Entry to monuments, churches, and museums isn’t included — every tour stays outdoors, in the streets and plazas.
If you want your own group, your own language, or a pace set around kids or family, go private. If you’re one or two travellers happy to walk in English with a small group, the open walk covers it. Either way, you get the same guide.
Madrid rarely rains for long, and if it does, I bring ponchos — we walk through it. If you need to cancel, it’s free up to 24 hours before the walk starts: full refund, minus the payment processing fee (the card processor takes that when you book and doesn’t return it to me — usually 2-3% of the total). Less than 24 hours before, or a no-show, and there’s no refund.
Didn’t see your question? Just message me — I usually reply within 12 h — usually sooner.
— Yves
★★★★★ 4.9 Google
