Context Travel's Madrid food tour is the docent-led history-and-food walk through Lavapies and the Centro working quarters, with stops at Mercado Anton Martin and Casa Amadeo, covering Madrid's cocido and offal history.
Route: History-led tapas walk: Centro, Lavapies, food culture in 4 stops
Tip: Bookings via website. Group capped at 6. Docent has a graduate-level food-history background; better for the food-history curious.
Address: Plaza de Tirso de Molina, 28012 Madrid
Naked Madrid's Sunday rastro and vermut crawl walks the La Latina Cava Baja taberna route on Sundays only, with stops at Casa Lucio, Taberna Tempranillo, Malacatin and Casa Amadeo for caracoles.
Tip: Sundays only 12:00. Bookings via website. Group capped at 10. Includes 3 vermut pours and 5 tapas plates.
Devour Madrid's market tour anchors at Mercado de San Miguel, the iron-and-glass 1916 gourmet market, with gilda tapas at Casa Real Andaluza, oysters at La Casa del Bacalao and jamon iberico tasting.
Tip: Bookings via website; tour runs Mon, Wed, Fri at 11:00. Group capped at 12. Vegetarian alternatives at booking.
Devour Madrid's evening tapas tour walks Barrio de las Letras through Plaza Santa Ana, La Venencia sherry bar, the cocido-and-vermut counters and ends with chocolate con churros at San Gines.
Tip: Bookings via website; tour runs Tue, Thu, Sat evenings. Vegetarian alternatives possible if requested at booking.
Eating Europe's Madrid tapas tour walks La Latina and Lavapies, with stops at La Pequena Graciela for vermut, El Rey de Gallinejas for offal, and Casa Amadeo for caracoles. Wine pairings included.
Tip: Bookings via website; tour runs Tue-Sat 11:00 and 17:00. Group capped at 12. Vegetarian alternatives at booking.
Madrid Food Tour's classic Centro walk takes 12 people through Plaza Mayor, Mercado San Miguel, Casa Labra for bacalao and a Las Letras wine bar, with vermut, jamon and 8 tastings included.
Tip: Bookings via website; tour runs daily 11:00 except Sundays. Group capped at 12. Includes 1 cana and 1 wine pour.
