Comments on: How to Spend Four Days in Madrid

By: Hanna

Hanna — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:37:31 +0000

I love Madrid so much! Especially the food 🙂 We went there last year, joined a free walking tour (a very good one I must say) by a company called Madride the first day to get to know a little bit about Madrid history…and pretty much just wandered around and hanged out in bars the rest of our week there. I’d love to come there again!

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:50:02 +0000

Hey Matt, thanks so much for putting this together. I’m going to stay in Madrid for a week in November and this resource has definitely helped fill a few gaps in my diary! In fact I might just drink G&T’s and eat ham for 7 days 😀

By: Russell Benavides

Russell Benavides — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 16:38:00 +0000

Great post! We went to the Prado during the free admission time and had plenty of time to see everything.

I would recommend passing up a tour of the palace unless you can enter for free on Wednesday. I left feeling unimpressed. Maybe I am just spoiled after visiting Versailles and the Schonbrunn Palace.

By: Lester Herrera

Lester Herrera — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 02:34:37 +0000

Hey Matt,

Enjoyed your book signing in Green Books in San Francisco and loved reading your book! I was the one who asked about your favorite city in Spain and when you signed my book, you wrote, “You’ll make it to Spain!”. Guess what? I’m moving to Madrid on September 16 as a participant for Auxiliares de Conversación prgram! I’m super excited and will be doing a lot of packing and cleaning!

But before I start my Spanish adventure, I’ll be in New York in two weeks and do some relaxing and sightseeing before I start my new chapter in traveling! Thanks again for the inspiration!

By: Stefania

Stefania — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 23:42:34 +0000

I was sick too when I was in Madrid. I remember seeing Guernica with the flu, and skipping a trip to Avila (or was it Segovia???) because I was feeling too bad to do something. Luckily, a magic soup in a vegetarian restaurant down the road from my hostel healed me, LOL! I loved the ham by the way!!!

By: Wade

Wade — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:39:54 +0000

Seems like a pretty efficient way to cover as many bases as possible. Walking tour, food tour, parks, palaces, and other places…that just about covers it! Got 10 days in Madrid on our RTW trip…still not enough time to see it all, but its a start!

By: Lise Griffiths

Lise Griffiths — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:25:10 +0000

Wow thanks for this! I visited Madrid last year to ski at La Pinilla (about an hour away) and we had a couple of days to appreciate Madrid – but we didn’t manage to do any of the bigger things you have mentioned!! (Cathedral, palace etc). It makes me want to go back, and I will!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:36:08 +0000

Great list of ways to spend 4 days in Madrid for sure. It’s a wonderful city but my favorite has to be the Museum of Ham (yum) and the Gin and Tonic bars! I know, food and drink can make me smile! So glad you were able to return to Madrid and experience so much the city has to offer. Eating a whole pig may be a bit much though… lol

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:58:27 +0000

Hey Matt, I think all of your advice is awesome and when I go to Madrid in a couple months I will definitely check it out. However, one thing that I think you got wrong is telling people to go watch Real Madrid! They’re an amazing team, but their fans aren’t nearly as passionate as the fans of other teams. My cousin studied abroad in Madrid last year and went to a Real match, as well as to an Athletico Madrid match, and he said the Athletico fans were much more into the game and were more vocal. Not to mention, the tickets were a little cheaper.

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 19:57:16 +0000

In reply to Dana. I could eat the day away there all the time.