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Sample authentic tapas, Spanish wines, and sherries at a range of popular local bars.
A culinary walking tour through Madrid's local bars, sampling authentic dishes like Iberian ham, salted cod, and chickpea stew alongside Spanish wines and sherries.
Adapted from a small-group experience — Voyzo runs this exclusively as a private tour for your group only. See Madrid through the eyes of a local as you sample authentic dishes at a range of popular bars, with a drink in each, including Iberian ham, salted cod, and chickpea stew.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Meet your guide at a central Madrid starting point.
A genuine bar-hopping food experience, not a single sit-down meal.
Paired tastings alongside real regional tapas.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A culinary walking tour through Madrid's local bars, sampling authentic dishes like Iberian ham, salted cod, and chickpea stew alongside Spanish wines and sherries. Adapted from a small-group experience — Voyzo runs this exclusively as a private tour for your group only. See Madrid through the eyes of a local as you sample authentic dishes at a range of popular bars, with a drink in each, including Iberian ham, salted cod, and chickpea stew.
Tapas are so central to Spanish dining that it's easy to assume there's one clean origin story — there isn't, and the real history is genuinely contested. The most widely repeated legend credits King Alfonso XIII, who is said to have been served a glass of sherry topped with a slice of cured ham at an inn in Cádiz to keep wind-blown sand and flies out of his drink; when he reportedly ordered another 'with the same cover,' the custom supposedly spread. A second, older legend credits a different king, Alfonso X, who is said to have begun eating small dishes alongside wine on doctor's orders while recovering from illness, then mandated that all taverns in his kingdom serve a small bite with every drink.
Historians generally treat both stories as colorful legend rather than documented fact, and point instead to a simpler medieval custom: innkeepers covering a glass of wine with a small plate of bread or cured meat to keep out dust and insects. Either way, the word 'tapa' comes directly from the Spanish verb 'tapar,' meaning 'to cover' — the one part of the story that isn't in dispute.
Whichever legend you prefer, the tradition it produced is a real, living part of Madrid social life today: moving between several different bars, each with its own specialty and its own regulars, rather than sitting down for one long meal in one place — exactly the format this tour follows.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.
