After 8 years of work, our artistic, cultural, social and touristic project reached the amount of 5033 participants during the last 2024. In order to continue improving and creating new experiences for all audiences, we created a graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid.
This tailor-made service includes a guided visit where you’ll hear insider information about the street art community in town, as well as several stops where to savour a culinary experience in Madrid. FYI, this cultural route in Madrid fits all tastes and dietary restrictions (hallal, vegan, kosher…)
Why should you book Cooltourspain’s graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid?
There are different reasons for choosing one of our private experiences, including but not limiting to the graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid. However, we believe that the most outstanding one is that you’ll discover with our guides the parts of the city that you’d probably not explore on your own.
FYI, the price that you’ll end up paying does not only correspond to the 3 hours that will be spent eating and talking about art, or walking along the city center. The total quote also refers to the years of experience where we’ve hosted other international guests and groups.
Whether interested in the underground scene, graffiti bars or the urban art murals, our experiences fit all age groups. Families travelling with kids/teenagers, and groups of young adults/seniors have enjoyed with us the opportunity of visiting typical food markets.
Passionate food lovers
Please note that the professionals in charge of leading the graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid, do not only spend their time eating, but also cooking, and trying new recipes. Cooltourspain chose them for this reason. They’re not chefs, but amateur cooks. In this sense, they’ll explain the process of preparing.
- How to make paella?
- What ingredients do we use to prepare the famous tortilla de patata?
- What are the most typical tapas while ordering drinks at a bar?
When we started organizing these guided visits and walking tours, we noted that guests were not just interested in street art or food. More importantly, they hired us because they wanted to visit Spain as if they had a friend as a local host.
What’s the availability of our graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid?
Spanish culinary traditions may differ from the ones of other cultures around the world. In this sense, Spaniards usually have lunch around 1.30 / 2.00pm, and enjoy dinner time around 8.30-10.00pm. Besides that fact, the graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid might be chosen during day light or night time.
FYI, bars and restaurants usually open their kitchens at 12.00, some of them being opened non-stop until midnight. Moreover, Cooltourspain’s walking tours might be hired for the 3 hours of your choice. Reservations are not required for anny of the hospitality venues that we visit, but the weekends are busier than weekdays.
Similarly to what happens with our street art tours, Lavapies and Malasaña feature some of the best murals in town. That’s why we chose those two districts for these tapas experiences.
Street art specialists
Apart from counting with experts on the food & drinks industry, we do the same on the contemporary art field. As a matter of fact, the graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid might be led by an art historian, a Fine Arts artist or a graffiti writer him/herself. There is no better team for the job.
Furthermore, they all speak Spanish, English, and a third language such as French, Italian or German. Despite the fact that we prefer working with private groups, the service is also available for the public audience. Still, we require a minimum number of participants for the experience to take pllace.
What’s the information that you’ll hear while in front of the artistic decorations?
- Messages that lie on the murals
- Artists and the styles/techniques they use
- Insider details about the local street art community.
What to expect (and not to expect) during the graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid?
You’ll find on the internet several activities that relate to the graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid. However, not that many that are as specialized as ours. To be honest, the majority of them are either resellers, or people who do not share the same passion as us during the walking guided visits.
To us, leading these experiences is not only a job, but a hobbie. As a matter of fact, that’s how it all started. At the beginning, we started these street art & culinary services by sharing our time with the jobs we performed at that moment, but then, they turned into a job themselves.
Consequently, when you book Cooltourspain’s guides, you should expect them to offer you insider information, as well as walking/visiting areas or bars that you’d probably not visit on your own. Moreover, we could also help you with other things to do in town.
Local no frills bars, non-touristic restaurants & mercados
If you visit the city center, we’d suggest you avoiding eating at restaurant chains that are similar to the ones that you’d find in your home country. Instead of that, our graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid will take you to places where the bar owner will probably not speak English. Think of old tabers, with grandmas as chefs (or similar).
The bars where professional guides such as Esther, Yago or Julien will take you, are the same ones where you’ll find them with their friends when going out. Most likely, places where you’ll feel like a local, not as a tourist. FYI, you’ll have to stand, or sit down on high chairs. Definitely, nothing neither fancy nor posh. On the contrary, just good tapas and raciones (dishes to share).
In the same vein, some of these spots might be found at the interior of classic and traditional mercados (food markets), such as the following ones:
- Mercado de la Cebada, close to La Latina metro station.
- Anton Martin market, which features a wide range of options.
- Mercado San Fernando, where we even lead graffiti workshops.
Other things to do after the graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid
Joining a graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid with us will probably mean to walk and wander around Lavapiés and Malasaña districts. However, we know that you might stay in a hotel located around the city center, and that’s why we pretend you going out of those limits.
Palacio Real, Retiro Park, Plaza Mayor or Puerta del Sol are such interesting and historical highlights, but have you ever heard of Carabanchel or Tetuán districts?
Both of them are working class districts, and considered by many as the new SOHO districts in Madrid. Because of their rental pricings, many contemporary art galleries and artists’ studios have emerged on the surroundings. You should definitely check venues such as:
- 95 Art Gallery
- VETA gallery
- Tetuán CREA (a local association of artsy spots)
Would you be interested in adding a cooking workshop?
For those of you who think that a graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid with kids is not enough, then you may check the unique opportunity of learning how to cook some of the tapas and main dishes that the Spanish gastronomy features.
Please note that the list of recipes is not limited to the following examples. For more information, you may reach us by phone at +34638399784, or by email at info@cooltourspain.com
- Paella, either with meat/fish, or just vegetables
- Salmorejo, typical tomato soup from Andalucia region
- Croquetas or the famous Empanada Gallega
Cooltourspain’s opinion about the graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid
It’s not difficult guessing that the graffiti and tapas tour in Madrid is one of our favourite services. Not only because it allows us to meet and greet guests in a private way, but also because we can share our passion for food and street art.
We hardly work towards offering our services to a larger amount of people interested in participating at alternative and off the beaten activities.
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