Hitting the ground eating, the first ‘big thing’ Kemey and I did during our Madrileño weekend was join up with Madrid Food Tour’s Tapas, Taverns, and History Evening Walking and Tapas Tour. Quite a mouthful? Indeed! But not just in name given all the excellent food and drink we had during this evening saunter through the foodie heart of Madrid.
With the tour, we hit five of Madrid’s most historic tapas bars. I am so very tempted to divulge our itinerary and wax poetical about each of these marvellously evocative and cosy nooks. However, that might spoil the fun.
Discovering each bar ‘for ourselves’ as the night unfolded made the night such a delight. The vermouth on tap, the homemade meatballs, some of the best blue cheese I’ve ever come across, the Hemingway trivia … we gobbled, guzzled, slurped and soaked up so much amazing atmosphere during this hop! I believe we ate and drank a little more wisely than we would have if we’d just rocked up to any of these places on our own (even if we had done loads of research beforehand). More so (and I kinda hate to admit this but), I reckon at least one of the bars (which I absolutely loved) simply would have been off our radar all together had we not been part of this tour.
Our guide, Luke Darracott, was clued in and passionate about Madrid – and as affable and quick thinking as we could have hoped for, doing a great job accommodating the interests of his small group (just six of us in total, all nice folks too). The tour provided a fun opportunity to get a feel for the city on a limited schedule, cop a slight buzz, and – most importantly – eat some excellent tapas!
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More posts in my Did Madrid miniseries to follow soon!
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