Madrid Tapas, Taverns & History Tour with Botín

Highlights

• Enter the world's oldest restaurant before it opens
• Sip vermouth where a famous novelist once lived
• Taste garlic shrimp where the dish was invented
• See a 300-year-old oven still cooking today
• Finish with dinner in a centuries-old dining room

Description

Begin at a centennial tavern set on the ground floor of the building where Spain's most celebrated novelist once lived. Over a glass of vermouth and a plate of Manchego cheese, your guide explains the ritual behind Madrid's favorite aperitif, along with the history embedded in the walls around you, a fitting start to an evening built entirely around the city's past. Next, walk to a family-run tavern serving garlic shrimp, a dish invented as a way to stretch a poor family's ingredients and now one of Spain's most-loved plates. Alongside it, taste a house wine made at the family's own vineyard and served here for generations. The sizzle of the pan reaches your table before the plate does. Before the evening's final stop opens its doors to the public, your group heads inside a restaurant recognized as the world's oldest, starting on the lower floor and into a wine cellar once nearly lost to flooding and normally off-limits to outside visitors. Upstairs, look into the wood-fired oven that's cooked without interruption for more than 300 years, through war, famine, and even a pandemic, kept alive by generations of the same family. The evening ends at the table, with a full dinner inside the same historic dining room, past centuries of tiled walls and artwork, closing out a night that traced the city's history one stop at a time.

Includes

3 tasting stops with 5 tapas plus dessert and 4 drinks History walk through Madrid’s historic center VIP tour of oldest restaurant in the world: Botín Local English-speaking guide

Excludes

Hotel pick-up/Drop-off Tips/Gratuities

Important Information

• - This tour is in English. - Unfortunately due to the nature of this tour it is not suitable for guests with mobility impairments or with wheelchairs, or strollers. - This is a walking tour. Guests should be able to walk at a moderate pace without difficulty. - This tour is adaptable for: Pescatarians, Gluten free (not celiacs), Dairy free, Non-alcoholic options & Pregnant women, however, please note that you may not have a replacement food option at every stop. - This tour is not suitable for vegans nor those with celiac disease. - Those with dietary restrictions or food allergies need to email our Guest Experience team after booking the tour so we can arrange your ingredients. - Walks and Devour comply with all local government regulations. Please refer to local government guidelines for the most up to date information.

Easy cancellation

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