Day trips
20 events
From Madrid, Toledo, Segovia, Ávila, Alcalá de Henares, El Escorial and the Guadarrama mountains are all within two hours, and tourist trains, guided routes and hiking trips turn a weekend into a short break.
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This page lists the day trips and excursions coming up from Madrid, with the meeting point and dates of each.
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Historic Tren de Arganda del Rey
Sunday, 15 November 2026 10:00Several dates27 dates
The whistle of a locomotive can once again be heard on the outskirts of Madrid: the Tren de Arganda is once more travelling along its historic tracks and offers a journey where landscape and memory move at the same pace.
- from €3
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The Murder Mystery Game
From 11 May 2024 No end date
Feel like a real Sherlock Holmes and solve the mystery of a murder.
- Palacio de Fernán Nuñez
- from €22.5
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Excursion to El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen from Madrid
From 2 May 2026 Long run
El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen show two different facets of Spanish history, which coexist and are interpreted through architecture, scale and space.
- from €66
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“Alcázar of Toledo and Army Museum” guided tour
From 5 May 2026 Long run
Inside the Alcázar of Toledo, a single stone retains traces of different eras, and the route through the building gradually reveals how its function has changed over time.
- from €20
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Excursion around Ávila with yemas de Santa Teresa
From 5 May 2026 Long run
The visit to Ávila runs through the interior of the city, completely surrounded by medieval walls, where historic buildings and streets follow one another in a dense sequence spanning from one period to another.
- from €15
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Erotic Madrid Tour
From 5 May 2026 Long run
This tour of Madrid is structured around the personal stories of its inhabitants and what does not normally appear in the city’s official chronicles.
- from €24
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Winery visit with wine tasting
From 6 May 2026 Long run
In Navas de Oro, a winery reveals the secrets of winemaking.
- Segovia
- from €30
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Day trip to Alcalá de Henares and Cervantes Museum
From 7 May 2026 Long run
The excursion to Alcalá de Henares takes visitors through the city’s various points of interest: Cervantes’ house, the old university and the Archbishop’s Palace, united in a single itinerary.
- Alcalá de Henares
- from €47
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Felipe II Train
14-15 November 2026 10:00Several dates30 dates
Take a journey in a historic gem: a 20th-century train.
- Estación del tren Príncipe Pío
- from €12.6
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Cervantes Train
Saturday, 28 November 2026 Several dates9 dates
A unique tourist itinerary through the birthplace of Spain’s most important writer, which will take us into his childhood and the Golden Age.
- Estación de Atocha
- from €16
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“Date Night Scavenger Hunt: Mission Madrid” experience
Lovers can embark on an exciting adventure around Madrid, where every corner of the city becomes a romantic game and an unforgettable experience.
- El Oso y el Madroño
- €19.99
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Tour ‘Night walking tour on the Spanish Inquisition and its legends’
A walking tour takes place in nighttime Madrid, leading you through places associated with legends, superstitions and stories from the era of the Spanish Inquisition.
- from €18
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Tour “Urban art tour with a local graffiti hunter”
A new route in Madrid takes in Lavapiés and the capital's neighbouring districts to introduce interested visitors to the urban art found directly on the walls of the city's houses and buildings.
- from €25
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Tour to Cuenca and the Ciudad Encantada from Madrid
From Madrid, you can reach Cuenca in a day and see the city, which rises above a gorge, and the natural cliffs that resemble a stone labyrinth.
- from €75
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Bernabéu Tour
Touch football history at Real Madrid’s legendary stadium.
- Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
- from €35
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Visit to Segovia from Madrid
Segovia is a blend of different eras, where Roman engineering, medieval streets and royal architecture do not follow one another, but intertwine in a single urban fabric.
- Segovia
- from €42
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Guided tour of the Palacio de Linares
At the Palacio de Linares, once the site of searches for the ghost of Raimundita, guided tours are now organised among marble staircases, tapestries, and frescoes.
- Palacio de Linares
- €10
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Paragliding flight over the Sierra de Madrid
Enjoy an unforgettable experience and an adrenaline rush that will reveal the city from its most beautiful side.
- Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama
- from €99.9
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Free visits to the Museo del Patrimonio Natural del Palacio de Riofrío
A museum has opened at the Palacio de Riofrío that tells the story of how the royal hunting grounds became a space for nature conservation. You can visit for free until the end of the year.
- Free
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Free guided tours of the Viaje de Agua de Amaniel
Discover how the most important system of the old Alcázar was organised in the 17th century.
- Parque de Juan XXIII
- Free
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