Explore Madrid
Madrid lives late and eats gloriously — from three-star avant-garde tasting menus to a suckling pig at a 300-year-old asador. Its Golden Triangle of museums, royal palace and buzzing tapas barrios are close but spread across a big capital; Chauffyr threads them in a fixed-price black car so you can enjoy the rioja and leave the parking to us.
World-class art museums along the Paseo del Arte, grand plazas and royal palaces, late-night tapas culture and the world's oldest restaurant.
The facts, upfront
The best restaurants in Madrid
3 MichelinDiverXO
Avant-garde · $$$$ · Chamartín
Dabiz Muñoz's three-star spectacle inside the NH Eurobuilding — Spain's most daring, theatrical tasting menu.
2 MichelinCoque
Contemporary Spanish · $$$$ · Chamberí
The Sandoval brothers' two-star restaurant leads you through kitchen, cellar and dining room in one theatrical menu.
Sobrino de Botín
Castilian · Asador · $$$ · La Latina
Founded in 1725 and certified by Guinness as the world's oldest restaurant — wood-oven roast suckling pig is the order.
StreetXO
Global street food · $$$ · Salamanca
Dabiz Muñoz's raucous casual counter — the punk-rock little sibling to DiverXO, atop El Corte Inglés on Serrano.
Casa Lucio
Castilian · $$$ · La Latina
A beloved La Latina institution on the Cava Baja — famed for its deceptively simple huevos rotos.
Mercado de San Miguel
Tapas market · $$ · Centro
A restored 1916 iron-and-glass market beside Plaza Mayor — dozens of gourmet tapas counters under one roof.
What to see in Madrid
Museo del Prado
Paseo del Arte
One of the world's greatest art museums — the definitive collection of Velázquez, Goya and El Greco.
Royal Palace of Madrid
Centro
Europe's largest royal palace by floor area, a baroque showpiece still used for state ceremonies.
Parque del Retiro
Retiro
Madrid's grand 17th-century royal park — a UNESCO-listed green heart with a glass palace and boating lake.
Plaza Mayor
Centro
The grand 17th-century arcaded square at the heart of Habsburg Madrid, ringed by cafés and tapas bars.
Museo Reina Sofía
Paseo del Arte
Spain's national museum of 20th-century art — home to Picasso's monumental anti-war masterpiece 'Guernica'.
Gran Vía
Centro
Madrid's grand early-20th-century boulevard of ornate façades, theatres and rooftop terraces.
One perfect day in Madrid
9:00 · Morning
Museo del PradoPaseo del Arte — Velázquez 'Las Meninas'
11:00 · Late morning
Royal Palace of MadridCentro — The Throne Room
13:00 · Lunch
StreetXOGlobal street food · Salamanca — Pekinese dumplings
15:00 · Afternoon
Parque del RetiroRetiro — The Crystal Palace
18:00 · Golden hour
Plaza MayorCentro — The arcaded square
20:00 · Dinner
DiverXOAvant-garde · Chamartín — 'Flying pigs' dim sum
Book this day, one chauffeur
One fixed-price car and driver for every stop — no parking, no waiting, no surge.