Why choose this Madrid tour ?
Savor the Literary Quarter’s fine wines and tapas with an experienced winemaker. Explore at your own pace with this affordable self-guided walking tour.
• Learn a bit about the over 5,000-year history of winemaking in Spain and discover how regional differences in soil, temperature, and humidity impact the wine
• Hear from producer, Nicole Indovino, one of Context Travel’s local expert tour guides
• Do it all in two hours or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
• Use the virtual tour option at home
Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.
The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.
Make the most of your Madrid adventure
What makes Madrid’s Wines and Tabernas: A Self-Guided Audio Tour a unique experience ?
Taste classic Spanish wines paired with tapas on this walking tour through Madrid‘s Barrio de Las Letras (Literary Quarter) with Context Travel expert and experienced winemaker, Nicole Indovino.
Starting in Plaza de las Cortes, you‘ll visit four of Madrid‘s traditional tabernas (taverns) as you wind your way through the Literary Quarter to La Venencia, one of Ernest Hemingway‘s former haunts, where our tour ends.
Visit Casa Alberto to experience ‘la hora del Vermut‘ (Vermouth hour)” where you‘ll try their homemade vermouth paired with huevos rotos (fried eggs over crispy potato fries with jamón ibérico)
Pop into Casa González to taste a white wine from Galicia made from albariño grapes, which pairs beautifully with ‘berberechos al natural‘ (cockles in brine)
Pass by Lope de Vega‘s House Museum, the historical former home of the famed poet
Try a Ribera or Rioja wine (or both!) with a tortilla de patatas (a Spanish omelette) at Dis Tinto Taberna
Travel through time in La Venecia, an old sherry bar where you can try a jerez with salt-cured tuna or olives and manchego cheese.
Tour Description & Additional Info:
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Madrid’s Wines and Tabernas: A Self-Guided Audio Tour Inclusions:
Included with Your Ticket
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- App for Android and iOS
- Lifetime access to this tour in English
Not Included
- Smartphone and headphones
- Food and drink – including at the establishments mentioned en-route
- Entry fees to museum or attractions mentioned en route
- Transportation
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Special Instructions:
- This Tour is Provided by VoiceMap Audio Tours.
- Tour Timezone & Starts at Europe/Madrid.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted.
- All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
- Minimum 1 Travelers is required to book.
- Maximum 15 Travelers is accepted for booking.
VOICEMAP CODE
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Please check your email at the address you provided when you made this booking. You’ve been sent an eight character code you’ll need to redeem your tour.
[REMOVE FOR DRIVING TOURS]This code can be used by every member of your party. If you’ve booked for three people, for example, three people can download this tour using the same code.[REMOVE FOR DRIVING TOURS]
DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS
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Once you’ve received your code, please follow these steps:
1. Install the VoiceMap Audio Tours mobile app
2. Create an account
3. Select Tour Codes from the menu, then select Enter Codes
4. Enter your code then select Download Now
PLEASE NOTE
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• You can download the tour at any time, before or after your booking date. It’s best to download the tour before you set off for the starting point.
• This tour follows a set route and includes turn-by-turn directions. It works best if you start it in the right place and follow the directions from one location to the next.
• When the download completes, you’ll see a screen with a photo of the starting point and directions to it. The red start button will become active when you are at the starting point.
• Remember to bring your own headphones, unless you have booked a driving tour.
SUPPORT
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For technical support and other queries, please email support@voicemap.me