Lively, sensual and only a couple of hours away by plane; aaah, Madrid, you’re a real box-ticker. Nicknamed ‘The Forum’ and attracting just shy of four million visitors a year, this is a place where the locals and tourists unite to meet, drink, eat and really grab the bull by the horns.
When in Madrid, you’re expected to do as the Madrilenians do. First stop: bars. This place is an absolute Mecca for bars, boasting more than any other city in the world. Basically, it’s the creme de la creme of crawling, and our guided bar crawl will take you straight to the heart of the action; where you’ll visit up to five bars, take in the Mediterranean hum and most certainly wet your whistle.
There's nothing like a Real Madrid match daySecond stop is surely food (especially after a surplus of Sangria, no?). You’re in extremely safe hands when it comes to recovering the morning after the night before in Madrid’s range of eateries. Think top-notch tapas dishes, huevos rotos (next-level salty fried potatoes topped with over-easy eggs *wipes drool from chin*) and churros con chocolate. Foodies, make sure you put some time aside for a tapas tour, where you’ll die and go to food heaven, experiencing pure, unadulterated glutton in a two hour stretch, across four bars. Anyone else’s stomach rumbling?
Third stop for living like a true gatos (or ‘cat’, as the locals are affectionately known) is, of course, the beautiful game. Home to both football elites Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, it’d be rude to catch tickets for a match whilst you’re here, or at least squeeze in a tour of Real Madrid’s stadium.
There’s over 50 activities on offer to keep you occupied from day, through to the night. In terms of our most popular choices, you can’t go wrong with letting off some steam and a good old-fashioned indoor karting session is a great place to start. Stir up some friendly competition and get the adrenaline pumping over tqo high speed, 10-minute chases. Another firm stag favourite is bubble football: which is basically you and your mates legging it round a pitch for an hour in a giant zorb, making tackles as dirty as you like. Sound ideal? Thought so.
Push yourselves out of your comfort zoneThere’s over 50 activities on offer to keep you occupied from day, through to the night. In terms of our most popular choices, you can’t go wrong with letting off some steam and a good old-fashioned indoor karting session is a great place to start. Stir up some friendly competition and get the adrenaline pumping over tqo high speed, 10-minute chases. Another firm stag favourite is bubble football: which is basically you and your mates legging it round a pitch for an hour in a giant zorb, making tackles as dirty as you like. Sound ideal? Thought so.
For those looking for something a bit different to surprise your stag, our mud wrestling session could be just the thing you’re looking for. This is like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory… after hours. Your English-speaking guide will ensure he gets his sugar fix and fully down and dirty; though something tells us he won’t need too much encouragement when the task at hand is getting lathered in chocolate by two saucy strippers.
By this point, you’re bound to have worked up a serious appetite, and our stag fiesta covers all fronts, delivering the perfect transition from the evening through to the early hours. When the Spanish say ‘fiesta’, they mean business. You’ll kick things off lining your stomach with a lush three course meal (with bevvies included), then you’re bound to lap up your extra dessert: a hot striptease show. Once you’re all suitably quenched and hot under the collar, you’ll venture out on a mini guided bar crawl, and lastly, you’ll be let loose to cut your best shapes with entry to one of Madrid’s top nightclubs. Speaking of clubs, Joy Eslava is a Madrilenian favourite with four floors open every night of the year. Our VIP entry is another crowd-pleaser, where you’ll get your own reserved table and bottles of spirits included – result.