Your guide welcomes you at one of Madrid's original pastry houses, where warm churros arrive alongside thick drinking chocolate blended from South American cacao. Here, you'll step into the working kitchen to see how a fifth-generation maestro churrero crafts these beloved pastries to achieve the perfect texture and taste.

Here, you’ll see the small stone marker embedded in the pavement. Your guide explains it’s Kilometer Zero, the point from which every road in Spain is measured. Nearby, the bronze Oso y el Madroño, the bear and strawberry tree that has symbolized Madrid since the Middle Ages, makes for the city’s most beloved landmark.

This vast 17th-century square, enclosed by terracotta facades and arcaded walkways, was once the stage for royal coronations, bullfights, and public trials. Your guide traces the stories still held in its stones.

Madrid's grandest boulevard opens before you as your guide points out the Metropolis Building, its gold dome crowned by a bronze winged Victory poised above the avenue's sweep.

Cycle past one of Madrid's most stately intersections, anchored by the white marble Cibeles Fountain and flanked by the ornate Linares Palace. It's also, as any Madridista will tell you, where the city floods into the streets whenever Real Madrid wins a title.

The landscape shifts as you glide into Madrid's 350-acre park, following tree-lined paths past the lake and gardens to the Palacio de Cristal, a soaring iron-and-glass pavilion built in 1887.

Enjoy a guided tasting of three grades of cured ham and four artisan cheeses, paired with Spanish wine. If you upgrade, a maestro cortador carves a full leg of acorn-fed Ibérico tableside, an art form in itself. 45 minutes or 75 minutes if upgrade selected.