Madrid's Dark Side

Tour Details

Duration: minimum 1 hour

Idiomas: ENG, ESP, IT, PT

Includes 

  • Premium Tuk Tuk with onboard cooling
  • State-of-the-art sound system
  • Mini Bar Option (additional cost)

Welcome drink

Secret list of Madrid’s best restaurants (handpicked by a local)

Exclusive discount at Almirante Blas (our sponsor) https://www.almiranteblas.es/

Professional Photographer: Add this optional service to your tour and get a unique photo album capturing the best moments of your tuk tuk experience. Book now at: booking@artuktuk.com

  • Professional photo session during the tour
  • Receive all your edited photos in digital format
  • Option to add special stops for amazing photo opportunities
  • Available with any of our tours for an extra fee

Online Tour Guide: Add this optional service and enjoy a live tour guide who, connected online, will follow your journey through the tuk tuk’s camera and guide you through everything you see during the ride.

Book it at: booking@artuktuk.com

Itinerary

A. Plaza Mayor
  • Public executions: Inquisition, hangings, beheadings.

  • Featured Story: The Werewolf Romasanta.

  • Legend: Whispers and Shadows Beneath the Arcades.

  • 17th-century cloistered monastery.

  • Legend: Ghostly Nuns and Haunting Midnight Chants

  • Atmosphere: A Blend of Faith, Silence, and Mystery.

  • Former morgue for unclaimed bodies and forgotten souls.

  • Legend: Wails, Footsteps, and Shadows in the Night.

  • Dark history of the neighborhood.

  • 16th-century house, secret lover of Philip II.

  • Legend: The Bricked-In Woman and the Ghost on the Rooftops.

  • Spectacular view of the building.

  • The wedding site of Simón Bolívar (1802).

  • Contrast: Celebrated liberator or controversial figure for his bloody campaigns.

  • A reflection on the bright and dark sides of history.

  • 1888 Crime: The Dismemberment of Luciana Borcino.

  • Suspicions: The maid was accused, but the son remained under suspicion.

  • Dark legend of the neighborhood — the house was eventually demolished.

  • 1960s multiple murder: a family brutally stabbed to death.

  • Legend: The cursed house — screams, tragedies, and misfortunes haunting its tenants.

  • An eerie and mysterious atmosphere in the heart of Malasaña.

Tour Map