Hola!! My name is Gonzalo, and I am an official tour guide in Madrid. I also tour to everywhere that you need to discover surrounding Madrid: Toledo, Segovia, Ávila, El Escorial and Valley of the Fallen…

I was born in Madrid, the capital of this amazing country. I was formerly an actor for 15 years (and I need to recognize that I am still a little bit of it). But then I decided to change my career, changing fictional stages to some of the best world and national heritages, and deciding that my new audience was going to be you! How many times am I guiding at the Royal Palace and I think: "Gonzalo, you are lucky, you work at the best office ever!"?

I have been working as a local tour guide for 7 years now, delivering more than one thousand tours. Yes… I was busy… I think that the key is passion. Everything is about passion… I am a constant learner, autodidact freak, and probably my main passion is to learn new things, but the best part is to spread that knowledge.

I love to communicate, trying to make easier and entertaining what seems to be difficult. I have found that history and art are both a challenge to understand people and societies, but also something fascinating that enrich our lives. I want you to not get overwhelmed at Prado Museum but seeing how history comes to life… I want you to feel like a King or Queen walking at theirs gardens in Retiro Park… Imagining how were the lifes in Toledo during the Middle Ages… Or recreating in your mind the tiny Arab citadel that was Madrid in its origins…

As a good friend of mine told me once, when someone is receiving a relevant message, her eyes are shinning, and when I'm doing my work that's my main goal: that spark in your eyes.

Official Tour Guide License of Madrid.
Official Tour Guide License of Andalucía.
Licensed Guide for Monumental Toledo and Primate Cathedral.
Bachelor's degree for Guiding, Information and Tourist assistance.
Dramatic Arts degree.

I don't own a car. I can arrange for a separate car and driver.

Enjoying the ruins of a castle in the old kingdom of Castille...

When you arrive to a new city you want to know where to start. This is a perfect tour to start from scratch. I've created this tour to understand Madrid, to see the fundamentals in Hapsburg's Madrid (the old town), to visualize much better the rest of the city and potential plans, and most important: to enjoy and learn a lot walking through the very alive old streets of Madrid!! 

I don't want to be only 'your guide', I want to take you in a magical trip through these medieval narrow streets, tell you the amazing and terrible stories of the +400 year old Plaza Mayor, converse about our local life in Madrid, cross a lovely food market, understand the original Arab Madrid full of water, nature and defensive walls, and explore the monumental area of Royal Palace and Cathedral.

Sounds good? Kick off your Madrid trip with me, your local guide!

Monumental Walking Madrid Private Tour 24 July

Reina Sofia Museum is one of Madrid's top three most visited attractions every year. Complementary to Prado Museum it is like the perfect extension to the latter. Additionally, for some art historians, there is no change in the history of art more relevant than Picasso's work.

In this exclusive tour through the Reina Sofia Museum, we will understand the emergence of avant-garde movements during the first half of the twentieth century, parallel with the changes in society, modernization, crisis and wars during that period. We will focus specially on Cubism and Surrealism, featuring groundbreaking artists like Picasso, Dalí and Miró, but not exclusively, we will delve even deeper into 'Guernica', Picasso's masterpiece, within the context of the Spanish Civil War, and a powerful symbol about war and peace.

I propose a captivating adventure to unravel some of the essential changes and episodes in Art and History that defined our previous century.

Book now for an inspiring journey!

Reina Sofia Museum Private Tour March 27

When you arrive in a new city, you want to know where to start. This is the perfect tour for starting from scratch. I've created this tour to help you understand Madrid, to see the fundamentals of Hapsburg's Madrid (the old town), to give you a better sense of the rest of the city and potential plans, and most importantly: to enjoy and learn a lot while walking through the very lively old streets of Madrid!

I don't want to just be 'your guide', I want to take you on a magical trip through these medieval narrow streets, share with you the amazing and terrible stories of the +400 year old Plaza Mayor, have conversations about our local life in Madrid, cross a lovely food market, understand the original Arab Madrid full of water, nature, and defensive walls, and also discover the Royal Palace from the 1700s (Napoleon even said to his brother Joseph: 'your palace is much better than mine').

Sounds good? Kick off your Madrid trip with me, your local guide!

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