Exclusive experiences in Madrid

If you want to feel like a star in Madrid, here are a few ideas to enjoy the most fabulous places in the city and its environs.

SPORTS

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and the Real Madrid CF Museum are the third most popular tourist attraction in Madrid, after the Prado and Reina Sofía Museums. If you want to stand apart from the crowd (1.5 million tourists visit the stadium every year), access the Hospitality area and get personalised service, premium catering, private elevators and privileged views of the field.

Atlético Madrid has a VIP offer too. If you visit its brand-new stadium, Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium, you can go to a private box affording the best views, get private parking with elevator, a buffet designed by renowned chefs or even show cooking, and view a game on Full HD CCTV without missing a single detail.

If you’re more of a basketball fan, there are VIP options too with Madrid-based teams: Real Madrid or Estudiantes. Premium seats and services, in the style of the NBA.

If you’re interested in horseracing, Hipódromo de La Zarzuela is the city’s iconic racecourse and an architectural gem in its own right. With a Club Carudel ticket, you get access to a VIP room and terrace (dress code required). The hippodrome also has the Ponyturf Club, a unique children’s area spanning 3,000 m2 in the north garden which offers children an unforgettable experience.

SHOWS

In some of Madrid’s theatres, you can also indulge in exclusive experiences. Golden Tickets – Butaca Oro – are available from one of the most popular musicals on Gran Vía, The Lion King (El Rey León). You’ll get the best seats plus a guided backstage tour revealing all the secrets hidden behind the scenes.

The Movistar Arena has different types of VIP tickets and private spaces to enjoy all kinds of events such as the Premium Seat where you can watch a concert from the opening of doors with great privileges or the Espacio Movistar with a unique menu of drinks and rations before and during the events.

Teatro Real opera house offers audiences the opportunity of a unique experience beyond that of its major productions. Options include watching performances from the theatre’s best VIP balconies, an artistic visit based on the preparation of an opera performance from the artistic or technical point of view, going backstage, focusing on the building’s technical aspects. To complete the experience you can visit the new cosmopolitan restaurant Papagena, located on the sixth floor of the theatre. The head chef is Ramón Freixa, awarded two Michelin stars, and the restaurant interiors were designed by Luis Garcia Fraile.

In Madrid you can find some of the best tablaos too. For a grade-A flamenco experience, book a table at Torres Bermejas and enjoy the show and the Guajira menu. 

Corral de la Morería, one of the spaces that offers the most authentic flamenco in Madrid, has a gastronomic restaurant, a unique place in which the chef creates a personal gastronomic proposal designed exclusively for four tables.

And for movie-goers there are cinema theatres like Artistic Metropol where you can hire a room for private screening, and others, such as the Yelmo Luxury Palafox Cinema combine cinema and gastronomy offering a gourmet menu served by waiters in your recliner.

ART

Art lovers looking for upscale experiences in Madrid can go on a private tour at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, boasting one of the world’s finest private art collections. Upon request, the museum can be opened for small groups of visitors, led through the rooms by a private museum guide.

The Reina Sofía Museum (MNCARS) also offers private tours.

Liria Palace, a large 18th-century landmark on Calle de la Princesa, offers private guided tours for groups outside regular opening hours, allowing visitors to take in the lavish building's fourteen main rooms.

Madrid Experience offers the opportunity to go on VIP tours of antique shops in Madrid through the most traditional neighbourhoods of El Rastro and La Paloma.

ENTERTAINMENT

Amusement parks and other entertainment venues also offer premium services to visitors who want to skip the queue. At Parque Warner you can buy a Roadrunner Pass, while Madrid’s Parque de atracciones theme park has the Speedy Pass to shorten your waiting times.

In the exciting experience department, you can get a luxury ride across the city, hiring a supercar and driving it yourself, or being carried about in a glamorous limo. The Jarama Circuit also offers unforgettable experiences, such as Drive a Ferrari or The Royal Experience, where you can get behind the wheel of mini electric carts, Crazy Carts XL and the Westfield AeroRace, authentic racing cars of almost 200 CV.

Another really special option to discover Madrid from a privileged perspective is via a private helicopter trip around the city by companies like Mach Helicopters or Yumping. There is also the option of making balloon rides around Madrid (Aranjuez, Sierra de Guadarrama...). Many companies offer this service with which you can see the city from the heights.

The company, Madrid Experience - Private Tours Madrid offers the possibility of exclusive experiences in different themes. It is worth highlighting the possibility of enjoying private flamenco classes given by Madrid’s most traditional and emblematic schools of this art or attending an exclusive perfume sampling where you can discover a boutique of non-commercial, little known but high class fragrances. 

GASTRONOMY

Within the gastronomy section, companies like Madrid Experience offer the opportunity to attend a private, VIP Spanish cooking class by well-known chefs, even those with a Michelin star.

Furthermore, those interested can also sign up for exclusive wine tasting where they can sample the best wines of Spain.

Madrid has many restaurants with a Michelin star. A good option is the Smoked Room run by the chef, Dani García, where grilled and smoked dishes are the main feature; and Deessa restaurant with a Michelin star, run by the famous chef, Quique Dacosta, which is also located in the luxurious Mandarín Oriental Ritz. Don’t forget the DiverXO restaurant by the chef Dabiz Muñoz (named world’s best chef three years in a row), which is the only restaurant in Madrid that boasts three Michelin stars.

A visit to one of the best terraces located on the rooftops of the most fashionable hotels and historic buildings is a must, as is the case of the 360º Roof Top Bar at the Hotel Riu Plaza España or the RT60 terrace on the rooftop of the Hard Rock Hotel Madrid.

A visit to one of the best terraces located on the rooftops of the most fashionable hotels and historic buildings is a must, such as the 360º Roof Top Bar at the Hotel Riu Plaza España or the RT60 terrace on the rooftop of the Hard Rock Hotel Madrid; or OD Sky Bar on the roof of the Ocean Drive Madrid hotel.

LUXURY IN HOTELS

When the heat and high temperatures invade the city, there is nothing better than enjoying a dip accompanied by your favourite drink, and that is what the rooftops of Madrid’s emblematic hotels and buildings offer with their outdoor pools. They are all accompanied by excellent views of the Madrid skyline. The Hotel Emperador, Ocean Drive Madrid, The Madrid Edition, Thompson Madrid or Pestana R7 Gran Vía Madrid all stand out.

The Four Seasons Hotel Madrid offers a full experience with an indoor swimming pool, 24-hour gym, beauty salon, a luxury spa with four levels and works of contemporary art all over the hotel, including the only large-scale sculpture of Kaws, the North American artist.