Madrid en el siglo XX: Guerra, Dictadura y Democracia

Joaquin was engaging and passionate guide...

Part of a group, small group that walked and talked modern Madrid history. It gave an insight to recent history it's impact, it's locations and it's key figures. Also a great opportunity in small group to cover a lot of topics and locations.

Great Tour with wonderful guide

Booked the modern Madrid Walking Tour but it didn’t happen for some reason. However I enjoyed the Madrid in the 20th Century tour with Joaquin, he’s really passionate about it. I especially liked the feminism part!

My tour of Madrid in the 20th century was so informative and extremely enjoyable. Our guide was not only knowledgeable but passionate about what he does. I certainly can't wait until tomorrow's tour as well. Thank you so much, I learnt a great deal today.

Uma verdadeira viagem pelo século XX em Espanha!

O Duarte é um guia que sabe como contar todas as partes da história enquanto nos guia pela cidade. Sempre disponível e com conhecimento para responder às nossas perguntas. Durante a tour dá várias sugestões a quem visita a cidade. A temática é incrível e o Duarte tem todo o conhecimento!

Engaging Tour of a Fascinating Era of Spanish History

Duarte was an excellent guide. He was knowledgeable, funny, and gave a fulsome explanation of Madrid before, during, and beyond the Franco-years. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone looking to learn more about 20th century history.

I learnt a lot

I really enjoyed the 20th century walking tour with Duarte. I learnt a lot about Spanish modern history which makes much more sense to me now. Duarte was knowledgeable and entertaining at the same time which made the tour very pleasant. Thanks a lot.

A pleasant walk and an opportunity to learn about Spanish history

Took the 20th Century tour on July 28 with Duarte. I enjoyed the walk through Madrid and the opportunity to learn about the Spanish Civil War and the Franco era, which is apparently still a sensitive subject here all these years later. Well worth the time if you are a history buff as I am.

Fantastic history lesson in the sun

Dani doesn't like it too hot, and Madrid is currently roasting, but that didn't stop him from delivering the brutal, complex and corrupt history of Spain in the 20th century last Friday morning. In great detail. With obvious passion. And humour, at the appropriate times given the subject matters. I had a very basic knowledge of most of the things mentioned in this tour which really helped me, as otherwise, I think the sheer amount of information and topics discussed could be too much. As it proved before we started, when an American family decided it wasn't for them. Four stronger and curiouser Americans and I then soldiered on in the 33 degreee heat (at 10am!) and I think we all enjoyed it. I most certainly did. The tour went 40 minutes over the scheduled finish time. Nobody seemed bothered, mentioned it or even noticed, which says everything about what Dani was still telling us. I've been on walking tours in a few places now and this is the best one I have done, by far. It's a good walk but it's not a photo opportunity thing. It's a full on in your face history of what is still playing out to this day. Muchisimas gracias Dani y Joaquin. Te deseo lo mejor y mucha suerte para el verano en Madrid.

Joaquin’s tour makes Madrid’s 20th century come alive

Fantastic experience - it is a joy to listen to Joaquin deliver 2,5 hours of Spanish history with passion, expertise and a sense of humour. This was our second Walkative tour, the first one equally excellent, so we will definitely be looking out for the yellow umbrellas elsewhere in the world as well. Many thanks to Joaquin and the Walkative team.

A Fascinating Walk And Talk with Joaquin

We very much enjoyed a fascinating morning with Joaquin hearing about events in Madrid over the past century ,the civil war and right upto the present day. Joaquin's knowledge of recent history is very extensive and he was able to make a very complex subject it very interesting and understandable. As we were a small group, it was easy to ask questions and it all felt like a conversation with friends rather than an arranged tour. Joaquin was very generous with his time so allow plenty of time for his tour - I'd highly recommend!

Incredibly informative tour

If you are looking to learn more about Spanish history and politics while also visiting some of the most iconic Madrid sites look no further. Our guide Joaquin was so knowledgeable and engaging and we really learned so much. This was our second walkative tour in Madrid and we highly recommend it

20th century walking tour

Super good tour with Joaquin. Very knowledgeable guide. Great way to dip your toes into Madrid

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Intersting and informative

Duarte was very knowledgeable about the 20th century history of Madrid and Spain in general. He was also engaging with the tour participants and was keen to answer any questions. Well worth the tour if you are interested in the civil war history.

passionate and informative

Daniel was a fantastic guide, unafraid to give his personal and heartfelt views on the still sensitive subject of the war and dictatorship, and offered some unique insights and anecdotes. He also paid special attention to the great women of 20th century Madrid.

Don’t miss this

Daniel was absolutely captivating. We learnt more on this tour than reading many books Just book it

Excellent!

Daniel is great guide, very dedicated to the subject of civil war. Show places but also backgroung of events. Syrongly recommend.

An amazing historical tour

Our guide Dani was extremely funny in some situations as well as serious and historical in others. He helped on questions and took us to some great spots and monuments. It was very informative and interesting and we thoroughly enjoyed everything about it-even getting caught in a rainstorm and having to dash to a nearby bar. All in all, I think it is a brilliant thing to do for anyone interested in History who is in Madrid! Bravo Dani!🇪🇸😃👍

Very informative

We did the 20th century tour with Duarte. It was very informative and fun, even though it's a rather dark topic. Highly recommend to anyone interested in Spanish history.

Interesting tour with excellent guide

A fantastic tour that brought Madrid’s 20th-century history to life. Duarte was an excellent guide—knowledgeable, engaging, and clearly passionate about Madrid. We learned so much and can recommend it!

Madrid Tour by Sebastian excellent

Sebastian was a fantastic guide , extremely well informed and entertaining.

10/10. Thank you Dani!

Dani was a very passionate and enthusiastic guide, we didn’t expect to get two hours (actually slightly more, which was a plus!) packed full of anecdotes, history, and information, but we got it. 10/10. The whole tour was delivered seriously and accurately but in a light, entertaining and charming way!

Great and really interesting

Joaquin was great at telling the very interesting history of Madrid in the late 1800s and throughout the twentieth century. Would definitely do it again and can only recommend this tour!

Cool

Joaquin is very passionate and you can see he really likes his job. He told us part of the story of Spain like few people can do! Very interesting

Worth it!

Dani (our guide) was great. He had a lot of anecdotes and answered our questions. If you want to learn about the history of Spain and Madrid: BOOK IT !

Excellent tour

Very informative without ever being boring . Covered a huge amount of time and space. Would definitely recommend. We paid 15 each plus 5 tip. I thought that was fair but perhaps Dani expected more.

Excellent

Dani's tour was informative and very interesting. Highly recommended.

Excelent

Dani was na amazing guide. This tour is essential. The best tour i did in Madrid. Information is the most important line of defense against facism.

Informative and Entertaining

We really enjoyed this tour with Duarte. He successfully managed the difficult task of explaining complex events in a straightforward and entertaining way. Would recommend especially as there is almost no information on 20th century Madrid in the city’s museums.

Excellent Tour

Duarte is very good tour guide . Really enjoyed his 20th Century tour. I would highly reccomend him!

Top tour

This civil war of Spain and the Dictatorship was a complete black box to me. Thanks to Dani, not only was I fully informed about this period but I also experienced one of the best tours I have ever had!

Gracias desde Filipinas!

This tour was made even more interesting given the historical connection of Spain and our country, the Philippines! Dani was exceptional and gave all the juicy historical tidbits!

Amazing tour by Dani

One of the most amazing tours I have ever had ! Don’t miss it especially with Dani!

Dynamic, interesting and extremely enjoyable

Went on an amazing walking tour with Joaquin yesterday. After being in Madrid for 2 weeks, this tour tied our understanding of Madrid together. Essentially it was a history lesson with the most dynamic, and engaging and entertaining teacher you can imagine and seeing some of the sights where events happened made it all so real and accessible. A definite highlight of our 3, weeks in Madrid! So glad we did it. It was an excellent complement to our earlier walk about Spain’s easier history with Dani, which was equally as enjoyable.

So interesting!

We really enjoyed our tour today with Joaquin. He's extremely knowledgeable about the history of Spain, and this tour about the 20th century, civil war, Franco, etc. was so interesting! We learnt a lot, and had some laughs too. Joaquin is an excellent guide.

Amazing survey of 20th century Spain

Our tour with Joaquin was one of the highlights of our two week trip to Spain. One of the best tours of the trip. A perfect blend of seriousness and levity as we learned about the tumultuous history of Spain in the 20th century. Highly recommend this tour.

War, Dictatorship and democracy. These were problems that the people of Madrid had to deal with. Dani was a great tourist guide, he also gave an examples from his own family life of 80's. Highly recommended this tour!

Excellent guided tour by Dani

We participated in a tour about the 20th century in Madrid, from revolution to democracy. The tour was guided by Danny. This is one of the interesting tours we participated in. Danny is an excellent guide, with a lot of knowledge. He conveyed the topic in an interesting way, which made us learn and expand on the historical topic in Spain during this period. The guidance is seasoned with humor and a lot of grace, it simply reaches everyone.

Great Tour

Dani's tour was a fascinating insight into the history of modern day Spain. He really brought the history alive and did his best to answer as many questions as possible in a friendly and engaging manner. For all political history buffs, this is a must do tour without having to walk too far. Well done and thank you Dani !

David Attenborough quality tour

Daurte was incredible, I was shocked when the tour came to an end as it felt like 20 minutes. It was so engrossing and Daurte honestly has the perfect voice and demeanour for this role. His recommendations and questions at the end were also Highly valuable. Thankyou!

Revolution and Resilience Tour with Joaquin

Amazing tour. Joaquin was full of energy and able to capture my attention for the whole time of the tour. Really recommend if you want to discover some interesting stuff about the city and Spanish history overall.

Fascinating tour of Madrid

Great tour with Joaquin, our guide was passionate, enthusiastic and gave us a great perspective on the recent Spanish history until today

A great Revolution and Resilience tour with Dani

Really great tour with Dani. Very informative, didactic, easy explanation of the events! Dani clearly loves the topic with its own opinion as a local person from Spain and Madrid in particular, and made it so nice that the tour wasn't boring at all, on the contrary!

Great tour to walk around lMadrid

We had a nice time with Duerte, who was sharing interesting stories about the recent history of Spain. Duerte was easygoing and did a great job explaining such a complex context in a listener-friendly manner, so we could not get more confused. This insightful and easy-to-follow tour is 100% worth it for those interested in the 20th century. Highly recommended!

Revolution and Resilience tour with Dani

Fantastic tour. It went over time but I didn’t even notice. Would recommend to anyone interested in modern history.

Here’s a suggestion for your review: We had an incredible experience with Dina as our guide during the walking tour in Madrid. She was exceptionally knowledgeable, providing fascinating insights into the history, culture, and hidden gems of the city. Her enthusiasm and storytelling made every stop along the way engaging and memorable. Dina also took the time to answer all our questions and gave great recommendations for places to eat and visit after the tour. Her passion for Madrid is contagious, and we left the tour with a deeper appreciation for the city. Highly recommend Dina for anyone looking for an unforgettable tour experience!

Revolution and Resilience tour

We had a very nice time during our tour with Joaquin. The tour was really informative and accurate. We also discovered less well-known places in Madrid. Recommended!

Joaquin rocks

Joaquin just gave a stellar performance on the Madrid Revolution and Resilience tour. Among best tours I have ever had in Europe. 5 star all the way. RL

Madrid in 20th century with Dani

A very well informed and passionate tour of Madrids recent history. Enlightening and enjoyable, an honest talk on the tumultuous events of the last century. Dani was a great guide

Amazing tour, very informative

This is one of the best tours I've done. Dani is very knowledgeable and passionate, it was a pleasure to visit Madrid and learn about its recent history with him. I will recommend this tour to all my friends visiting Madrid in the future.

Generous and informative

We learnt so much local history strolling the streets with Dani. Lots of great tips for food, museums and fun anecdotes - a great guide !

Engaging and informative

Joaquin was an excellent guide, who was full of energy and kept us really well informed as he described this challenging period in Spanish history. Would highly recommend!

Detailed and engaging tour

Joaquin was a warm, engaging and informative guide. We learnt a lot about modern Spanish history and saw things we wouldn’t have noticed ourselves. Would recommend.

Very personal and welcoming

Dani was more than happy to answer all the questions but also to show emotions. It didnt feel like a well memorized, generic monologue but rather it qas passionate and informative. I can recommend.

Fascinating and informative

Learned so much with this tour. Our guide (Duarte) was excellent and he gave us a real insight into recent Spanish history. Definitely recommend taking this tour

If you want to know more about Spanish history and culture!

This tour is more than I expecte! Dani is a very prepared, curious and passionate guide and he is willing to make people understand how important is to know our past history. I very recommend this tour if you want to know more about Spanish history

Different views of Madrid

Very nice walk with lots of interesting information about the spanish civil war, very very recomended!

Very informative tour

Dan told us a lot of about spanish history in a very passionate way

Great tour!

Joaquin was super knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating throughout the tour! Would definitely recommend to someone who loves history and wants to see Madrid's most iconic 20th century spots.

Joaquin told us a lot

The tour was great. Joaquin the guide, was really detailed oriented. He gave us a lot of information about the history before and during the 20th century. Now, I know a lot more about how people felt and how the two parties during the civil war interacted. He also told us about important women that fought during the franco dictatorship. I would definitely recommend this tour

He is very passionate and knowledgeable. I really enjoyed this tour. Knowing about history in the last century help me understand better about Spain. Great experience!

Great tour!

Rich history and energetic tour guide!

Thanks so much to Sebastian for giving us a great tour of Spain's rich history. Though he was not completely well, I saw his passion for sharing his country's history. Finally, he gave us a list of recommended places to try. Highly recommended! More people should take this tour!

Fantastic tour

If you are interested in recent political history of this country (and if you aren’t you should be), this tour by Danny was delivered with personal insight and passion. It is a highly informative and colourfully delivered tour which I highly recommend.

Informative and passionate

Thank you Dan! This is a fantastic walking tour, full of historical facts, considered information, humour, and heartfelt passion of a son of Malasana. If you like Spain, the culture and people, and keeping your heart and mind open, you will love this tour.

So different yet so similar

Dani is marvellous! The history of Madrid is at his finger tips. We had great knowledge sharing session today. He even went way beyond time to tell us more stories, I had an informative and educative session that I can bring back as case study for my country.

Fantastic !

It's been one of the best city tour i have ever done. Dani is a great guide and definitely knows the facts of his city. Committed and passionate, i really recommend this tour !

Amazing tour

An amazing tour and an amazing tour guide who brings history back to life with his stories.

Great content, I learned a lot.

Dani was a great guide and gave a great insight into some of the turbulent elements of Spanish history. A+, would recommend.

Great!

Dani was a very good guide. Really enjoyed my tour.

So much history

Duarte walking tour was very informative. He was very knowledgeable and shared lots of info with us in a relaxed sunset tour. So many ups and downs in such a short time. Definitely worse learning about it all.

Fantastic context!

Dani was an exceptionally knowledgeable and engaging guide. His tour provided an excellent history of the stated period but also amazing context for Spain today, it was such an excellent addition to our stay in Madrid.

Revolution & Resilience

Did this walking tour yesterday with Duarte. Very interesting, learnt a lot and it was presented very well.

Interesting stroll

We made the walk with Duarte. He knows how to tell an interesting story, and it was in fluent and good understandable english. Good that it was not only the history of agressive or resilient men, but also of important women

Thought Provoking

We took several tours in Spain and this was by far the most thought provoking. Dani is clearly well versed in 20th century Spanish history and is a passionate speaker. He kept the guests moving into shaded areas and pointed out important landmarks and sites. His use of a book of photos really helped round out a lot of the narrative. I escpecially appreciated his highlight of Spanish feminists and the important role they played in fighting for the rights of Spanish women. We are back in the states and I am still thinking about various aspects of life under Franco’s regime that I learned about on Dani’s tour. The nightmare of the Franco regime is a cautionary tale. I sincerely hope the people of Europe and the US don't slip into anything even remotely resembling those dark days.

Excellent historical tour!

Very knowledgeable guide, Dani, gave us a huge amount of information on the history of 20th century Madrid. Easy pace with stops at historical landmarks. Great guide!

Incredible guide and tour

Don’t miss this tour if you have any interest in Spanish 20th Century history or want to understand Madrid today. Our guide Dani was informative, friendly and the whole tour was so interesting and also funny at times despite the dark history. We learnt so much and enjoyed the focus on women activists. The tour exceeded our hopes and was a highlight of our stay in Madrid. Added bonus is the provision of local tips for Madrid. Don’t miss out, book now!

Amazing tour!

We did the tour 3 days ago and it was great. The guide (Duarte) was friendly and very prepared for the tour. The tour was interesting and a lot of history facts. Duarte was kind enough to give us many tips on locations to go grab some tacas and to visit in the remaining days of the trip. I highly recommend this tour!

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