Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Madrid, Spanje

Topdrukte — Christmas to Reyes, Christmas holidays in Spanje

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas to Reyes (1 dec – 6 jan)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Carnaval and the Entierro de la Sardina

  1 feb – 10 mrt · meestalCarnaval

  A city-run programme of parades and costume balls centred on Matadero and Madrid Rio, closing on Ash Wednesday with the mock funeral of a sardine carried to a bonfire in Casa de Campo. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Almond blossom

  5 feb – 10 mrt · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  Some two thousand almond trees in the Quinta de los Molinos park in San Blas flower together for about two weeks, lately in February; weekend afternoons at peak bloom get crowded. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays in Spanje

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa

  29 mrt – 5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  Processions cross the old centre from Jesus de Medinaceli and the Almudena, but half of Madrid drives out to the pueblos for the week, so the neighbourhood bars thin out even as the hotels fill. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Carnaval and the Entierro de la Sardina (1 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)), Almond blossom (5 feb – 10 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Semana Santa

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa (29 mrt – 5 apr)

Topdrukte — Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas, Fiestas de San Isidro

• Festival

  Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas

  5 mei – 10 jun · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  Las Ventas runs a card almost every evening for a month, the longest bullfighting feria in Spain. It is the reason central hotel prices stay high through May whatever else is on. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Fiestas de San Isidro

  7–17 meiReligieus feestDruk

  Eleven days of free concerts and chotis dancing around the patron saint's day on 15 May, centred on the Pradera de San Isidro and Las Vistillas rather than the tourist streets. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas, MADO, Madrid Pride

• Festival

  MADO, Madrid Pride

  26 jun – 6 jul · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  One of the largest Pride weeks in Europe: Chueca is closed to traffic for days and the Saturday march fills Gran Via and the Paseo del Prado. Book the centre months out or stay outside it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas (5 mei – 10 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — MADO, Madrid Pride, Summer holidays in Spanje

• Risico

  Heatwave weeks

  1 jul – 31 augExtreme hitte

  AEMET runs heat warnings for the Madrid region through most of high summer, and the city plans around them: sightseeing before noon, nothing outdoors between two and eight, terraces after dark. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: MADO, Madrid Pride (26 jun – 6 jul (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Spanje, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Residents' holiday month

  1–31 augSchoolvakantiesSluitingen

  Madrilenos leave for the coast and family kitchens shut for a fortnight. The verbenas of San Cayetano, San Lorenzo and La Paloma in La Latina and Lavapies, 6 to 15 August, are what is left.

Nog steeds bezig: Heatwave weeks (1 jul – 31 aug)

Topdrukte — Spanish Grand Prix at Madring, Summer holidays in Spanje

• Festival

  Spanish Grand Prix at Madring

  4–20 sep · meestalRaceweekendDrukBoek vroeg

  Formula 1 moved the Spanish Grand Prix to a street-and-site circuit at IFEMA from 2026, contracted to 2035; the first race ran in mid-September. Hotel prices spike across the city for the weekend. Bron ↗

Druk — Fiesta de la Trashumancia, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Fiesta de la Trashumancia

  12–31 okt · meestalOogsttijdDruk

  On a Sunday in the second half of October, shepherds walk well over a thousand merino sheep and goats from Casa de Campo up Calle Mayor to Sol and Cibeles, defending an old droving right through the city. Bron ↗

Druk — La Almudena, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  La Almudena

  9 novReligieus feestSluitingen

  The city's own public holiday, with mass and a flower offering at the cathedral. Offices and many shops close; the museums do not. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Christmas to Reyes, Christmas holidays in Spanje

• Feestdag

  Christmas to Reyes

  1 dec – 6 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Lights on Gran Via from late November, stalls in Plaza Mayor, twelve grapes at Sol on the 31st and the Reyes cabalgata on 5 January. The centre is at its most crowded on the evenings before Christmas. Bron ↗