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Walks in Gran Vía.
One editor-picked walk through Gran Vía, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.
Nearby
Other walks close to Gran Vía.
Sorted by distance from the start of gran vía: the great boulevard. Good for stitching together a longer day.
food-forwardquirky2.7 km · 70 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Chueca: the squares and the market
Madrid's most confident barrio, a glass food market, and the design shops down to Fuencarral.
monumentalart5.2 km · 105 min · Strenuous· Claude-drafted
The Castellana axis: the great north-south spine
Cibeles to Nuevos Ministerios — fountains, Colón, and an open-air sculpture museum under a bridge.
literarymonumental2.7 km · 70 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Recoletos & Plaza de Colón: the literary promenade
A grand café with a literary past, the national library, and the gardens at Colón.
artmonumental2.6 km · 70 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
The Paseo del Prado: the museum mile
Three of the world's great galleries, two fountains, and a wall that breathes.