Free audio walk in Madrid
Madrid during the civil war
- 62 min
- 2.7 km
- 9 stops
- Free
Starts at Parque del Cuartel de la Montaña
About this walk
The only European capital where the front line ran within the city limits, followed from the first shots to the very last day.
The stops
Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.
- 1Stop 1
Welcome to the hill
The hill where the war for Madrid began, and which later received an Egyptian temple.
- 2Stop 2
The front in the west
From this edge you look out over the front, which sat barely a kilometre and a half away for almost three years.
Read the story - 3Stop 3
Two Cannons on the Calle de Ferraz
The street where two field guns were set up, aimed at the barracks standing among the houses.
Read the story - 4Stop 4
November 1936
November 1936, when everyone expected the city to fall within days and the Gran Vía was given a new name.
Read the story - 5Stop 5
Avenida de los Obuses
The people of Madrid called this street Shell Avenue, and life simply carried on.
Read the story - 6Stop 6
Hotel Florida
The hotel where the foreign press sat out the war, with hot water while the rest of the city queued for everything.
Read the story - 7Stop 7
Censorship on the fifth floor
The fifth floor where every foreign dispatch had to pass through, in the building that also served as an aiming point.
Read the story - 8Stop 8
The city beneath the city
The metro station that became a shelter, and then a home for people who had lost theirs.
Read the story - 9Stop 9
Chicote
Spain's first cocktail bar, which stayed open when the shells came in, and the end of the walk.
Read the story
Ready when you are
Walk Madrid during the civil war with ROODS.
9 stops through Madrid, about 62 minutes. Open ROODS in your browser, walk to the first pin and the story plays.
- Stories on a map, with narrated audio
- Walk at your own pace, stop where you like
- Runs in your browser. An app is optional.
