Travel Guide to Madrid
Visiting Madrid and want to get under the skin of the city? Then this is the place for you. An insider’s travel guide to Madrid, this blog and podcast allows you to explore the city beyond the tourist traps. Whether you’re visiting for the first time or a newly arrived resident finding your feet, The Making of Madrid is chock full of information on where to stay, what to see and how to make sense of the city’s history.
About the author
Felicity Hughes is a British writer and tour guide based in Madrid. Her work has appeared in a variety of different publications, including The Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Financial Times and Time Out. She writes extensively for Lonely Planet and is the author of several of their new guides. With a wealth of knowledge at her fingertips, Felicity runs unique walking tours exploring another side of Spain’s capital.
She began this blog as a passion project. The idea was to get to know her adoptive city better and share her enthusiasm for its heritage with other inquisitive individuals. As it evolved into a podcast, the scope of The Making of Madrid has widened to offer practical information for travellers, presented with plenty of cultural and historical context.
Books
Felicity is chief writer for Lonely Planet’s Madrid travel guides to the city. She’s also the author of The Secret Kingdoms’ A Guide to Madrid’s Literary District. You can hear her and David Price talking about the project for World Book Day 2024 on RTVE’s English Language Broadcast. Her novel, The Insect Room was published in 2022.
