Kid-friendly places in Madrid
Madrid's big central park, with playgrounds, tree-lined paths and a lake with rental boats.
A riverside Madrid park with 17 age-banded play zones, wood-and-rope climbing, bridges and summer water jets.
A Madrid art museum with kid audio, a short route, lifts, loan strollers and a feeding and changing room; ages under 18 enter free.
A Madrid modern art museum with colorful works, lifts and loan strollers; ages under 18 enter free.
Redesigned play areas with climbing and slides in the square between the palace and Gran Via.
Play areas on the south side of the palace gardens, among paths and statues.
Hotel near the Prado with cots, an indoor pool open year-round and a spa.
Central Madrid hotel with a four-person room that has a double or two singles plus a bunk bed, and cots on request.
Hotel by the Retiro with a 30-square-meter Familiar Room for four with bunk beds, and cots available.
A free outdoor puppet theater in Retiro Park with weekend shows of pirates, monsters and puppets.
An ancient Egyptian temple above Madrid in a city park, with carved details to find.
A small Madrid tapas bar serving classic dishes from a kitchen that stays open all day.
A Madrid tapas place serving tomato salad, calamari and other dishes to share from an all-day kitchen.
A Madrid chocolate shop in a narrow passage, serving churros with thick hot chocolate.
A lakeside restaurant in Casa de Campo, Madrid, on the pedestrian lake zone, serving croquetas.
Brunch and coffee on Plaza de las Comendadoras in Madrid, beside a public playground.
A Madrid brunch spot with windows that overlook a public play area.
A Madrid museum in an old iron station, with locomotives and carriages to get up close to.
Madrid's natural sciences museum, with dinosaurs, fossils and big natural-history collections.
Madrid's great art museum, with animals, costumes and odd scenes to find in the paintings; ages under 18 enter free.
Thai small plates near Atocha in Madrid, a change from the usual tapas.
Madrid's Royal Palace, with grand state rooms and royal details to discover.