Madrid

Madrid - darkometer rating : 1 - The capital city of Spain is the centrally located hub of the country in many respects … except for dark tourism. There is very little of specifically dark interest here and what there is is mostly not very well commodified for tourism (except in the form of specialist guided tours), but there's enough to justify an entry here. > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos What there is to see: For the dark tourist there isn't much in terms of dark sites specifically commodified for tourism, but you can go on Spanish-Civil-War -themed tours here too. Unfortunately I didn't have the time to arrange one for my brief stopover in Madrid on my recent Spain trip. But if these tours are anywhere near as good as the equivalent one I did in Barcelona , then they're bound to be very well worth it too (and the reviews you can find online certainly confirm this as well). In Madrid these Civil-War Tours are run by Dr. David Mathieson, a British historian, who also offers tours into the surrounding land and former battlefields (see spanishsites.org and details below ). These tours are far and wide the only proper commodification of this historical dark topic within the Madrid area and the city itself.