La Casa del Abuelo
What to order: garlic prawns and a chato of the house sweet wine; if there are more of you, langostinos in batter and red-prawn croquettes
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An hour with Don Quixote, five bottles in Lavapiés and prawns standing up.
The escape room The Mystery of Don Quixote in Quevedo, La Fisna's Wednesday tasting in Lavapiés for six to eight and garlic prawns at La Casa del Abuelo.
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Total time5 h
By car0 min each way
Escape room60 min
TastingGroups of 6 to 8
Cost€75–95 pp
Getting aroundMetro L2 and L3
BookingRoom and tasting, by email
The plan
The day at a glance
Any part can be swapped for another without spoiling the day.
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Escape room The Mystery of Don Quixote at The Rombo Code
The Rombo Code · €150 per group of 6 · 60 min
+34 609 846 919
- 30 min by metro
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Wednesday wine tasting at La Fisna, Lavapiés
La Fisna · €29 for the introductory one · five bottles · order by email
+34 915 395 615
- 15 min on foot
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La Casa del Abuelo
garlic prawns and a chato (small glass of wine) · no booking
Calle de la Victoria, 12, 28012 Madrid · +34 910 000 133
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Approximate cost
About €130–150 per person
Adds up the activities and meals in the plan at their published prices; travel and accommodation not included.
The route
Escape room The Mystery of Don Quixote at The Rombo Code
For a group of six, which is exactly what the escape room needs to be good value and what La Fisna's tasting needs to open five bottles. A Wednesday afternoon, from Chamberí to Lavapiés and from Lavapiés to Sol.
Three group stops
16:00 · The Rombo Code. In Quevedo. The Mystery of Don Quixote lasts an hour and has a difficulty that the house rates at 6.5 out of 10. You pay per group: €84 with two or three players and €150 with six. Cancellation is free up to 72 hours before.
17:45 · La Fisna. Metro L2 to Sol and L3 to Lavapiés. On Wednesdays La Fisna opens its Sala de Sed for a five-bottle tasting, for groups of six to eight and starting between 17:30 and 18:30. The beginners' one costs €29 per person; the themed and comparative ones have another price. Request it by email to the shop: do it days ahead.
19:45 · La Casa del Abuelo. A quarter of an hour's walk to Calle Victoria, next to Sol. A 1906 bar tavern, for garlic prawns and a small glass of sweet wine, standing.
If you are fewer than six
La Fisna's tasting does not run with fewer than six. In that case, keep the escape room and swap the tasting for a few small beers in Lavapiés.
Time1 h
Where to eat
Where to eat?
Lunch is half the plan: book before you set off.
Casa Revuelta
What to order: a slice of battered salt cod with a small beer or a vermouth; if you stay, a half portion of tripe and some croquettes
Café de Oriente
What to order: before the performance, rabas and croquettes to share; afterwards, the pintxo-style hake or the creamy rice, and the house torrija
Casa Alberto
What to order: at the bar, a house vermouth with a slice of omelette or the squid bocatín; in the dining room, tripe or braised oxtail
Taberna La Bola
What to order: the cocido, which comes in two servings (soup first, then chickpeas, vegetables and meats); if there are two of you with small appetites, one cocido and some tripe
Map
The stops, in order
With where to park at each one.
What to do
Eat
88 €Stay
Services
Getting there
By car or without one?
When to go
When to go to Madrid
On a Wednesday, the day of La Fisna's tastings, which start between 17:30 and 18:30 and are requested by email for a group of six to eight. The escape room is open all year according to its calendar.
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Best timeGood timeLow season
Tips
Worth knowing first
- 1Write to La Fisna first
The tasting depends on their confirming the Wednesday; then book the room.
- 2Eat something at midday
The tasting is wine, not food.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost?
About €25 a head for the room with six players, €29 the tasting and whatever you nibble at La Casa del Abuelo.
Can you do it on another day?
The tasting, only on Wednesdays. The room is open all year.
How many of us need to be?
Six to eight for the tasting. The room takes from two to fourteen.
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