Looking for a list of the best Spain blogs?
Well, you’ve come to the right place.
Welcome!
Although before we get to the list of blogs, I must say… it’s my somewhat biased opinion that you’re already on the best blog about expat life in Spain – bar none.
At this point, the Chorizo Chronicles has been here for more than 15 years, and I’ve spent most of that time blogging about everything that’s going on in the beautiful cities of Madrid and Barcelona, as well as about my travels around the rest of Spain.
Everything – or almost everything – you want to know is right here on this blog.
Best articles about life in Spain
Like I said, I’ve got some highly useful (and occasionally humorous) articles about life in Madrid and Spain on here. For example, you could take a look at some of my greatest hits:
- 32 reasons why I love Spain – my first viral article in English.
- Dating a Spanish girl: 7 things you should know – what I’ve learned through years of love and heartbreak with feisty españolas.
- Spanish Cuisine: a love story – just my opinion about some of the best foods in Spain. I might be wrong.
- Cultural Differences between Spain and the US – a look at some of the cultural differences I’ve noticed in more than a decade living abroad.
- A bunch of stuff about the Catalan issue. You know – the “independence movement” and all that. (It’s mostly died down now, but this was a big deal around 2018 when I moved to Barcelona.)
- Lots of fun with sex in Spain. Turns out, everyone’s doing it! Well, almost everyone…
- Finally! The definitive article comparing Spain’s two biggest cities. Ready for it? Here’s Madrid vs Barcelona.
- An answer to the question of Why do Americans love Spain? which is sort of a follow-on to the first article on this list.
- Etc etc etc.
And if you click around the blog here, you’ll find much much more (as if those three etc up there didn’t already insinuate that fact).
These days, I’ve even got some semi-serious stuff about the Spanish Civil War, about the 50th Anniversary of Franco’s death, about buying a flat in Spain and about work permits, if you’re interested.
Anyway, I’ve also got some friends in the blogosphere you might want to know about. People I know, people I like, talented writers with something to say.
So without further ado, these are my favorite blogs about Madrid and Spain.
The best Spain blogs for 2026 – and, of course, beyond
In no particular order, here are a few of my favorite blogs and podcasts about Spain these days. Feel free to let me know if you think there’s something I’m missing…
Spanish Sabores food blog
Lauren married her language exchange partner down in Andalucía and now lives in Madrid and is a total badass entrepreneur with Devour Madrid food tours. I wanna be just like her when I grow up.
Her original blog is about Spanish cuisine and travel, falling in love, and all that fun stuff…
Check it out: spanishsabores.com
And if you’re in Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Málaga, or one of several other cities around Spain and Europe, go take one of their food tours. Highly recommended!
The Making of Madrid
A bit of history on this one.
Felicity does a lot of research into the history of Madrid and different places around the city. In other words, she’s not the typical guiri blogger.
These days, she’s started doing guided thematic tours.
I enjoy her articles a lot because most of them talk about things I had no idea about – despite living in Madrid for more than a decade. They’re quite in-depth.
And she even did a guest post here on the blog about the Usera neighborhood.
You can read the blog right here: The Making of Madrid.
Here’s another good one, while we’re here…
“Spain to Go” podcast and more
It’s not really a blog, but you could also check out Paul Burge’s When In Spain podcast. I’ve been interviewed there.
You can find Paul on Apple Podcasts and more.
He doesn’t seem to be very active these days, but his podcast is a classic and there are a lot of interesting episodes you can listen to.
And I guess I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that I’ve now got a podcast of my own. It’s called Spain to Go and I’ve made more than 120 episodes.
You can just put “Spain to Go” into whatever app you listen to podcasts on, or click here for Spotify, or (if you’re an iPhone person) here for Apple Podcasts.
Check ’em out, and have fun!
More of the best Madrid and Spain blogs?
Well, that’s that.
Is there anything else you think deserves to be included in the list of best Madrid and Spain blogs? Any big topics I’m missing here?
Hit me up, right here on the contact form.
And have fun out there, kids.
Yours,
Mr Chorizo.
P.S. Update: I also have a YouTube channel now. Is anyone still blogging? Well, a few of us are. Anyway, my YouTube channel is called Learn Spanish with Daniel and it’s pretty self-explanatory. (The podcast is also there if you want to listen on the YT player.) Enjoy!
