Madrid Prado Museum Guided Tour
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Experience Highlights
Discover the masterpieces of European painting on a guided tour with preferential access to the Prado Museum in Madrid. Accompanied by an expert guide, you will visit the rooms that house gems by artists such as Velázquez, Goya, Bosch and Rubens.
This guided tour lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes, and includes admission without queues, as well as the use of a radio guide system so you won't miss any detail. The tour is offered in bilingual or monolingual format depending on availability.
The meeting point is at the Madrid City Tour Information Booth, next to the Prado Museum. Remember to arrive 15 minutes before the tour starts. At the end of the tour, you can continue exploring the museum on your own.
- Admire masterpieces such as The Garden of Earthly Delights and Las Meninas.
- Enter without queuing and discover the history of the Prado building.
- Accompanied by an expert guide in art and history.
What’s included
- Entrance with preferential access to the Prado Museum
- Guided tour of 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Expert guide (monolingual or bilingual, depending on the option chosen)
- Radio guide system for listening to explanations
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Step by Step
The Prado Museum is one of the most prestigious museums in the world, and this guided experience offers you a privileged way to discover its most emblematic works. With preferential access, you'll avoid the long queues and delve straight into the history of universal art.
Throughout the tour, your guide will take you through the main rooms of the museum, offering you context, curiosities and anecdotes about the most important pieces. You will contemplate in detail iconic paintings such as Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights, Velázquez's Las Meninas and Goya'sThe Third of May 1808, and you will learn about the geniuses who created them.
This experience is perfect for art lovers and first-time visitors alike, as the Prado's enormous collection can be overwhelming without an expert guide. In addition, the radio guide system ensures that you can hear the explanations clearly at all times.
The tour also includes information about the history of the building that houses the museum, from its construction as the Gabinete de Ciencias to its conversion into Spain's leading art gallery.
Once the guided tour is over, you have the option to stay inside the museum for as long as you wish to continue exploring at your own pace.