Great tour. - Valley of the fallen Cathedral cut into the stone of the mountain was amazing. It is truly a must see.

Not to be missed - This tour was one of the highlights of our trip. El Escorial is magnificent in every way. The final resting place of former kings and queens was my favorite part. The Valley of the Fallen’s modern architecture, while appearing to imitate religious buildings, provides its own stark and impressive commentary on Franco’s narcissistic purpose. Our guide, Mayte was simply wonderful. Her commentary on both places we visited really made them come alive.

Excellent Half-day Trip! - Excellent half-day trip to El Escorial. We did not have to wait on any long lines to see anything! Tour guide was extremely knowledgable and explained everything clearly. Would recommend to anyone and everyone!

El Escorial and Valley of the Fallen - The royal crypt in El Escorial was amazing and the huge underground basilica at the Valley of the Fallen was an impressive surprise.

Could improve a lot, should include free time in slag and visit to gardens, guide to improve in explanations - Overall fine, but much remains to be owed Lack of free time in slag, we can not see gardens, nor shop in store. Guide michelle lacks to make the explanation more dynamic and attractive, it omits relevant information and data.

A rushed visit to Escorial and Valley of the fallen - The tour is good the locations are beautiful but we were rushed thru the entire tour. Our tour was early there were no lines or waiting any place but still our tour guide took us in such a rush we hardly have time for pictures or enjoy the beauty of the place. We were given 2 minutes for the gift shop or take pictures. She was very concerned to be back on time for the next tour, we arrived 15 minutes ahead of time. We were very disappointed I rather paid more to be able to enjoy the amazing beauty of the Escorial and Valley of the fallen

Nice tour but too short - The departure went very well and we left on time. We were a very small group of 9 people, which was a pleasant group size. The tours were very informative and our guide explained them in an interesting way. In some places, however, I would have liked a little more in-depth information. Especially in the Valley of the Fallen. Unfortunately, the stops were very tightly timed and the guide had to point out to us very often that we had to move on. We were constantly in a hurry. Especially in the Valley of the Fallen, we only had 10 minutes to look at the landscape and then we had to leave again because the bus was needed for the next tour. You should make sure that you don't have the opportunity to eat anything. So you should bring something with you and eat on the way. I would have liked the tour to be extended by an hour so that you had at least half an hour at both attractions to take photos in peace or look at certain things again.

Potential to be amazing with a different guide - This tour had the potential to be amazing and whilst I understand that there is nothing that can be done re fog, the mountain was covered, so we could not see as much as I would have liked at the Valley of the Fallen. Inside was still beautiful and as I said, there is nothing you can do about the elements. El escorial was great and I wonder if we had done the Valley first we may have missed the fog. This tour was sold as with an English speaking guide.''. Unfortunately what we got was a Spanish speaking guide with enough English to give one sentence descriptions. He also would point something out in Spanish and after we had driven past, the description in English was given (so too late!) Disappointed as I felt the guide (who never gave us his name and consistently checked his "look" in mirrors, windows etc), was there doing a job only. He had no interest in his audience and even walked so fast that he left a couple behind, and then they had to pay for a taxi back to the bus as they were unable to find their way back.

Don’t waste your time - We got our ticket through the Go city Madrid pass. Check in was very organised Duo language (Spanish and English) through an audio set which I found a little tricky because I would tune out for the Spanish bit and then not be listening when she switched to English . My gosh she didn’t stop chatting on the bus . It was toooo much Our tour was snail pass slow that we were nearly tripping over ourselves . Literally shuffling . We saw the Monastery which was a little underwhelming which was on me because I had tuned out by now and removed my headset and was just following the group without hearing / knowing the stories the crypt was interesting Back on the bus to valley of the fallen. Look it’s a massive cross and gorgeous view . You can’t use the funicular . The crypt thing was kinda interesting but not worth a trip out of Madrid for us For me this was the wrong tour but it was the ONLY trip to el Escorial in the Go city Madrid pass. I would have preferred to do JUST an English tour In all honesty I would have preferred to do a day trip to each Toledo and Segovia versus a combined day and skipped el Escorial altogether

Tour operator messaged me... - Tour operator messaged me saying couldn’t go on the day I had booked. So, I made other plans. Then, Viator messaged saying it was available after I had spent money on something else. I want a refund!!!