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Prado Museum Guided Tour
3.8
540 Ratings
Madrid
Experience the Prado Museum in Madrid with skip-the-line access and a guided tour of its world-class art collection. Explore iconic works and discover the fascinating Landscape of Arts and Sciences on a walking tour.
Experience the Prado Museum in Madrid with skip-the-line access and a guided tour of its world-class art collection. Explore iconic works and discover the fascinating Landscape of Arts and Sciences on a walking tour.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Prado National Museum - Meet your guide by the Madrid City Tour Information Center next to Prado Museum. Remember to check in 15 minutes in advance of your activity. Enjoy a guided tour without queues with your skip the line ticket. Visit the most important paintings throughout the Museum. Admire great artworks by el Bosco, el Greco, Velazquez,…
- Prado National Museum - Meet your guide by the Madrid City Tour Information Center next to Prado Museum. Remember to check in 15 minutes in advance of your activity. Enjoy a guided tour without queues with your skip the line ticket. Visit the most important paintings throughout the Museum. Admire great artworks by el Bosco, el Greco, Velazquez, Goya and Rubens. Discover the aim of the original building and why it changed to hold one of the most important art galleries in the world. The current exhibition holds more than 1.000 paintings of four different centuries. Given that for a first time visitor this can be overwhelming, let your guide show you around the site and learn about some of the most important works and its backstories. Did you know the royal collection represents the museum’s foundation? Once your guided tour finishes you can stay inside the museum for as long as you wish.
What's Included
- Bilingual guided tour in English and Spanish (all year around)
- Entrance and guided tour to Prado Museum
- Monolingual guided tour (depending on option selected)
- Individual radioguided system
- Bilingual guided tour in English and Spanish (all year around)
- Entrance and guided tour to Prado Museum
- Monolingual guided tour (depending on option selected)
- Individual radioguided system
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Explore one of the world’s leading art museums. Be amazed by the astounding collection and follow your guide as you explore the priceless masterpieces it houses, including the ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’. Avoid queues and maximize your enjoyment!
If you choose ‘Walking Tour & Prado Museum’ option: Kickstart with a 1-hour exploration of the Landscape of…
Explore one of the world’s leading art museums. Be amazed by the astounding collection and follow your guide as you explore the priceless masterpieces it houses, including the ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’. Avoid queues and maximize your enjoyment!
If you choose ‘Walking Tour & Prado Museum’ option: Kickstart with a 1-hour exploration of the Landscape of Arts and Sciences, often referred to as the Landscape of Light. This World Heritage Site listed by UNESCO is a unique urban space that fuses nature and culture through more than five centuries of history.
- On rare occasions, Prado Museum may be closed with little notice due to private functions taking place; impacted bookings will be offered an alternative date to visit or a full refund
- Prado Museum visitors are kindly requested to respect the instructions of the Museum Security: Photography and filming are not permitted inside the exhibitions.
- It is possible that some of the paintings that are in our program were not available, despite belonging to the permanent collections of the three museums, because it was assigned for some exhibition, in this case, would be replaced by another painting with a similar artistic value.
- Failure to show up at the established check-in time may entail losing the tour.
- Please keep in mind that the excursion includes several visits on foot. Wear appropriate attire
- Crowds or security protocols can lead to delays in skip the line access
- Admission staff may request official documentation to verify the children’s age (ID, Passport, etc). If this documentation is not provided, the payment of the difference corresponding to the adult rate may be required.
Location
Calle de Felipe IV
Madrid City Tour Information Center, where Madrid City Tour red double decker buses stop.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.8
(540 Ratings)
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Heldinhoboliveira
Nov 3, 2024
Perfect - Very rich! The guide Aylla was very kind and attentive. Very interesting to know the history behind the art, I highly recommend the guided visit by the Museum.
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Linda_m
Nov 1, 2024
Exceptional Guided Tour - Our tour guide Lisa was exceptional! From the minute she introduced herself and explained the guidelines for entrance into the museum, we were impressed. Once the tour began she displayed her exemplary knowledge of the art with detailed narratives of highlight pieces while she navigated all 10 of us from room to room of the museum with ease on a very crowded Sunday afternoon. She ensured for our safety, comfort and kept us engaged with questions. Upon completion of the 2 hour tour, she guided members of the group to retrieve items from lockers, and she provided details for those who wished to extend their visit.
Reflecting upon our museum visit, all 4 of us felt our tour experience was phenomenal because Lisa was our guide!
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Catherine
Oct 31, 2024
Very informative, providing a good overview of the museum. - Very comprehensive and informative. The guide, Lisa, is passionate about art and the art works. She provided a good overview of the museum, in English, and was very helpful overall.
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Shawnsa2993kk
Oct 15, 2024
Rounded experience w a tour guide - The museum houses a lot of religious art which is very impressive and important. Our favorite was Fra Angelico’s masterpiece of the Annunciation. The only unfortunate part was a commentary on a painting that included the mistaken notion that Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus since the artist painted her with a ring on her finger. There is no support for this anywhere in Scripture, canons, hymnography or writings of the Church fathers, onlyfictionalized novels promoting misunderstanding and presence.
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Maribelgr2042fb
Oct 14, 2024
Indispensable visit - The visit was super interesting! A pleasure to visit the Prado with a Guide that explains key pieces of art from this museum and understand its importance. We certainly have to do the guided tour!!
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Denise_m
Oct 3, 2024
Enjoyable Prado Experience - Miguel did a great job. Highlighting a number of paintings and giving different perspectives of them. We thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Lrborron
Sep 29, 2024
A must see - Our guide Paula was awesome! She explained the art in detail. Very engaging and knowledgeable. Definitely a must see while in Madrid.
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Vn857
Sep 21, 2024
It was a very well organised tour and we had a professional guide - The tour was very well organised and Skip the Line was a big advantage.
I am very glad that I took a guided tour because thus we could enjoy the most important and interesting items in the museum.
The guide, Florin, in a very professional manner gave us the necessary information in a precise and concise form, without being lost into complicated and hard to be understood details.
He completed the information provided by the museum, displayed next to every exhibit, with interesting details about the general context (hystorical, economical, religious etc.) the artistic work was created, so that we could have a very complete image of it.
Unfortunately, the policy of the museum is to ban taking pictures or filming inside it so I cannot accompany my revieu with any of them.
Anyway, I would definitely reccomend these guided tours.
Thank you Florin, once again.
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Lisa_c
Sep 13, 2024
Excellent Tour of an Amazing Museum - Excellent tour of a fantastic museum! Our guide Paula Lopez was enthusiastic and very knowledgeable about all the paintings, sharing with us interesting extra facts and legends. The artwork and sculptures are amazing but without the tour we wouldn’t have appreciated everything nearly as much!
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Gaiaz576
Sep 13, 2024
beautiful and interesting - Guide Paula was very good and engaging, also explained the works very well. Recommendation to visit this museum if you are staying in Madrid
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