Prado Museum: Private 3-Hour Tour with Skip-The-Line Access and Hotel Pick-Up
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93 Ratings
Madrid
Experience a private 3-hour tour of the Prado Museum with skip-the-line access and a knowledgeable art historian guide. Discover the world-renowned collection and tailor the tour to your interests and level of knowledge. Make this your most enriching and personalized experience of Spain!
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Prado National Museum - The tour includes an introduction from visitors’ accommodation usually walking, but sometimes taking public transport.
What's Included
- Headsets for clear guidance
- Convenient hotel meet-up (specify location during booking)
- Skip-the-line entrance ticket
- Expert art historian guide
- Included public transport fees
- Introductory city overview en route to museum (with hotel start)
- Exclusive Prado Museum private tour
What's Not Included
- Private transport
- Private transport pick up
Additional Information
Enjoy a bespoke tour of the Prado Museum, complete with an art historian guide and immediate access tickets included in your fee. Immerse yourself in the splendor of the Prado Museum, a true jewel and ‘unmissable,’ regardless of your art inclination. Irrespective of whether you’re an art connoisseur or simply interested in viewing a collection that TripAdvisor ranks superior to the Louvre’s, this tour can be tailored to your interests and familiarity. Our guide will ensure that you discover what you’re seeking, whether that’s illustrations relating to historical events and Spanish customs, a brief overview of some of the world’s renowned artworks, or a thematic journey focusing on a particular period or artist.
Make this your most rewarding and customized Spanish experience and attempt to ‘capture the essence of Las Meninas,’ in line with Salvador Dali’s recommendation.
- This tour has one option: 1 - Private Prado Tour only
- The guide picks up the visitors at their hotel, and starts the tour at the doorstep
- This is a walking tour, no private transport is provided
- This tour can adapt to accommodate wheelchair use
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- If you are adult(s) with children younger than 12, they enter for free, so please book just for the number of people over 12 and let us know you are with minors (ps: remember to bring your documents as when requesting free entrances tickets it is mandatory to go through the ticket box office to corroborate the age of the minor attendants) If you prefer just to go directly inside then choose the amount of people so everyone has a paying ticket so we avoid stopping at the ticket box office
- Meeting point hotel: specify your hotel at the time of booking in comments
- Meeting point museum: specify at the booking this option in comments
Location
Prado National Museum
Calle Ruiz de Alarcon 23
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Michael_d
Apr 22, 2024
Prado tour - Enrique was a great guide! He really brought the experience depth and humor. Our understanding of the artwork is much greater having gone on this tour, highly recommended!
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Elena
Dec 11, 2023
It's 100% worth it - Our guide Enrique, apart from mastering the subject a lot, makes you enjoy the experience and transmits his knowledge to you in such a way that he gets you hooked.
Recommended without a doubt
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William_k
Nov 17, 2023
Fantastic tour of the Prado with an expert who gave a historical perspective to that fine art. - Both my partner and I have advanced degrees in art and have taken several art history courses. Our tour guide Sean delivered the highest level of art history experience. He wove art and history together. He picked us up at our hotel and shepherded us seamlessly into the Prado. He was very knowledgable, enthusiastic and interesting. The Prado is a big place but his tour touched on all the highlights. His stories gave a lot of context to those great works of art. A highlight of our visit to Madrid.
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Diegoa626
Nov 11, 2023
Incredible visit to the Prado museum - Excellent all the service provided by Eva.
From the punctuality to pick me up at the hotel to all the explanations of each painting we visited in the museum.
Great experience and context of each painting, made the 3 hours fly by and almost without me realizing it. Without their support it would not have been possible to cover so much history. It was worth every minute and money invested. Congratulations!!!
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Ricardo_c
Oct 30, 2023
Excellent guide for the Prado - Our group had a fantastic experience with our guide Enrique…he was super knowledgeable, charismatic and focused. He provided excellent context for viewing the treasures of the Prado by giving us a background on the development of perspective by Van der Weyden and then symbolism used by Bosch before launching the group into the masters of Italian renaissance and mannerist schools and finally the cream of the crop of brilliant Spanish masters. His discussion of the works of El Greco, Velasquez, Ribera and others was poignant. He covered so much ground and gave us all a more keen appreciation for the development of Spanish art.
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Kathryn_m
Aug 26, 2023
Great tour - Enrique is great. He is so knowledgeable about art history and the Prado. We did a walking tour to the museum and learned a lot of Madrid history.
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Florence_c
Jul 29, 2023
Best tour guide ever! - Our tour guide, Enrique, was waiting for at our hotel in Madrid. The tour began immediately out of the hotel lobby, enroute to the Prado Museum. The Prado is magnificent. I've never seen so many brilliantly glowing works of art. Whomever cleans the paintings deserves 5 stars. Our guide, Enrique's excitement and knowledge about the art was absolutely spellbinding. Paintings we would have walked past with just a glance, were explained, highlighted, and shown from different angles to see hidden gems. When we left, after 3 mesmerizing hours, my husband and I were just as thrilled by the Prado's exquisite art as we were by our wonderful guide Enrique.
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Ashok_g
Jul 4, 2023
Our guide, Eva, was... - Our guide, Eva, was fantastic! She made the paintings come alive. The 3 hours just flew by. We had a teenager in our group and she thought this tour was the highlight of the trip.
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Joanne_l
May 20, 2023
Perfect tour! - Beni was a wonderful guide. She brought the museum to life , gave interesting and valuable insights and was friendly and fun. A family memory for life!
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William_k
Mar 18, 2023
Knowledgeable Guide - Excellent private tour of the Prado Museum. Enrique, our guide, met us at our hotel & as we walked to the museum gave us a mini tour of Madrid. At the museum, he spent quality time with us in explaining the important pieces of the museum. Many times, he suggested we view a piece of art from several angles. We learned a lot.
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