Prado Museum Guided 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: 1 day learn more
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, 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
What's Not Included
  • 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 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.

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854dariah
Aug 22, 2024
A worthwhile experience - The visit was the whole experience. I learned a lot on the tour. The Guide knows how to talk about art to pass on to us tourists. I really liked it.
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451annemiekeg
Aug 15, 2024
Well done Miguel - Guide knew a lot, told it in a pleasant way. We've heard a lot of new things. Old masters are fun.
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Nomad480083
Aug 11, 2024
The Prado in summer 2024 - Liza was very knowledgeable and her stories very engaging. The am an artist and know a lot . She told me things I didn’t know
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L3407ocmatthewh
Aug 5, 2024
An excellent tour - An excellent informative tour from Ayla. Really interesting background to all of the paintings covered. Ayla was very engaging and answered all of our questions.
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C3005xomariam
Jul 31, 2024
Guided tour of the meadow museum - The visit has been very complete, interesting and dynamic. We have visited the main works of the museum and the guide has explained everything very well.
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Om_tharakan
Jul 29, 2024
Fun and Informative tour with Anna Christina - Anna Christina was a very knowledgeable, nice and funny tour guide. She really knew her stuff and delved into a LOT of paintings - and helped us understand all those small symbols and details that one wouldn’t be able to recognize even with an oridinary guide! But with her, an experienced guide, we were able to soak in the museum in all its grandeur. Highly recommend this guide and agency - you won’t regret it!
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51laial
Jul 24, 2024
Miguel Guide and our experience - It was very good, it was short and we missed 2 things. Our Guide Miguel has been a 10. I wish I could have seen everything with the incredible explanations about the history of each painting.
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Genaro
Jul 13, 2024
Good tour of the best known works - Good tour if you want to see the most important pictures without wasting time in zig-zag, our Guide Miguel has been attentive and pleasant
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Lisa_g
Jul 12, 2024
Great tour - Our guide was friendly & knowledgable, you could tell she loved her job. She was able to explain things so even a non-art history person could understand and appreciate the works.
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631airamg
Aug 6, 2024
Palace and Museum - The Guide with the people was great, but what I didn’t like was that since I went to the Royal Palace and the Prado museum when I got to the Prado museum good before I arrived I was told that I had to return from the Prado museum to my house on my own then that was something I didn’t like because I don’t really know the city I don’t know which metro lines to take or which bus then if I got lost I had to ask a lot about the city and it only included the transport from the palace to the museum and I feel that you must at least return us to the palace or the meeting point
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