Madrid Tour with Skip-the-Line Royal Palace and Prado Museum

Highlights

  • Skip-the-line tickets to Royal Palace and Prado Museum

  • Guided tour of the Royal Palace and Prado Museum with small group of 15 people or fewer

  • Enjoy a coffee and churros with chocolate

  • Explore the medieval heart of Madrid with an expert

  • Your local expert guides only give tours in English

Summary

See the very best of Madrid on a guided walking tour of the Royal Palace and the Prado Museum. Visit the city’s historic neighborhoods and stop for churros and chocolate along the way. 

Tour info

Duration
5 hours
Group Size
15
Pricing (From)
Adult (15+): (15-99 years)
€94.00
Child (2-14): (2-14 years)
€84.00
Infant (0-1): (0-1 years)
€0.00
Commentary
English
Meeting Point

Plaza Isabel II , Madrid, 28013 , ES

Dropoff location

Prado Museum, Madrid, ES

Why take this tour?

This half-day tour of the highlights of central Madrid takes you to two places on every traveler’s Madrid bucket list: the Royal Palace and Prado Museum. You’ll start with a guided visit to the Royal Palace. Then you’ll stroll through Madrid’s historic neighborhoods and enjoy a coffee and churros with chocolate. End with a guided highlights tour of the Prado Museum featuring Velazquez’s world-famous painting, “Las Meninas.” 

Madrid is packed with art, architecture and culture, and on this half day tour, you’ll experience the best of it with an expert local guide. Your day starts when you skip the line and enter the heart-stopping Royal Palace to explore an incredible collection of paintings and textiles in each room. On your guided visit of the world's largest in-use royal palace, you'll see the palace's impressive chapel, the king's and queen's dressing rooms, the throne room—where bureaucrats are still received by the king and queen today—and more.
 
Leaving the palace, you’ll walk the medieval streets of central Madrid, stopping at famous landmarks like the Plaza Mayor and the Puerta del Sol as your guide tells your story of how the city went from an outpost of a crumbling Moorish empire to the preeminent Catholic power in Europe. Next,  you’ll pause for coffee and churros with chocolate.
 
After this mid-morning snack, you’ll be ready to continue exploring the streets of Madrid as you stroll towards the Prado art museum, home to one of the greatest collections of European art in the world. You’ll enter with skip-the-line tickets and enjoy a full tour of the museum’s highlights, including works by Goya, Velazquez, El Greco, Bosch, Tintoretto and more. Your guide will tell you the stories behind the art and help you understand what makes each piece so celebrated.  
 
Your tour ends in the museum. You can either spend more time enjoying the art or get recommendations for what to see, do and eat from your guide before heading off, safe in the knowledge that you have experienced the very best of the city in a single day.

Sites Visited: 
  • Palacio Real (guided inside) 
    Prado Museum (guided inside) 
    Plaza de la Villa 
    Plaza Mayor 
    Puerta del Sol 
    Literary Quarter 

What’s included?

  • Skip-the-line tickets and guided tour of Madrid Royal Palace

  • Skip-the-line tickets and guided tour of Prado Museum

  • Coffee with churros and chocolate

  • Local English-speaking guide

  • Expertly guided walking tour

  • Hotel Pick-Up / Drop-Off

  • Gratuities

Things to know

Before you book

  • Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate guests with mobility impairments, wheelchairs or strollers on this tour.

  • Sites on this tour are subject to occasional closures. If modifications are needed and time permits, we will reach out to you prior to your tour.

  • Walks comply with all local government regulations. You may need to wear a mask or provide proof of vaccination to enter certain venues. Please refer to Madrid government guidelines for the most up to date information

Before you go

  • Please note that the tour meeting time is 15 minutes prior to the start time. No refunds or re-bookings can be provided for late arrivals or no shows after tour commencement or departure.

  • Please note that guests may only carry small handbags inside Palacio Real. Larger backpacks, umbrellas and sharp items, etc. must be left at the cloakroom. It is the responsibility of the guest to return to the entrance to collect these after the tour part.

  • Photography is not permitted in most interior rooms of the Palacio Real and in Prado Museum.

  • Please ensure that all members of your party have a valid ID on them on the day of the visit. This is particularly important for guests who have qualified for child reduction.

  • Comfortable walking shoes recommended.

  • Walks comply with all local government regulations. You may need to wear a mask or provide proof of vaccination to enter certain venues. Please refer to Madrid government guidelines for the most up to date information

  • Please note drinks and food are not allowed inside the Prado Museum.

  • Please note that guests may only carry small handbags inside Prado Museum. Larger backpacks, umbrellas and sharp items, etc. must be left at the cloakroom. It is the responsibility of the guest to return to the entrance to collect these after the tour part.

Covid Policy

  • Face masks required for travelers in public areas
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas

Cancellation Policy

    Cancellations received greater than 24 hours prior to tour commencement are fully refundable. Cancellations received within 24 hours of tour commencement are nonrefundable. Amendment requests are subject to availability and price changes. Late arrivals and no shows are nonrefundable. This is applicable to any tour participant that fails to arrive, or arrives after tour departure.

Redemption information

    Mobile tickets will be accepted


    Your voucher will be collected or scanned on redemption

About operator:

Walks (takewalks.com, walksofitaly.com) began over a decade ago (2008, to be exact) in Rome, Italy. We quickly became the premier walking tour company in 7 countries - Italy, Spain, France, the UK, Greece, and Portugal. Our US cities include San Francisco, NYC, Boston, Chicago, and New Orleans.

In 2021, we joined The Hornblower Group (cityexperiences.com) expanding our reach and working alongside this powerhouse travel brand.

Our tour products vary but predominantly we #takewalks, exploring the world by foot - we believe, the best way to get into the heart of a city and its incredible people. From introductory strolls to food tours, day trips, cooking classes, and below the surface, in-depth tours, we have our hand in everything a traveler could want. Oh, and we also like to give our clients exclusive access to the biggest attractions in the world...

Despite the big changes in our brand over the years, our focus has remained simple - to relentlessly create tours with the client experience at the forefront and anchored upon the dedicated, intelligent, and above all, passionate local guides who want to share their cities with you.

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