Skip-the-Line Prado Museum Guided Tour

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Explore the masterpieces of Madrid’s Prado Museum on a guided tour and learn about works of art by Bosch, Velázquez, Goya, and Greco. Skip the lines, and admire the interior of Prado's building.

Highlights

Tour the galleries of the Prado Museum with an art-enthusiast guide
Skip the lines and get priority entrance to the Prado Museum
See masterpieces by Velázquez, Goya, Greco
See The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch
Admire Juan de Villanueva 18th-century building and city icon

Description

Meet your guide at the convenient meeting point next to the Prado Museum and enter with your skip-the-line ticket for your guided tour. See the most important paintings throughout the museum and admire great artworks by el Bosco, el Greco, Velazquez, Goya, and Rubens. If the option is selected, the tour will begin with a 1-hour walking tour of the Landscape of Arts and Sciences, also known as Prado Promenade and El Retiro Park. This walk is considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, where culture and nature have been united for more than five centuries. Discover the aim of the original building and why it changed to become one of the most important art galleries in the world. The current exhibition holds more than 1,000 paintings from four different centuries. Let your guide show you around the site and learn about some of the most important works and their backstories. Once your guided tour finishes, you can stay inside the museum for as long as you wish.

Includes

Licensed guide Guided tour Skip-the-line entry and guided tour of Prado Museum 1-hour walking tour around Prado Promenade and El Retiro Park (if option selected)

Important Information

Photography and filming are not permitted inside the exhibitions
It is possible that some of the paintings mentioned in the description are not available for viewing, despite belonging to the permanent collections of the museum
Failure to show up at the established check-in time may entail losing the tour
The tour provider reserves the right to cancel the tour or modify the itinerary due to events being held at the location or due to operational reasons of force majeure
This is a walking tour, please wear appropriate footwear and comfortable clothes