Museum Tour: Explore Art from Velázquez to Goya

Explore royal tapestries, sculptures, and paintings with an expert guide. Discover 650 works spanning court life and artistic jewels from the Catholic Monarchs to the Bourbons.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Galeria de las Colecciones Reales - Enjoy more than 650 works of art belonging to the Royal Collections from the Catholic Monarchs to the Bourbon Dynasty. You will tour three floors accompanied by an official guide who is an expert in art and history and the most notable works, such as tapestries made with gilded silver in Belgium, paintings by Coxie, Caravaggio, Diego de Veláquez or Goya. You will enjoy a walk through time, immersing yourself in Spanish culture and learning about the history of the Royal Monastery Foundations, Royal factories for supplying the decoration of different palaces, such as clocks, porcelain or tapestries.
What's Included
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
  • Tip
Additional Information

Enjoy a guided tour of the most outstanding works of the spectacular museum, such as: tapestries made in Belgium, sculptures, armor, paintings made by Diego de Velázquez, Caravaggio or Francisco de Goya. Discover part of the National Heritage collection with 650 works exhibited on three floors, passing through the different areas of court life and artistic jewels from the Catholic Monarchs to the Bourbons. You will be accompanied by an official guide expert in art and history.

Location
Galería de las Colecciones Reales
Calle de Bailén
The guide will wait for you at the door of Galerías de la Colecciones with a Madrid Routes identification sign.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Wyxssa
Aug 5, 2024
Royal treasures - The gallery is a real showcase of the treasures accumulated by the kings and queens of Spain over the centuries. The permanent collection houses a variety of artworks ranging from painting and sculpture to decorative objects, tapestries and precious pieces of furniture. Each section highlights the evolution of artistic taste and cultural influences. Interactive presentations and explanatory panels provide historical context and provide a better understanding of the works on display.
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Araceli_l
Mar 12, 2024
Wonderful!! - To visit the Royal Palace and the Royal collection together was extraordinary! Amaya our guide was very knowledgeable and thought us all about the Spanish dynasties!
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Fjg555
Feb 29, 2024
Very good - Thanks to our guide Javier, who with his friendliness and great knowledge transmitted to us in an entertaining way the different pieces that the kings used. We toured the collections from the Catholic Monarchs to the Bourbon dynasty. Fantastic.
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C1294vs
Feb 29, 2024
Very interesting! - Large collection of works of art that are seen in a very enjoyable and educational tour. The building is incredible, you walk through several different floors between the Austrian and Bourbon dynasties.
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Bjf21919771265
Feb 24, 2024
Excellent - Very good tour, excellent guide, helpful and friendly. Without a doubt it is a visit that you cannot do when you visit Madrid, you tour different floors getting to know the different areas of various reigns and different decorations for the palaces, it is a luxury! In the end we were able to visit the collection of floats, impressive!
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Escape23324141870
Feb 16, 2024
Fantastic tour - Fantastic tour, very well explained by our guide who surprised us with such mastery explaining the works. The building is impressive, without a doubt highly recommended to visit it.
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Chiaraps171tg
Aug 18, 2024
To see after the Royal Palace - If you have visited the Royal Palace, Recommendation to also visit the galleries in front (you can buy the cumulative ticket). Recently inaugurated, they are located in a very modern structure and contain some objects that were in the palace, owned by the Habsburgs and Bourbons. There are carriages, clothes, provisions, even a Caravaggio! It 'a mini museum a bit 'special, but I think it deserves to take a look while you are in the area.
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Cianfry
Feb 27, 2024
500 years of history - Very rich collection, with perfect teaching aids that reconstruct the history of the Habsburg and Bourbon dynasties and their palaces.
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Pablohu2000
Aug 26, 2024
Uneducated staff - We entered free of charge from 18.00 on Recommendation of the officials, which we were grateful for, but what was our surprise to see that the security employees treated us as stink when commenting between them that fence gentuza had entered free. We were puzzled by the security guard. My Recommendation is that they do not offer these offers if then the staff is not up to scratch, which by the way could have the lowest radios and not full stop at the exhibition The exhibition we loved, we enjoyed a lot, for putting a but I would put the posters a little better lit, because it was difficult to read any of them. What is the exhibition deserves a lot to see, despite the staff who are overwhelmed when they have a little more work.
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