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Madrid Royal Palace Tour: Skip-the-Line Entry with Guide and Tickets Included

4.4

71 Ratings

Madrid

Experience the grandeur of Madrid's Royal Palace with a skip-the-line tour. Explore the largest royal palace in western Europe, admire its art collections, and uncover its fascinating history with a certified guide.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Monument to Felipe IV - Our professional guide will meet you at the Monument to Felipe IV in order to organize the group and provide devices to hear the guide clearly.
Royal Palace of Madrid - You will enter skipping the queue to the Royal Palace of Madrid, the largest in western europe, and the guide will explain to you all the history and secrets of this impressive palace.

What's Included

Guided tour into the monument
Professional guide
Headsets to hear the guide clearly
Preferent access tickets

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

Madrid’s Royal Palace is a must-see destination brimming with beauty and culture. Join us and allow our professional guide to accompany you on a memorable tour that will leave you enchanted.

Covering an impressive 199,000 m² and boasting over 3,478 rooms, the palace is the largest of its kind in Western Europe. King Filipe V commissioned its construction on the grounds of the former Royal Alcazar, which succumbed to a fire in 1734.

Bypass the waiting lines to explore the grandeur of Western Europe’s most extensive royal palace and discover its collection of majestic paintings, statues, and upholstery. You’ll also be shown the musical instrument collection, featuring the distinct Palatine Stradivarius, a unique set owned by the National Heritage. With Spain being the birthplace of many renowned global artists, the palace’s state rooms and art collections are open to the public for appreciation.

Your guide is equipped to share captivating tales and secrets of the palace’s rich history in an engaging and awe-inspiring manner.

Not recommended for people with serious medical conditions

Location

Pl. de España, 9

Plaza de España

Naturanda Tourist Office

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

4.4

(71 Ratings)

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Diane

May 21, 2024

Enjoyable tour - This was a wonderful tour. I especially liked that it was a small group and that it started on time. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and made sure that we had good views of all the sites, even with the crowds. We did originally schedule a 9:35 am tour, it was changed to 3:00pm. Which actually worked out fine for us. The earpieces provided to listen, could have been better.

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Jo_k

May 11, 2024

Beautiful monument - It’s a beautiful monument and well worth visiting. Interesting because it is a palace that is still in use for high level functions and visits. The opulence is amazing.

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Steven_v

May 10, 2024

So much history - The banquet hall the royal bedrooms the art the violins. The overweling opulance. It was one room after the other each more beautiful.

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Schmunoz

Apr 4, 2024

Professional and enjoyable. - Excellent service from the company, understanding of a problem that had forced us to postpone the agreed date to another day. Professional and pleasant guide. Highly recommended visit.

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Alex_w

Apr 25, 2024

Beautiful palace - Good your and beautiful palace. Palace was packed so would have been nice for your guide to speak louder and more clear. Also would have been nice to have her hold some sort of indicator to show where she is. But all in all, good tour!

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David_e

Apr 12, 2024

Royal Palace Tour - This was one of the best ways to see the royal palace. Our tour guide was great and full of detailed knowledge about the palace. It was very cool to see inside and well worth the wait to get it. Just be warned that you may be waiting a little bit to get through security into the palace!

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Sharon_g

Apr 19, 2024

Royal palace skip the line disappointment - I’ve used Viator before in numerous locations. I found this tour had too many people in the group. Also there was no skip the line, as it took about 1 hour from the time of check in to the time we finally started touring inside. Waiting to get started, in a line for security, then waiting for storage and by then bathroom break and still had not started touring. Found the palace in need of maintenance (cleaning). Been to other palaces and this was not my favorite.

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Alan_c

May 24, 2024

Not a good experience - We got a WhatsApp message 5 days before to change the time of our tour. We messaged the provider 3 times about the change but no response - we had to get Viator to follow up. On the day, we were supposed to leave at 9.45am but with waiting for late arrivals (over 25 minutes), queuing to get in and then waiting for people to drop off rucksacks, it was. 10.45am before the tour started. Our group must have had 40 people, far too many. By this stage the palace was very busy and you could barely see the rooms. The tour felt rushed as most of the group were going on a walking tour afterwards then to the Prado - Palace tour lasted just over an hour. This is not what we expected and we were very disappointed. Would not recommend this tour. We booked for a single tour but this was 3 tours one after the other.

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Evelina_e

Apr 23, 2024

Horrible - I waited for guide for about a hour at the group enterance. The guide was rude and didn’t know what she was doing or what she was talking about. She screamed at me for trying to get on the line that was for “skip the line.” I tried to explain that we have “skip the line tickets.” That we had tickets for 10:15 am that point it was 11:15 am but Laura instead of trying to get into the palace was screaming at me and my mother in front of my child. She screamed in front of the guards. The guard saw me waiting for almost an hour and was ready to let the whole group in. But she forced us to go to the back of the line. Some people left. We all complained to the contact that contacted us prior to event . Laura ruined everything! I want my money back!

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