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Prado Museum Madrid: Skip-the-Line Semi-Private Experience in Spain's Louvre Equivalent
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31 Ratings
Madrid
Discover the wonders of the Prado Museum in Madrid with a skip-the-line semi-private guided tour. Explore Europe's most famous artists and immerse yourself in art and history.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Prado National Museum - Housed in an 18th century neoclassical building, the Prado Museum displays thousands of works from its vast collection, spanning the 1200s to the 1900s. Some of the stand-out pieces include “Las Meninas” (The Maids of Honor), an inventive self-portrait by Spanish-born Velázquez, and “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” a triptych from Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. You’ll wander its hall as your expert guided reveals the stories and secrets behind works by Goya, Fra Angelico, El Greco, Rembrandt, and others. Explore the largest collection of Italian masterpieces outside of Italy in addition to a fine selection of prints and sculptures. Whatever you do, don’t leave Madrid without experiencing all of the entrancing works that the Prado has to offer.
What's Included
- 2.5-hour tour duration
- All entrance fees included
- Semi-private museum tour experience
- Expert professional tour guide
- Small group size, max 8 guests
What's Not Included
- Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
- Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
- Tour is NOT available for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
- Temporary exhibitions NOT included
Additional Information
A rival to the Louvre, the Prado Museum in Spain showcases splendorous artworks and historical treasures. Engage in a 2.5-hour semi-private guided museum tour, where you can view its magnificent collection filled with renowned European artists. As one of the world’s most frequented destinations, no trip to Madrid can be considered complete without a visit to the Prado. With the assistance of your vibrant guide, the museum’s most celebrated art pieces will come vividly to life during your visit.
- It is imperative that you provide us with guests MOBILE PHONE NUMBER (including country code)
- A maximum of 8 people per tour allowed
- Minimum numbers apply. This tour will not run without a minimum of 2 guests to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund.
- Notes: The Prado Museum might be subjected to occasional closures or delayed opening or special event limiting access to our tour. When this occurs, we will provide guests with a reschedule option, or appropriate alternative. There is a link provided to verify beforehand the exceptional closing days online. In these cases we are unable to provide refunds or discounts. Appropriate dress is required for entry into some sites on this tour. Due to increased security measures at many attractions some lines may form on tours with ‘Skip the Line’ access.
Location
Museo Nacional del Prado
Calle de Ruiz de Alarcón
Meet your guide by the Goya statue at the main entrance, outside of the museum Prado museum. You’ll be standing in front of the main entrance at Calle de Felipe IV. The statue is situated right across this main entrance outside of the museum.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(31 Ratings)
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830carylb
May 26, 2024
Wonderful guide - Almu was a wonderful and engaging guide! We learned so much from her about the art and the history of Madrid as well. Thank you!
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Laura_t
Apr 24, 2024
Wonderful guide for Prado - Knowledgable, answered our questions, great insight on the masterpieces and artists. Highly recommend our guide, Jaime.
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Emilymc7398yg
Mar 5, 2024
Prado with David, Excellent!!! - David was such a wonderful, friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable tour guide. He has super useful reference book about the history of Madrid and of different paintings. We appreciated his passion for the art at Museo del Prado and we learned a lot from him! Thank you David!!!
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Eyequackess
Feb 27, 2024
Excellent introduction to Spanish Art - Our guide Ana was an arts graduate and qualified local guide whose enthusiasm and knowledge of the museum and the paintings made a most enjoyable and informative visit. She concentrated on the Spanish art but was flexible when we wanted to linger over certain subjects. Well worth the expense, a top class way to spend a morning at the Prado. Thank you!
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Matthew_m
Nov 6, 2023
Awesome and informative! - Beatriz was phenomenal! She was a history teacher and knew tons of great facts. Fun. Highly recommend.
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Debra_h
Oct 6, 2023
First trip to the Prado - David was an excellent tour guide. He explained the paintings in relation to history, schools of art, and previous painters.. An afternoon at the Prado is only an introduction!
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Maryann_b
Sep 26, 2023
Excellent - Beautiful museum. Our guide Andrea was fantastic. She explained everything explicitly. Made the museum come alive.
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369terriec
Sep 13, 2023
A lesson in the beautiful art in the Prado - We had a FABULOUS guide, Enrique, for our tour of the Prado. He provided information on the history of the museum, the art collections, artists, as well as the actual art itself. We spent quality time understanding the history and techniques of the artists, understanding the paintings, and seeing things that to a typical tourist seeing the painting for the first time would miss.
My husband and I both appreciated all of the information that he provided to us, as well as the care and attention to detail that he imparted.
We left the museum with a deep appreciation for the art we saw today.
I highly recommend our guide. It was a pleasure to learn so much from him today.
We have visited many other museums across Europe and have never had such a fabulous guide as we did today. Thank you again Enrique!
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Caitlin_t
Sep 4, 2023
Amazing! - Andrea made this our best museum experience ever! She was in touch ahead of the tour to make sure we found her easily and the skip the line feature is wonderful. Her knowledge and enthusiasm about the artwork and how it relates to Spanish culture was astounding. She is kind and lovely. We would 1000% recommend this experience to others!!!
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Q4950kdjamess
Jul 22, 2023
Highly recommended guide and museum. - My son and I booked a semi-private tour for a Saturday at 11am. We had the good-fortune of being alone on the tour with our guide Isabel for the 2.5 hours. She did a wonderful job taking us in depth into details both historical and technical regarding a number of very famous, and some lesser famous but worthy paintings. She has great depth of knowledge and adjusted the tour content as our interests became more apparent through our questions - and even guided us past the end of the tour toward some works that were relevant to our extended interests. The Prado itself is tremendous and much less crowded than I expected for a Saturday. You would need several days to fully tour it all.
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