Madrid City Tour Highlights with The Touring Pandas

On this tour:

· Discover the Prado Museum and the Royal Palace in a Madrid Full Day Tour · Save time and money with a Madrid full day tour to discover all the highlights of Spain’s capital · Discover the hidden gems of El Retiro Park and the Spanish masterpieces at the Prado Museum · Explore Madrid’s old town and get a fast-track ticket to visit the Royal Palace

Duration

Approximately 8 hours

Description

If you don’t have much time in Madrid, this is our recommended solution to discover the most amazing highlights of Spain’s capital: with our Madrid Full Day Tour combo, you save time and money!

The tour starts at 10am next to El Retiro Park. This is the starting point to the exploration of an area known as Landscape of Light. This neighborhood was listed in 2021 as UNESCO World Heritage thanks to its unique artistic and cultural assets.

After strolling through El Retiro and spotting highlights like Puerta de Alcalá and the Cibeles fountain, you will get a fast-track ticket to explore the masterpieces of the Prado Museum with your guide, like Velázquez’s Meninas, El Bosco’s Garden of Delights and Goya’s Black Paintings. Next is some free-time to have lunch. Your guide will give you some tips to find good, local food options.

After lunch, you’ll meet your guide again to visit together the old town of Madrid and hear about the Habsburg dynasty, the monarchs that brought splendor to the Spanish capital. At the end of this itinerary, which includes landmarks like Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor and the Almudena Cathedral, you will discover the interior of the Royal Palace of Madrid with a fast track ticket to explore the building at your own pace.

In just one day, you will visit the most spectacular places of Madrid and you will explore the Prado Museum, the old town, and the Royal Palace with a fast-track ticket included. This is a full day tour with tickets included: get ready to enjoy Madrid!

The Prado Museum and the Royal Palace are usually fully booked several days in advance. Book now before all our tickets sell out!

More info

Meeting Point: Plaza de la Independencia. Next to Puerta de Alcalá, at the entrance of El Retiro park. Your guide will be holding a sign with The Touring Pandas logo.

End point: Royal Palace of Madrid. Calle de Bailén, s/n

Included

• Madrid Tour in English, Japanese, Korean or Chinese
• Small Group (up to 12 people)
• El Retiro Park
• Prado Museum fast-track ticket and guided visit
• Madrid old town tour
• Royal Palace of Madrid fast-track ticket

Excluded:

• Guided tour inside the Royal Palace
• Lunch
• Hotel pick-up or drop-off

Itinerary

1. Meeting point: Puerta de Alcalá Our tour starts at the famous Puerta de Alcalá. In the old times, here started the road where Miguel de Cervantes, author of El Quijote and Spain's most important author, was born. This is just one of the anecdotes that you'll learn in this tour through the artistic jewels of Madrid.

2. Plaza de Cibeles Here you'll encounter the majestic Madrid City Hall, and also the soccer Mecca Cibeles fountain, where the fans of Real Madrid celebrate the victories of one of the best football clubs in the world.

3. El Retiro Park The El Retiro Park was built in the early 1600s, and for centuries it was a private park that only Spanish monarchs were allowed to enter. However, Carlos III, one of the most loved and respected kings of Spain's history, made the park public and opened its doors to all the citizens.

4. Prado Museum If you're an art-lover and you like museums, this is probably one of the reasons that brought you to Spain! The Prado Museum is the temple of Spanish art, and this is where its most important masterpieces are kept. Outside the museum, the statues of Velázquez, Goya and Murillo, two of the grandest artists of all time, watch the three museum's doors: don't miss a selfie with each of them!

Your guide will lead you through the rooms and corridors of the museum so you don't miss any of the masterpieces inside this colossal building.

5. Lunch break After the Prado Museum, you will have 2 hours of free time to have lunch. Your guide will give you some tips to find the best options nearby.

6. Meeting point: Puerta del Sol Your guide will be waiting for you to start the second part of the tour next to the El Oso y el Madroño statue, at the Puerta del Sol. This is one of the most famous places of Madrid, where the locals gather to welcome the New Year.

7. Madrid old town From here, you will start exploring the old town of Madrid, also called the Madrid of the Habsburgs, the name of the dynasty that brought the city to its highest splendor.

8. End point: Royal Palace of Madrid If there is a palace in Europe that you can't miss, it is the Royal Palace of Madrid! With more than 3,000 rooms, this is the biggest palace in Europe, twice the size of Buckingham Palace in London!

At the end of the tour, you will receive a fast-track ticket so you can skip the long lines to enter the palace. Your guide will organize everything before the farewell.