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Madrid

Sightseeing, Attractions, Around Madrid

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CITY TOURS in Madrid

MADRID VISION (sightseeing by bus) - Hop on hop off

Tickets: 16 EUR/adult/1 day, 7,5 EUR/child/1 day, 19 EUR/adult/2 days, 10 EUR/child/2 days

Schedule: January-March and October-December 10:00-19:00, April-June 10:00-21:00, July-September 9:30-24:00

Frequency: summer 10 minutes, winter 25 minutes

Stops: different routes

Historical Madrid: Teatro Real - Palacio Real - Puerta de Toledo - San Francisco El Grande - Catedral de la Almudena - Plaza Mayor - Puerta del Sol - Círculo de Bellas Artes - Museo Thyssen - Centro de Arte Reina Sofía - Jardín Botánico - Museo del Prado - Puerta de Alcalá - Barrio de Salamanca - Plaza de Colón - Plaza de Cibeles - Gran Vía - Plaza de Espana - Templo de Debod

Modern Madrid: Paseo del Prado - Plaza de Cibeles - Plaza de Colón - Museo de Esculturas - Museo de CC. Naturales - Nuevos Ministerios - Estadio Santiago Bernabé - C. Superior Investigaciones Científicas - Museo Lázaro Galdiano - C. Comercial ABC Serrano - Museo Arqueológico - Puerta de Alcalá - Alcalá - Las Cortes

Language: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Portugese

 

CITYTOUR BY BIKE

Route: Convento de las Descalzas Reales - Teatro Real - Plaza de la Villa - Plaza Mayor - Puerta del Sol - Cas de Lopez Vega - Casa de Cervantes - Paseo del Prado - Prado - Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza - Retiro park - Puerta de Alcala - Plaza de Cibeles - Real Academia de Bellas Artes - Palacio Real

Price: 22 EUR/person

Schedule: March-November 11:00

 

RENT A BIKE IN MADRID

Rates: 4 EUR/1 hour, 6 EUR/2 hours, 8 EUR/4 hours, 12 EUR/4-8 hours, 15 EUR/day, 50 EUR/week

 

CITYTOUR BY WALK

Themes: Royal Palace, Bourbon Dynasty, Art, Solemn, Retiro park etc.

 

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ATTRACTIONS in Madrid

PALACIO REAL

Opening hours: 

Royal Palace, Royal Armoury - April-September, Monday-Saturday 9:00-18:00, Sunday and public holidays 9:00-15:00, October-March, Monday-Saturday 9:30-17:00, Sunday and public holidays 9:00-14:00

Garden - April-September, Monday-Saturday 10:00-20:00, Sunday and public holidays 9:00-20:00, October-March, Monday-Saturday 10:00-18:00, Sunday and public holidays 9:00-18:00

Tickets: 8 EUR/adult, 6 EUR/child

Getting there: Metro - Opera, or Plaza de Espana

The Palacio Real de Madrid is the official residence of the King of Spain in the city of Madrid and it is only used for State Ceremonies. With an area of 135000 m2, it is the biggest palace in Europe. Of particular note among its numerous rooms are the Royal Guards' Room, the Columns Room, the Hall of Mirrors and King Charles III’s room, amongst others. It also contains paintings by Velázquez, Goya, Rubens, El Greco and Caravaggio.

 

MUSEO NACIONAL DEL PRADO

Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00-20:00, Sunday and holidays 10:00-19:00

(last admission 30 minutes before closing, the galleries are cleared 10 minutes before closing)

Tickets: 12 EUR/adult, children free up to 18 years

Admission + official guide: 22 EUR/adult

(This ticket allows the holder to visit the museum collection and temporary exhibitions on the same day)

Audio guide (English, Spanish, French, Italian, German): 3,5 EUR

Getting there: Metro - Banco de Espana or Atocha

The Museo del Prado is a museum and art gallery that features one of the world's finest collections of European art, from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection. Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture, it also contains important collections of more than 5,000 drawings, 2,000 prints, 1,000 coins and medals, and almost 2,000 decorative objects and works of art. In response to the size of its collections and the problem of choosing what to see in the Museum, the Prado has organised three routes (more info...) for visitors that focus on its masterpieces.


MUSEO THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA

Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-19:00, Monday closed

(last admission 30 minutes before closing)

Tickets:

Thyssen-Bornemisza: 6 EUR/adult, children free up to 12 years

1914 exhibition: 6 EUR/adult, children free up to 12 years

Free entrance Tuesday-Sunday 18:00-20:00, Sunday 17:00-20:00.

Audio guide (English, Spanish, French, Italian, German): 4 EUR

Getting there: Metro - Banco de Espana

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum offers visitors an overview of art from the 13th century to the late 20th century. In the nearly one thousand works on display, visitors can contemplate the major periods and pictorial schools of western art such as the Renaissance, Mannerism, the Baroque, Rococo, Romanticism and the art of the 19th and 20th centuries up to Pop Art. The museum also features works from some movements not represented in state-owned collections, such as Impressionism, Fauvism, German Expressionism and the experimental avant-garde movements of the early 20th century. In addition, it boasts an important collection of 19th-century American painting not found in any other European museum institutions.

 

MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFIA

Opening hours: Monday and Wednesday-Saturday 10:00-21:00, Sunday 10:00-14:30, Tuesday closed (last admission 15 minutes before closing)

Tickets: 6 EUR/adult, children free up to 18 years

Free entrance Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 19:00-21:00

Getting there: Metro - Atocha

Spain's national museum of 20th century art is mainly dedicated to Spanish art. The highlights include excellent collections of Spain's two greatest 20th century masters, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. Certainly the most famous masterpiece in the museum is Picasso's great painting Guernica. The museum also hosts a free-access library specializing in art, with a collection of over 100,000 books, over 3,500 sound recordings and almost 1,000 videos.

 

REAL FÁBRICA DE TAPICES

Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10:00-14:00 (tours in every 45 minutes), closed in August

Tickets: 3,5 EUR/person

Getting there: Metro - Menéndez Pelayo

The Real Fabrica de Tapices is the only living museum in Madrid (1721-2003). This building, which was declared of Industrial Heritage, houses a collection of 18th, 19th and 20th century tapestries, carpets and paintings. The tapestry collection based on sketches by Goya is noteworthy. Visitors can watch the work of its craftsmen and women in the museum workshops.

 

SANTIAGO BERNABEU STADIUM (Real Madrid Stadium)

Opening hours: Monday-Saturday  10:00-19:30, Sunday 10:30-18:30

(closing 2 hours before match)

Tickets: 15 EUR/adult, 10 EUR/child

Getting there: Metro - Estación Santiago Bernabéu

All the hidden corners and legendary places can be visited during the Stadium Tour: Trophy room, the pitch, presidential balcony, players' tunnel, benches and coaching area, dressing rooms, press room. At the end of the tour the shop offers a wide variety of official merchandise where you are sure to find the ideal souvenir to commemorate your visit.

 

FLAMENCO SHOW

 

CORRAL DE LA MORERIA

Show: 22:00, 24:00

Tickets: online table reservation

Show + Dinner: 43-99 EUR/person (depending on menu)

Getting there: Metro - Opera

 

TABLAO LAS CARBONERAS

Show: Monday-Friday 21:00, 22:30, Saturday-Sunday 20:30, 23:00

Tickets:

Show + Dinner: 60 EUR/person

Getting there: Metro - La Latina or Opera

 

CAFE DE CHINITAS

Show: Monday-Saturday 21:30, 1:30

Tickets: online table reservation

Show + Dinner: 65 EUR/person

Getting there: Metro - Santo Domingo

 

CORRAL DE LA PACHECA

Show: 22:30

Tickets: online table reservation

Show + Dinner: 75 EUR/person

Getting there: Metro - Cuzco

 

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AROUND MADRID

TOLEDO

Getting there: AVE Train from Estación de Atocha station to Toeldo - 70 km, 30 minutes - 18 EUR/return

 

CATEDRAL DE TOLEDO

Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 10:30-18:00, Sunday 14:00-18:30

Tickets: 7 EUR/adult

Getting there: walking from the train station

Toledo Cathedral in Toledo, Spain, is ranked among the greatest Gothic structures in Europe. Inside, the cathedral contains important masterpieces including a spectacular baroque high altar and two paintings by El Greco.

 

IGLESIA DE SANTO TOMÉ

Opening hours: March-15 October, 10:00-18:45, 15 October-February 10:00-17:45

Tickets: 2,3 EUR/adult

Audio guide: 4 EUR

Getting there: walking from the train station

Dating from the 14th century and featuring a fine Mudéjar tower, Santo Tomé in Toledo is best known for housing El Greco's most famous painting, The Burial of Count Orgaz.

EL ESCORIAL

Getting there: Train "C8" from Estación de Atocha station to El Escorial - 45 km, 1 hour - 6,55 EUR/return

 

REAL MONASTERIO DE SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL

Opening hours: 

Royal Monastery and Royal Palace: October-March, Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-17:00, April-September, Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-18:00, Monday closed

Garden: October-March, Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-18:00, April-September,

Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-19:00, Monday closed

Tickets:

Royal Monastery + Royal Palace: 8 EUR/person

Bourbon aparments: 3,6 EUR/person

Combined ticket (El Escorial + Valle de los Caídos): 11 EUR/person

Getting there: walking from the train station and Funicular - 1,5 EUR oneway, 2,5 EUR return

Named a World Heritage Site, the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial was the political centre of Philip II's empire. The complex comprises the Royal Palace, a monastery for monks, a magnificent library, and a large basilica with cenotaphs of the king himself and his father, Charles I. Almost all the kings of Spain are buried in the Kings' Pantheon. It conserves an important collection of paintings by Van der Weyden, el Greco, Tintoretto, Veronés and Velázquez.

 

VALLE DE LOS CAÍDOS (Valley of the Fallen)

Opening hours: 10:00-16:30/17:30

Tickets: 5 EUR/person

Combined ticket (El Escorial + Valle de los Caídos): 11 EUR/person

Getting there: from El Escorial (Plaza de la Virgen de Gracia) Bus Nr. 660 to Valle de Cuelgamuros

The Valle de los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen) is a monumental memorial in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, erected at Cuelgamuros Valley in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid, conceived by Spanish dictator Francisco Franco to honor those who fell during the Spanish Civil War.

ARANJUEZ

Getting there: Train "C3" from Estación de Atocha station to Aranjuez - 47 km, 1 hour - 6,55 EUR/return

 

PALACIO REAL DE ARANJUEZ

Opening hours: 

Garden: October-March, Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-18:30/19:30, April-September,

Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-20:30/21:30, Monday closed

Tickets: 5 EUR/adult, 2,5 EUR/child

Free entrance for EU citizens every Wednesday.

Getting there: walking from the train station

The Palacio Real de Aranjuez is a residence of the King of Spain. The huge gardens of palace, built to relieve its royal residents from the dust and drought of the Spanish meseta using the waters of the adjacent Tagus and Jarama rivers, are Spain's most important of the Habsburg period. The rooms of the palace are decorated and furnished in a style befitting the rank of its occupants, with valuable tapestries, furniture, porcelain, clocks, pictures and objets d'art. Particularly notable features are the magnificent staircase designed by Giacomo Bonavia, the Chapel Royal (by Sabatini), the velvet-clad Throne Room and above all the Porcelain Room.

SEGOVIA

Getting there: Train from Estación de Atocha station to Segovia - 90 km, 1 hour - 18 EUR/return

 

AQUEDUCT

The Aqueduct of Segovia is one of the most significant and best-preserved monuments left by the Romans on the Iberian Peninsula. The aqueduct was built at the end of the 1st century AD without the use of mortar or cement, at a time when the Roman Empire was at its largest extent and covered most of the then discovered world. The aqueduct is 813 meters long and raises to a maximum height of 28,5 meters above the Plaza del Azoguejo. It is made of granite rocks and consists of 166 arches and 120 pillars arranged in two levels.

 

ALCAZAR DE SEGOVIA

Opening hours: April-September 10:00-19:00, October-March 10:00-18:00

Tickets:

Alcazar: 4 EUR/adult, 3 EUR/child

Tower of Juan II: 2 EUR/person

Free entrance for EU citizens 3rd Tuesday of every month.

Getting there: Bus Nr. 8 from train station

The Alcázar of Segovia is a stone fortification, located in the old city of Segovia. Rising out on a rocky crag above the confluence of the rivers Eresma and Clamores near the Guadarrama mountains, it is one of the most distinctive castle-palaces in Spain by virtue of its shape - like the bow of a ship. The Alcázar was originally built as a fortress but has served as a royal palace, a state prison, a Royal Artillery College and a military academy since then.

 

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