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Madrid: Prado Museum Guided Tour

4.3 / 5

260 reviews

Activity provider: Amigo Tours Spain
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    Madrid: Prado Museum Guided Tour

    Activity provider: Amigo Tours Spain

    4.3

    260 reviews

    From US$ 40.13 per person

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    Discover Spain's most important museums: the Prado Museum, conceived as the National Art Gallery. Learn about the museum's history, its artists, their masterpieces and artistic techniques used

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    Duration 1.5 hours
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    Skip the ticket line
    Live tour guide
    Spanish, English, Italian
    Wheelchair accessible
    Private group available

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Explore the National Art Gallery of Spain: the Prado Museum
    • Find out all the secrets of famous paintings like Las Meninas by Velázquez
    • Admire famous masterpieces like El Jardín de las Delicias, by El Bosco
    • Learn about the most important and influential artists of European Art
    • Discover the unique art techniques used by each of painter
    Full description
    The Prado Museum is Madrid’s top cultural attraction and one of the world’s greatest art galleries. Its dazzling display of works by great European masters, such as Velázquez, Goya, and Rubens, among other major Italian and Flemish artists, is housed in an 18th-century Neoclassical building. In the Prado Museum, you will be able to admire a vast art collection from the beginning of the 12th century up to the end of the 20th century. You will discover the most famous masterpieces from European artists like El Bosco, Velazquez, El Greco and Goya, among many others. End this tour understanding of all the artists' aims, lives, and circumstances hidden behind the paintings, as well as the historic moment in which they were created. Learn about Spanish history from an art historian and get a closer look at local culture and Madrid's art scene.
    Includes
    • Entrance to the Prado Museum
    • Professional local guide
    • Guided visit
    • Live commentary in English or Spanish
    • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
    • Additional expenses like tips, souvenirs...

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    Meeting point

    Meet the guide next to the Statue of Velazquez at Paseo del Prado. The statue is located on the side of the Museum. The guide will carry an Amigo Tours sign.

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    Important information

    Not allowed

    • Cameras
    • Luggage or large bags
    • Flash photography
    • Photography inside

    Know before you go

    • The tour may be simultaneously in English and Spanish during the winter months due to low demand
    • Please note that the tour in Prado Museum has a duration of 1.5 hours but the guide requires some extra time to organize the tickets and whispers
    • Photography inside the Prado Museum is not allowed
    • Once the guided visit is over, you can stay at the museum exploring it indepently
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.3 /5

    based on 260 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      4.6/5
    • Value for money
      3.9/5
    • Service
      4.2/5
    • Organization
      4.1/5

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    Helena was fantastic. Fifteen minutes early, supremely knowledgeable and has a passion for the art. Ask her any question about some detail in a piece of art and she has at least three more minutes of information. I could tell when we turned right and had to leave a hallway of art alone to meet our two hour deadline she would have preferred to take us through each piece. A pleasure to learn from her.

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    March 29, 2023

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    The guide, Vilena (may have misspelled her name), handled very well the group of 12, switching between Spanish and English effortlessly. It is so beneficial to start exploring the museum with a guide, and then continue on your own, otherwise it can be overwhelming.

    March 29, 2023

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    The Prado has endlessly long queues but we got in first and had very knowledgeable guides who spoke English fluently and gave comprehensive background history on the paintings viewed. I think it would be quite impossible to cover some of the most famous paintings without a guide.

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