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Madrid: Thyssen Museum Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Entry

1. Madrid: Thyssen Museum Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Entry

Do a tour of Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and see works by some of the world’s most famous artists. Meet your guide near the museum, and follow them inside without having to stand in line. Stroll around the museum and learn about the history of European painting from over 1000 pieces of art. Begin by meeting your guide and your group at a Starbucks near the museum. Make your way over to the museum, and enjoy the luxury of skipping the line and entering straight away. Listen to your guide explain the history and meaning behind this collection of masterpieces.  Learn about styles, periods, and ideas that cross Western painting over centuries. Better understand landscape and genre painting, especially frequent themes of the Dutch school of the 17th century and the American school of the 19th century. See works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, and more.

Madrid: Big Bus Panoramic Day Tour with Live Guide

2. Madrid: Big Bus Panoramic Day Tour with Live Guide

Experience the electric energy and vibrant culture of Madrid like never before! Immerse yourself in the rich history of this stunning city with an open-top panoramic sightseeing bus tour. Relax and let our expert live guide show you the top sights including the Royal Palace, Biblioteca Nacional, Puerta de Alcalá and many more. We’ll take you through the heart of Madrid, visiting iconic cultural spots like the Prado, Reina Sofia, and Thyssen-Bornemisza museums. Stroll through lush parks like the Reales Jardines botánicos and Parque de Atenas, and feast your eyes on the city's most beautiful buildings such as Palacio de Cibeles, Estación de Atocha, Edificio Metrópolis, and Catedral de la Almudena. With our immersive, al-fresco experience, you'll feel the warm Spanish sun on your skin and enjoy the city's buzzing atmosphere like never before. Our open-top buses feature a sun-shade that can be extended across the top deck during hot weather, so you stay cool and comfortable while basking in the beauty of Madrid. Listen to your professional guide's commentary, offered in both English and Spanish, and learn about Madrid's rich history and cultural importance. With 11 daily departures from Stop #1 (Fuento Neptuno), there has never been an easier way to discover Madrid's beauty and charm. Hop on our Blue Route during the day, or take in the illuminated city on our Night Tour. Madrid awaits you – let Big Bus Madrid take you on an unforgettable adventure through the heart of one of Europe's most vibrant and beautiful cities!

Madrid: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Ticket and Guided Tour

3. Madrid: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Ticket and Guided Tour

Enjoy a guided visit to one of Madrid’s most popular attractions, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Explore the museum with your guide and marvel at the extensive collection of paintings. The gallery houses artworks from the 13th to the 20th century, and includes works from every Western art movement during this period. See and learn about works from iconic artists including Rubens, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Cézanne, and more. On the tour, you’ll also discover the impressive history of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Hear about how the collection, which was once private, grew to become so extensive. At the end of your tour, enjoy free time to explore the museum on your own.

Madrid: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Guided Tour & Entry Ticket

4. Madrid: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Guided Tour & Entry Ticket

Close to a thousand works ranging from the 13th to the 20th centuries have made this museum one of the most outstanding internationally. The Collection includes artists of the stature of Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Manet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Kandinsky, Hopper or Picasso. This gallery provides numerous examples of foreign painters who had not been present until then: Italian and Flemish primitives, key works of the Renaissance, numerous works from the Impressionist era, such as Monet, Degas, Van Gogh and Gauguin. It also has outstanding works from the avant-garde of the 20th century: Fauvism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstraction and Pop Art. We will be able to admire works by two of the main Spanish painters: Picasso and Dalí. The opening of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in 1992 gave rise, by joining the Prado and Reina Sofía Museums, to the so-called Triangle of Art on Paseo del Prado, an area that concentrates the most important pictorial heritage in Spain, today recognized as World Heritage of the Unesco.

Madrid: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Private Tour

5. Madrid: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Private Tour

The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, named after its founder, is an art museum located near the Prado Museum on one of city's main boulevards. It is known as part of the "Golden Triangle of Art", which also includes the Prado and the Reina Sofia national galleries. The Thyssen-Bornemisza fills the historical gaps in its counterparts' collections: in the Prado's case this includes Italian primitives and works from the English, Dutch and German schools, Expressionists, and European and American paintings from the 20th century.

Madrid: Prado, Reina Sofía & Thyssen-Bornemisza Museums Tour

6. Madrid: Prado, Reina Sofía & Thyssen-Bornemisza Museums Tour

The first stop is the Prado Museum, considered the most important nationally, where your guide will show you the most outstanding paintings by Velázquez, Goya, Bosch, Rubens... Leaving the museum, we will continue on our way, walking through the so-called Landscape of Light, the surroundings of Paseo del Prado and El Retiro Park, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2021. We arrive at the Reina Sofía Museum, where the guide will focus on one of the masterpieces of the 20th century: Guernica, which deserves a comprehensive and detailed explanation to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of its author, and one of the best artists. 20th century: the artist Pablo Picasso. Finally, and after lunch, we will go to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, whose collection consists of nearly a thousand works ranging from the 13th century to the 20th century, and where you can see different pictorial styles: from primitive European painters to avant-garde, going through impressionists and surrealists. If you want, you can add optional lunch, so you don't have to worry about where to eat.

Madrid: Picasso's Guernica in Reina Sofia & Thyssen Museum

7. Madrid: Picasso's Guernica in Reina Sofia & Thyssen Museum

This 5-hour tour includes guided visit of two of the most important museums in the country: The Reina Sofía Museum, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. The Reina Sofía Museum has the honor of housing and conserving one of the most important paintings of the 20th century: Picasso's Guernica, a masterpiece that will shock you just by looking at it, due to its dimensions and its spectacular nature, and will impact you even more when your guide will explain its hidden symbols and details. This year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of its author, so it deserves all our attention. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has close to a thousand works ranging from the 13th to the 20th centuries, which have made this museum one of the most prominent internationally. The Collection includes artists of the stature of Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Manet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Kandinsky, Hopper or Picasso. You will enjoy also a walking tour between the two museums, and you will have some of free time. If you want, you can add the optional lunch, so you dont have to worry about where to eat.

Madrid: Thyssen-Bornemisza & Reina Sofia Private Tour

8. Madrid: Thyssen-Bornemisza & Reina Sofia Private Tour

Explore the Thyssen-Bornemisza and Reina Sofia Museum, two of some of the most visited museums in the world, both part of an area of Madrid that concentrates the most important collection of paintings in Spain. Admire a gallery of old and modern masters including Italian and Flemish painters of the 14th and 15th centuries, Renaissance works, Dutch Baroque painting, and Italian Vedutism of the 18th century. See impressionist repertoire and various currents of 20th-century modern art such as Cubism, German Expressionism, abstract painting, Pop Art, and figuration of the 1980s. Afterward, walk to the Reina Sofia Museum with your guide, located in the former General Hospital of Madrid, a large neoclassical building of the 18th century by the Italian architect Sabatini. Witness core works by great Spanish artists of the twentieth century, especially Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Joan Miró. See collections of surrealist art, cubism, and the presence of artists of the New Figuration such as Francis Bacon and Antonio Saura.

Prado, Reina Sofia & Thyssen-Bornemisza Museums Guided Tour

9. Prado, Reina Sofia & Thyssen-Bornemisza Museums Guided Tour

Enjoy the best of the permanent collections at the Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza, and Reina Sofía museums in Madrid on a 5-hour guided tour. Start at the Prado Museum and admire paintings by Tiziano, Velázquez, Rubens, Goya, and others. Continue your tour at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, and see works by Impressionists such as Degas, Cezanne, Renoir, Van Gogh, and Gauguin. Take in the Pop Art and Dadaism collections, featuring works by Roy Lichtenstein and others. Finish at the Reina Sofía Museum. Admire Pablo Picasso’s Guernica and works by Salvador Dalí.

Madrid Gastronomic City Tour with Cívitas Metropolitano Tour

10. Madrid Gastronomic City Tour with Cívitas Metropolitano Tour

Savour Madrid's gastronomy with this guided and themed gastronomic route through the city that will lead you to the Wanda Metropolitano tour. Live this exclusive experience organised by Bstadium, in which you will make different stops to enjoy the best tapas in the capital, you will learn the most curious stories related to football and Madrid and you will visit one of the best stadiums in the world. 1. TOURISTIC ROUTE 'MADRID AND FOOTBALL' (10:00H). Bstadium has exclusively designed an amazing tour around Madrid themed for football lovers. Walk around the most emblematic places and learn about the most surprising stories linked to the main clubs in the capital. Led by a specialised guide who will reveal fascinating anecdotes and stories related to football and sport, get to know Madrid in a totally original way. The tour starts at Puerta del Sol, at the foot of the mythical statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree, with an explanation of the square, its symbolism, the Presidency building, the clock, its traditional signage, etc. We will continue through the Barrio de las Letras, Plaza del Ángel to the beautiful Plaza de Santa Ana, where we will come across the façade of the Teatro Español, an artistic symbol of the capital. We will advance along Calle del Príncipe to the Teatro de la Comedia and arrive at the recently refurbished and luxurious Plaza Canalejas. We will then continue on to the Congreso de los Diputados and from there we will arrive at the Plaza de Neptuno. From there and through the central boulevard we will enjoy part of one of the cultural jewels of Madrid, the art triangle with the Prado Museum and the Thyssen-Bornemisza. We will continue along the Paseo del Prado to the imposing Plaza de Cibeles with the Madrid City Hall and the Bank of Spain on both sides. At the end of this amazing tour we will enter Gran Vía to enjoy Madrid's busiest and most modern shopping area. 2. GASTRONOMIC ROUTE (12:30H) Enjoy a gastronomic route through Madrid while discovering some of the most iconic places in the capital, such as: Puerta del Sol, Barrio de las Letras, Museo del Prado... or iconic football places such as Neptuno and Cibeles. This route will have two gastronomic stops: Pavía bacalao + drink: Casa Larra, one of the most iconic bars in the capital. Bocadillo de calamares + drink: Plaza Mayor, a must if you visit the centre of the capital. 3. CIVITAS METROPOLITANO TOUR (16:00H) Tour the new Atlético de Madrid stadium on a guided tour that will reveal all the club's secrets and culminate in a visit to the Museum. You will also have access to the exhibition "25 years of the doublete" to immerse yourself in the history of Atlético de Madrid. IMPORTANT: The booking starts at 10:00 and will end with a visit to the Civitas Metropolitano stadium at 16:00.

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based on 20 reviews

our guide was excellent. my husband, sister & I learned quite a bit about the modern artists around the world and very specific details about each of the paintings our group viewed. Loved it! highly recommend!!

Excellent guide. Excellent language skills. Very knowledgeable. Picked all the right highlights from the collection.

Our guide was Superior. Her knowledge of artists & restoration was amazing

Our guide was so enthusiastic and informative, she was a pleasure!

Great museums, mac every day would be perfect. 2 hours intensive