Top 5 Must-See Activities in Madrid

These are the most famous Madrid tourist attractions & sight tours which sees thousands and millions of visitors each year:


Madrid Contemporary Art Galleries

Madrid is filled with amazing art galleries and museums. So if you’re an art lover, you’ll certainly have a great time in this Spanish capital city. If you wanted to dig a little deeper into the world of fine arts of Madrid, there are just so many places that are waiting for you to explore. Wondering where you should go? Check out this list of some of the most famous museums in Madrid for art lovers.

Top Madrid Art Galleries

Best Madrid Museums

Museo Nacional del Prado

The Prado Museum is definitely one of Madrid’s most famous museums and should be on top of your list of places to visit in the city. It houses a permanent collection of art pieces including Spanish paintings dating back from the 11th century. Paintings made...

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza with Skip the line ticket

1. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza with Skip the line ticket

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  • Entrance into the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.
  • One of the largest private art collections in the world showcasing artworks from the 13th century to the 20th century plus jewellery and fashion exhibitions.
  • The Thyssen museum is part of Madrid's 'Golden Triangle of Art".
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Caixa Forum Museum

The Caixa Forum museum is a museum that is dedicated to media arts and contemporary arts. This highly remarkable museum is housed in a contemporary designed building that’s famous for its vertical garden having more than 15,000 plants, designed by French botanist Patrick Blanc. The...

3 Hours Prado Museum Private Tour

2. 3 Hours Prado Museum Private Tour

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  • Visit Spain’s most important gallery, the 3 hour tour will allow you to see the essential works. The guide can pick you up from your hotel or also at the entrance of the gallery, next to the statue of Goya. The price of the tour includes the entrance ticket, which will also allow you to avoid the large queues.

    During the tour not only...
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Museo de Arte Thyssen-Bornemisza

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is known for its wealth of treasures and exquisite collections that consist of more than a thousand works of art. Most of these art pieces are private personal collection of Baron Hans-Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, which dates back...

Prado Museum Fast Line Ticket and Madrid City Guided Walking Tour

3. Prado Museum Fast Line Ticket and Madrid City Guided Walking Tour

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  • Get inmersed in Madrid city center walking through the old streets accompanied by our tour guide.

    Have preferent access to the unique Prado Museum entrance, skiping the line with your included ticket to visit it on your own and enjoy plenty of time inside one of the most important galleries in the...
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Museo del Romanticismo

The Museo del Romanticismo features the works of some famous artists, like Esquivel, Madrazo, Alenza, Goya and the Bécquer brothers. It includes jewellery pieces made of lava, ebonite, and human hair, as well as ceramics from the Sèvres and Sargadelos. There’s also an extraordinary collection of porcelain dolls, imperial and Isabelline furniture, 15 pianos, and the pistol that Larra used...

Museo Lázaro Galdiano Admission Ticket

4. Museo Lázaro Galdiano Admission Ticket

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  • The Lázaro Galdiano Museum is the result of José Lázaro Galdiano's legacy to the Spanish State. This museum, one of the few Madrilenian ensembles of mansion and garden that have survived to this day, houses more than 3,000 works of art (selected from its collection of 12,600) exhibited and distributed on four floors of what was the private...
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Museo Reina Sofía

The Reina Sofia museum is another popular museum in Madrid when it comes to contemporary art and modern at. In fact, this museum is like the modern counterpart of the Prado Museum. The building is divided to two sections – new wing and the old...

Madrid Walking Tour and The Royal Palace Skip the Line Tickets

5. Madrid Walking Tour and The Royal Palace Skip the Line Tickets

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  • The tour starts at the door of the Fun and Tickets office at Calle Mayor, 43 with a guided tour on the way to the Royal Palace. The tour includes the visit of the Royal Palace of Madrid with official guides and Skip the...
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The Sorolla Museum

The Museo Sorolla houses a great collection of artwork by the famous painter, Joaquin Sorolla Bastida. Situated within the artist’s house and former art studio, the museum will take you to explore the painter’s world in a unique way, while getting a close up view of his personal belongings and paintings. The museum also showcases range of furniture and objects that used to be part of the...

National Archaeological Museum: Skip the Line Tickets and Private Guided Tour

6. National Archaeological Museum: Skip the Line Tickets and Private Guided Tour

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  • The National Archaeological Museum of Madrid brings together hundreds of works that have marked the time. Enjoy your private visit to discover the secrets of prehistory, Roman Hispania, protohistory or the Near East and the well-kept secrets of Egyptian mummies. A unique and original experience that will not leave you...
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Museo Reina Sofía Skip-the-Line Ticket and Self-Guided Tours in Madrid

7. Museo Reina Sofía Skip-the-Line Ticket and Self-Guided Tours in Madrid

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  • Skip the frequently extensive line with this ticket and start exploring the museum directly.
    You will see the collection, which contains over 21,000 works, including Picasso's the Guernica, Salvador Dal's paintings and Joan Miro's work.
    You will learn a lot about Spanish artists of the 20 century.

    Complete your experience with a...
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Prado Museum and Access to Self-Guided Tours in Madrid

8. Prado Museum and Access to Self-Guided Tours in Madrid

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  • Get swept away into the spectacular history of Spanish and Flemish art at Spain's premier art museum.

    See masterpieces by Velázquez, Goya, Rubens, Titian, Rembrandt, El Greco, Bruegel, Van Dyck, Bosch, and more.

    The museum is home to over 20,000 works of art, including around 7,500 paintings, 8,000 drawings, 4,800 prints, 1,000...
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Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Tickets & Self-Guided Tours in Madrid

9. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Tickets & Self-Guided Tours in Madrid

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  • Located on the Art Walk, this wonderful museum holds a vast collection that traces the history of European painting from the Middle Ages through to the late 20th century. Italian primitives, the German Renaissance, 19th-century American art, Impressionism, German Expressionism, Russian Constructivism are the most widely represented schools and...
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Skip the line: Royal Palace of Madrid & 3 Self-Guided Audio Tours in Madrid

10. Skip the line: Royal Palace of Madrid & 3 Self-Guided Audio Tours in Madrid

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  • Skip the frequently extensive line with this ticket and explore the biggest royal palace in the Western Europe.

    The palace was built on the site of the old Alcázar for the Borbon dynasty.
    For interior decoration, rich materials were used: spanish marble, stucco, mahogany doors and windows and important works of art, particularly...
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Reina Sofia Museum Tickets

11. Reina Sofia Museum Tickets

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  • The Reina Sofía Museum houses paintings by Dalí, Miró and Juan Gris, as well as one of the most famous works of art in Spain, Picasso's Guernica. It is the museum of Spanish contemporary art in Madrid par excellence.
    Do not miss the opportunity to walk through its corridors and marvel at the masterpieces it...
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Madrid Real Palace Tickets

12. Madrid Real Palace Tickets

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  • As you walk you will learn about the building's architecture and its extraordinary treasures, from Goya paintings to Stradivarius violins, armor, and a collection of royal crowns. The Royal Palace of Madrid has a royal pharmacy, a large throne room and a royal library, as well as special apartments for members of the royal family.
    Do not miss...
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IKONO: a unique sensory and photographic experience

13. IKONO: a unique sensory and photographic experience

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  • IKONO is a unique space in Spain, a sensory experience where we want you to enjoy photography through our different spaces. In each of our rooms you will live a different sensory journey where you will live 'ikonic' experiences.

    The experience lasts approximately 60 minutes and is a collection of different worlds where you will come into...
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Conclusion

Of all the museums stated above, the three most popular museums are the Prado Museum, Reina Sofia and Thyseen-Boenemisza Museum. The good news is that these museums are included in the Madrid Museum Pass. This means that if you’re going to book this ticket, you get to visit all three museums at a discounted price! If you have plans to visit other places in Madrid aside from these museums, your best bet is to book the Madrid hop on hop off bus, which is a convenient and comfortable way of exploring the city since you’ll be on board a bus.