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...
1. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza with Skip the line ticket
Duration:
1 to 4 hou
- 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...
2. 3 Hours Prado Museum Private Tour
Duration:
3 hours
- 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... read more
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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...
3. Prado Museum Fast Line Ticket and Madrid City Guided Walking Tour
Duration:
2 hours
- 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... read more
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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...
4. Caixa Forum Madrid Ticket
Duration:
1 to 3 hou
- It is located in the center of Madrid, next to the great art museums of the capital, it is an unique building built in 2008 on an old power plant of the late nineteenth century, with almost 10,000 m2 of surface has become a cultural reference in the city. From its open plaza to all its citizens and its incredible Vertical Garden (one of the most... read more
Museo Reina SofÃa
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...
5. Museo Lázaro Galdiano Admission Ticket
Duration:
1 to 3 hou
- 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... read more
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...
6. Madrid Walking Tour and The Royal Palace with Skip the Line Tickets
Duration:
2 hours 10
- 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... read more
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7. Prado and Reina Sofia Private Tour: Tickets and Hotel Pickup
Duration:
4 hours
- An exclusive private 4h visit to discover Madrid and the famous Prado Museum. Enjoy a morning to immerse yourself in Spanish culture with this exclusive private tour.
It is along the famous Paseo Del Prado that you will meet one of the largest art galleries in the world: the Prado Museum. The Prado houses the best collection of Spanish... read more
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8. Private visit to the Royal Palace of Madrid and the Prado Museum. Entrance skip the line included, pick up at your hotel and cab included in the price.
Duration:
4 hours
- An exclusive 4-hour private tour to discover the Royal Palace and the famous Prado Museum. Take advantage of a morning to immerse yourself in Spanish culture with this exclusive private... read more
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9. National Archaeological Museum: Skip the Line Tickets and Private Guided Tour
Duration:
2 hours
- 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... read more
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10. Admission to the Recoletos Room of the Mapfre Foundation in Madrid
Duration:
45 to 90 m
- For more than three decades, Fundación MAPFRE has been one of the main points on Madrid's cultural agenda for its Plastic Arts and Photography exhibitions. Its program includes painting and sculpture exhibitions focused on the great protagonists (Renoir, Van Gogh, Picasso, Degas, Chagall, etc.) and the main movements of artistic modernity... read more
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11. Madrid Royal Palace Small Group Tour with Skip the Line Ticket
Duration:
1 hour
- Enjoy in a few hours one of the most popular points in Madrid, the Royal Palace.
Visit the biggest palace in all Europe and have the opportunity to include a guided tour during approximately an hour to see the most important rooms of the former... read more
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12. Ticket to the Madrid Museum of Illusions and 3 Self-Guided Tours
Duration:
45 to 60 m
- Be brave enough to jump in an illusion created by the Vortex Tunnel that will drive you crazy and make you believe you’re heavily struggling just to make a step forward through a rotating cylinder – on a surface so stable and flat! Be unbelievably rotated in the Upside Down Room, let yourself free in an Infinity room, resist the laws of... read more
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13. Museo Reina SofÃa Skip-the-Line Ticket and Self-Guided Tours in Madrid
Duration:
1 to 3 hou
- 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... read more
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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.