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Prado Museum guided tour
Experience one of the world’s finest art museums with a guided tour of the Prado’s highlights, including major works by Goya, Bosch, Rubens, Titian and Velázquez.
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What you'll do
The Prado Museum is home to thousands of paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures dating from the 12th Century right up to the present day.
Highlights include Hieronymus Bosch’s enigmatic triptych altarpiece The Garden of Earthly Delights, the meaning of which has evaded scholars for centuries. Is it a warning against succumbing to temptation or a celebration of sexual abandon? Make up your own mind as your guide talks you through some of the key highlights in this huge museum, which boasts the world’s largest collections of Bosch, Titian, Goya and more.
Goya’s brutal meditation on the horrors of war is depicted in The Third of May 1808. Not for the faint of heart, it captures the spirit of Spanish resistance in the face of Napoleon’s occupying forces during the Peninsular War.
Other must-see works include Rubens’ depiction of the Three Graces of Greek mythology, and the illusory Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, considered his masterpiece and indeed one of the most important paintings in Western art history.
After your tour, you’re free to roam the museum until closing time, and there’s so much great art to see here you could easily make a whole day of it.
Highlights
Francisco de Goya
The Prado’s extensive Goya collection includes hundreds of pieces, including some of his most challenging works, such as The Third of May 1808 and Saturn Devouring his Son
Hieronymus Bosch
View works including Bosch’s famous triptychs: The Garden of Earthly Delights, The Haywain and the Triptych of the Adoration of the Magi
Diego Velázquez
Key works by the Spanish master include Vulcan’s Forge, The Crucified Christ and, his masterpiece, Las Meninas
What's included
This skip the line guided tour takes you straight to the front of the queue.
Admire masterpieces by some of the greatest artists who ever lived.
You can stay in the museum and wander around at your leisure once the guided tour is over.
Reservations
Booking required
Book your spot at least 24 hours in advance by following this link.
Select your preferred language, date and time and enter your pass number(s). You will need to enter your credit card details, however, you'll not be charged unless you fail to turn up without cancelling 24 hours before the tour departs.
Plans changed?
If you need to change or cancel your booking, please send an email to [email protected] or call +34 91 129 34 83. It is important that you receive your cancellation confirmation via email before 24 hours of your tour/attraction visit. If you fail to cancel and do not show up for your booking slot, your pass will still be redeemed, and you will lose one of your pass choices.
Where you'll meet
Statue of Velazquez, on the side of the Museum, in Paseo del Prado.
How to get there
Neptuno stop, lines 1, 10, 14, 27, 34
Banco de España, line 2 or Estación del Arte, line 1
Operating hours
English tours
9:45AM on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays.
Spanish tours
9:45AM on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays.
4:15PM on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays
(All tours last approximately two hours)
Closings & holidays
Unavailable on Sundays, January 1st, May 25th and December 25th.
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