Touring the Prado Museum on a guided tour is one of the best decisions you can make on any trip to Madrid. Walking through this 18th-century building steeped in history and admiring the treasures on display in each room is a privilege not to be missed in the Spanish capital. Among the great works on display are canvases by Velázquez, Goya, Rubens, Titian, El Greco and Bosch. Some of the gems on display in its rooms are already part of the History of Art that we all studied in our school years. Recognising these marvellous pieces is something very exciting (‘Maja vestida’ and ‘Maja desnuda’ by Goya, ‘La Fragua de Vulcano’ by Velázquez, or ‘David and Goliath’ by Caravaggio).
Accompanied by a professional guide, you will be able to unravel the secrets of the enormous collection that El Prado holds, which is made up of more than 8,000 paintings, more than 9,000 drawings, more than 950 sculptures and more than a hundred maps. All this, not to mention everything that is kept in the museum’s collections and which cannot even be in the main building. Getting to know the ins and outs of each work on display, the great artists who created them and the evolution of art provides unforgettable moments.
What’s more, a great advantage of this guided tour of the Prado Museum is that you won’t have to worry about buying tickets or queuing, because everything is included. And children up to 3 years old get in free of charge.
