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Explore the Prado Museum, Spain's national art museum, for 1 hour 30 minutes with a professional local guide. Skip the ticket line and hear the hidden stories behind masterpieces such as Velázquez's Las Meninas and Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. Your guide explains the lives of European masters like Goya, El Greco and Rubens, the times in which their works were created, and each painter's unique techniques. After the guided visit, you can stay in the museum and explore on your own.
Meet your guide in front of the Velázquez statue at Paseo del Prado 11, right next to the museum. After the guide sorts out tickets and the group, you enter the museum together without queuing at the ticket office. The 18th-century Neoclassical building houses a vast collection spanning from the 12th to the late 20th century.
With your guide's commentary, discover the secrets of famous paintings such as Velázquez's Las Meninas and admire masterpieces like Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. You'll also see works by painters who greatly influenced European art, such as El Greco, Goya and Rubens, as well as Italian and Flemish masters.
Your guide, an art history expert, shares the painters' goals, lives and the historical moments in which their works were created, and points out each painter's unique techniques. You'll also hear about Spanish history and Madrid's art scene.
After the guided visit, you can stay in the museum and see more of the works you're interested in.
※ The guided tour lasts 1 hour 30 minutes, but the total time is a little longer because of ticket and group arrangements.
※ In winter, the tour may be conducted in both English and Spanish depending on demand.
Meeting point :
Monument to Velázquez (Monumento a Velázquez)
Paseo del Prado, 11, 28014 Madrid, Spain
Meeting point information:
Meet in front of the Velázquez statue at Paseo del Prado 11, right next to the Prado Museum. Your guide will be holding a sign that says 'Amigo Tours'.
Paseo del Prado, 11, 28014 Madrid, Spain