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Prado and Reina Sofia Museums Private Tour

4.97 reviewsPrado Museum (Museo del Prado)

  • 3h 38m
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • 4 languages
  • Instant confirmation

Highlights

Private Tour with a licensed Guide who is also Art Historian. 2 hours Tour of Prado Museum. Combined with a 1,5 hours private Tour of Reina Sofia Museum. A pleasant 8' walk along a beautiful boulevard after the Prado Tour towards the Reina Sofia. On this private tour, your private guide Irina will unveil the Composition techniques of the Great Artists of the art of painting, from the XIVth. to the XXth century. The classical painters displayed at the Prado Museum like Titian, El Greco, Velazquez and Goya, influenced artists such as Picasso, Dali, Dominguez or Rothko whom you can admire at the Reina Sofia. In fact, all the classic and contemporary paintings of the above-mentioned artists, and the rest included in this private tour, have secrets and awesome stories. In this regard, Irina will share awesome anecdotes and unknown facts. As an artistic/cultural dessert, Irina will reveal the most significant political, social, and personal interpretations of Picasso’s Guernica.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Art Historian Guide

What's not

  • Museo Nacional del Prado
  • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia

Itinerary

  1. Take the opportunity of this private tour of 2 hours to discover the marvelous Evolution of the Painting Art. From the 15th to the 21st century. You will enjoy and learn the Masterpieces of the Prado and Reina Sofia Museums. A pleasant 8' walk with your guide, along a beautiful boulevard, after the Prado Tour towards the Reina Sofia, where the second part of this private tour will begin. A licensed guide and art historian will share with you : At the Prado - The exciting secrets and masterful composition techniques of the most legendary painters. Such as El Bosco, Titian, El Greco, Velazquez, Ribera, Murillo, and Goya, among many others.

    2 h

  2. At the Reina Sofia, in an enjoyable 1,5 hour private tour : - More amazing secrets that are hidden in the works of the most important Spanish Artists of Cubism (Picasso, Juan Gris, María Blanchard, Maruja Mallo, etc.) and Surrealism (Dalí, Óscar Dominguez, Angeles Santos, Remedios Varo, Joan Miró, etc..)

    1.5 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

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Know before you go

Meeting point
In front of the main ticket office at the Prado Museum
Pickup
Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by
Private Madrid Museum Tours
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The simplest way to skip the line is to purchase your museum's admissions in the respective web sites of Prado and Reina Sofia. Adults pay Euros 15 per person at the Prado. Adults pay Euros 13 per person at the Reina Sofia. Both museums have free tickets for children and students but different conditions. At the Prado, pensioners have a 50% reduction, but at the Reina Sofia pensioners are free. All discounted and free tickets need to be validated.

How it compares in Madrid

  • Its from-price is 38% above the median of the 336 city tours we list in Madrid.
  • Its length is typical for the group.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 163 of 336.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Madrid

Madrid is Spain's sunny, sociable capital, home to great art museums, royal palaces, leafy parks and tapas bars that stay busy past midnight.

Three great galleries line the Paseo del Prado: the Prado Museum with Velázquez and Goya, the Reina Sofía with Picasso's Guernica, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza with its sweeping private collection. Beside them, El Retiro Park offers a boating lake, shaded avenues and the glass Palacio de Cristal.

Top-ranked sights in Madrid: Plaza Mayor, Royal Palace of Madrid (Palacio Real de Madrid), Puerta del Sol.

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