Madrid Walking Tour and Museo del Prado

Sightseeing  :  Spain  :  Community Of Madrid  :  Madrid  :  Walking Tours

Discover Madrid on a 2-hour walking tour escorted by a local guide. Visit some of the most important places of the Old Quarters. At the end of the tour, you will have access to Museo del Prado and be able to take a self-guided tour at your own pace.Walk with your guide through the old quarters of the city, known as Madrid de los Austrias (Habsburg dynasty) to know the impressive Plaza Mayor. Head down the stairs of Arch of Cuchilleros through the winding streets and alleys around Plaza de la Villa. A core of medieval Madrid is where you'll see the oldest buildings, House and Tower of Lujanes, where French King François I was lodged prisoner by Spanish Emperor Carlos V. View the House of Cisneros of early renaissance style and Casa de la Villa, the former City Hall until 2007. Then you´ll
see the great neoclassic building of the Cathedral of Almudena and the beautiful Plaza de Oriente where the Royal Palace is located.

After your walking tour, you will visit the Prado Museum, one of the most important and famous art Galleries in the World. This magnificent XVIII century building holds masterpieces of the great Spanish masters such as Velazquez, Goya, El Greco, Ribera, Murillo and the important foreign painters Raphael, Rubens, Bosch, Titian, Fray Angelico and Tintoretto, among other international masters. This ticket allows preferential access. (No return to hotel)