Prado Museum
Guide
Photo: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada · CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$26MuseumAllow 2–3 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Room after room of Spanish masters: Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's dark Black Paintings and his scenes of war, El Greco's stretched saints, and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
A brief history
It opened in 1819 to show the royal family's collection, gathered over three centuries of Spanish kings.
Tips
- Best time
- Opening time, or the free last two hours if you don't mind a queue
- Cost
- About €15 (check)
- Allow
- 2–3 h
- Free days
- Usually free for the last two hours: Monday to Saturday 18:00–20:00, Sundays and holidays 17:00–19:00 (check)
- Hours
- Usually Monday to Saturday 10:00–20:00, Sundays and holidays 10:00–19:00 (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Barrio de las Letras and the Paseo del Prado: The old writers' quarter of tapas bars and quotes on the pavement, running down to the Prado, the Thyssen and the Reina Sofía.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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