Prado Museum Skip-the Line Ticket

Enjoy a 1.5-hour tour and skip past the normal ticket line at one of the world's great museums, the Museo del Prado. Considered to house one of the finest art collections on the globe, it displays thousands of European paintings, sculptures, and other works of art throughout its halls - and this is only a fraction of the collection!

The Prado specializes in European art from the 12th-19th century (Madrid's Reina Sofia Museum is home to post-19th century art) and was built from the Spanish Royal Collection.

The most famous piece in the collection that is on display at the Prado is Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez. The artist dedicated many of his own pieces to the museum and had a hand in obtaining several works from great Italian painters as well. In tribute to Velazquez, his statue is one of the few marking the entrances to the museum.

The Museo Nacional del Prado opened to the public for the first time in November 1819. The Museum's first catalogue, published in 1819, included 311 paintings, although at that time its collection comprised just over 1,510 pictures from the various Reales Sitios (Royal Residences).

The exceptionally important royal collection, which represents the foundation of the Museum's collection as we know it today, started to increase significantly in the 16th century during the time of Charles V and continued to thrive under the succeeding Habsburg and Bourbon Monarchs. It is down to them that nowadays we can contemplate the Museum as the greatest masterpieces such as The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosh, The Nobleman with his hand on His Chest by El Greco, Las Meninas by Velázquez and The Family of Carlos IV by Goya.

Your visit to the Museo del Prado follows a chronological order, 

• J. Bosch (El Bosco) (1450-1516): The table of the 7 deadly sins, The Hay Wain, the temptations of San Antonio, the stone of madness and the Garden of Delights.
• Greco (1540-1614): the gentleman's hand on his chest, the Trinity, Christ embraced the cross and the Annunciation. 
• Velázquez (1599-1660): the worship, drunkards, equestrian portraits, the Forge of Vulcan, the Christ, the spinners, spears and las meninas.
• Goya (1746-1828): the family of Carlos IV, pictures the shootings of May 2, pestles and black paintings.

You will meet your guide 15 minutes prior to your tour where you will receive your priority-access admission to Prado Museum, allowing you to skip the normal ticket line and head straight inside. The tour will end inside the museum, so you can continue exploring the museum at your leisure.

Departs

Daily at 12.30 pm 

Duration

Around 1.5 hours.