Madrid Highlights & Bernabeu Stadium Tour

Departing from central Madrid, enjoy a panoramic city tour that reveals the Spanish capital’s arab, medieval and Hapsburg legacies. Learn about Madrid’s Moorish roots in the ancient buildings of the Barrio de la Moreria, the old Moorish quarter. Then take in the Renaissance and baroque buildings of the Hapsburg era in Calle Mayor, Plaza Mayor and Plaza de la Villa. Photograph the elaborate baroque fountains, and see the famous Prado Museum.

Pass Monumento de la Encarnacion, Puerta de la Opera, Puerta del Sol and other well-known sights and squares, and learn that it was during the reign of Charles III in the 18th century that Madrid became an important cultural and scientific center, attracting artists and intellectuals.

View the grand exterior of the Royal Palace, then see the sights of contemporary Madrid’s graceful boulevards Gran Vía and Paseo de la Castellana. Admire graceful squares such as Plazas de Espana, Puerta del Sol and Puerta de Alcala, and pass the lovely Casa de Campo and Retiro parks. The tour also takes you past Madrid’s university and bullring.

For football lovers, the undoubted highlight of the tour is the chance to explore the home of Real Madrid Football Club. You will have the chance to walk in the footsteps of some of the most famous names in football history. See the locker rooms and walk through the tunnel on to the pitch. The tour also includes the press room and the presidential box and culminates with the chance to see the new Trophies Exhibition, which shows off the silverware won by the most successful European club of the 20th Century.