The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Royal Madrid
Madrid
- 1
Royal Palace of Madrid
Tour grand state rooms, armoury displays and palace interiors at the western edge of the historic centre.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current admission
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Plaza Mayor, Madrid
Experience one of Madrid’s defining enclosed squares and connect easily to the old centre on foot.
- Duration
- 45 minutes suggested
- Price
- Free public access; paid activities may apply
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Museum day
Madrid
- 1
Museo del Prado
See a concentrated survey of Spanish and European painting, especially Velázquez, Goya, El Greco, Rubens and Bosch.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current admission
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
See Picasso’s Guernica and major Spanish modern-art collections in a large museum near Atocha.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current admission
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
El Escorial day trip
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- 1
El Escorial
Spend several hours exploring Habsburg Spain through architecture, art, royal tombs and mountain-edge surroundings.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
- Price
- Free public access; paid activities may apply
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Aranjuez day trip
Aranjuez
- 1
Royal Palace of Aranjuez
Pair formal palace rooms with riverside gardens in a historic royal landscape south of Madrid.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current admission
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.