Prado Museum and Historic Madrid Private Walking Tour

Your experience begins at the statue of Francisco de Goya, located beside the Prado Museum. Meet your licensed local guide here, or enjoy a convenient hotel pickup in central Madrid if preferred.

Step inside one of the greatest art museums in the world and discover its masterpieces with your guide. From Velázquez and Goya to Bosch and Rubens, uncover the stories, symbolism and royal intrigues hidden behind Spain’s most celebrated paintings.

After the museum visit, we cross the elegant Paseo del Prado, Madrid’s historic boulevard of museums and gardens, and enter the atmospheric Barrio de las Letras. Here lived Cervantes, Lope de Vega and the writers of Spain’s Golden Age, whose words are still engraved in the streets.

Continue towards Puerta del Sol, the symbolic center of Madrid and the point from which all Spanish roads are measured. Discover Kilometer Zero and the story behind the city’s emblem — the Bear and the Strawberry Tree.

Wander through the historic streets of Madrid de los Austrias, the district that flourished when the Habsburg dynasty made Madrid the capital of a global empire. Hidden plazas, medieval streets and historic buildings bring the city’s Golden Age to life.

Your tour concludes in front of the magnificent Royal Palace of Madrid, the largest royal residence in Western Europe. Here we reflect on how Madrid evolved from a small medieval town into the royal capital of Spain.