The Prado Museum is amazing. Fabulous art (though Goya takes a bit of getting used to!) and the sculptures blew me away - some from BC! We spent around three hours looking around - and could have spent longer. I had purchased skip the line tickets prior to our visit and also an audio package from a link on the Prado website (which took me to a store called "Headout") - buyer BEWARE! The Headout tickets purchased indeed allowed us access and to skip the queue but as there is no wifi in the museum, the audio we purchased did not work!! On asking Gallery staff to show me how this should work I was told that I had purchased it from a third party and not the Prado Museum (though the link was through their official website) so they couldn't help, they could only sell me another audio package (which I purchased). Anyway, a wonderful experience!

El Prado is a must-visit in Madrid. Their collection of paintings is amazing. The building and how you go through it, it's also worth. They follow the "no photos" policy, so beware that if you try to take photos, security with try to avoid it. It's quite huge, so either you plan to spend a morning or afternoon there or you have to carefully plan your visit.

Most museums in Madrid have time slots when you can visit for free. Check it out. Walking is the best way to enjoy the city centre, but for places outside that area, you can buy a 10-trip pass for the metro.

Fantastic museum focusing on pre 1850 Spanish art so LOTS of religious paintings. The Gita collection is wonderful and there’s the Bosch and 3 Breughels to enjoy. Good few Reuben’s too. Marked down as they stingily don’t let you take photos and the title cards are tiny. Would have liked a bit more thought and theming.

Excellent Museum with a great selection of Art. Easily take 2-3 hours (Assuming of course, that you like Art!). Difficult to see everything in one visit. Get a ticket in advance as there were queues all day for tickets. Tip - If you haven’t booked a ticket and you are going to get the Art Pass, then get this from one of the other Museums as the queues will be smaller. We got ours from the Reina Sofia one morning – no queue! Then went to the Prado in the afternoon. Use the free map to navigate the rooms otherwise you will miss some of them. Use a pen to mark them off! There is a coffee shop on the 1st floor where you can take a break and re-collect. There are no photo's allowed so you will just need to look with your eyes and keep the memories. Dont let this spoil your visit.

Truly a special museum and is representative of the typical national art museum. We have been fortunate to visit a significant number over the years in European capitals and won’t regurgitate what every says about the amazing collection of art that was available to see. Just some practical tips. The ticket line when we arrived on a Tuesday at 1030am in November was not terrible. Probably about 50 yards. We did buy the museum pass online over a month ago for the 3 museum and not doubt saved some time but not a ton. It is just more convenient due to the weather. For us it was in the low 50’s and drizzling. I suspect the line in the heat of summer is obnoxious and no doubt longer. Second, the amount of art is extensive and I would recommend that you just prepare ahead to look at what truly interests you. The audio guide is nice but listening to minutes of descriptions of numerous paintings will just keep you there all day long unless again you are selective. After awhile staring at self financed portraits of the elites and royals during their period of reign just became redundant. Third there is a wonderful garden in the back called Real Jardin Botanico that is enormous and only 4 euros. Given they time of the year we visited, very few plants were blooming but we would have loved to see what it looked like during the summer. Enjoy

The Prado rates as one of the greatest museums of the world. A must to do in Madrid if you want to see classical art. You wander through the spacious galleries full of the greatest artists. Book in in advance on line , in order not to stand in line.

The Prada is a beautiful classical museum filled with important art from Goya, Ruben, Velazquez. 12th century to 20th century art. It’s a must see at least once during a visit to Madrid. If you are more into modern art, I would recommend choosing a different museum if you are limited on time and can’t do both. This was my second visit and I enjoyed my time there.

We only had 1.5 hours for our Tauck tour local guide to show us the highlights of the Prado. He was excellent. Actually 90 minutes was too much as I was tired, the insides of my knees were sore from all the previous walking and thousands of stairs and the slow walking, standing and some sitting for viewing art. The Prado is massive with many huge paintings…almost overwhelming.

As noted by most of the other TA reviews, this is a must see stop on any visit to Madrid. A couple helpful hints : definitely buy your ticket in advance. If you are going to go early in the day, book tickets for the opening time. We had tickets for 10:30 and arrived at 10:20 but it still took us 40 minutes of waiting in line to get in the door. When we left the museum at 1:30 there was virtually no line to get in. Definitely pay the five euros to get the audio guide instead of a guided tour. This way you control the pace and tempo of your museum experience.