Madrid Paseo del Prado Self-Guided Audio Walk: Cibeles, the Prado Museum and the Reina Sofía
75 minutes
About this experience
In the 1770s King Carlos III turned a string of meadows into Madrid's grand promenade, with three fountains down the middle and institutions of science around it. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and many of the buildings along it were made for one job and now do another. Start at the Plaza de Cibeles, walk under the plane trees past the Apollo and Neptune fountains, and see the Thyssen and the Ritz. Read the Prado's front from the Goya and Velázquez doors, then the Botanic Garden's gate, CaixaForum's floating power station and the ministry built on the garden's lost ground. Finish at Atocha's 1892 iron hall and the Reina Sofía, a royal hospital that now holds Guernica. Ten stops, about 1.8 km and 75 minutes, gently downhill, at your own pace, in English. Entry to the Prado, the Thyssen, the Reina Sofía, the Botanic Garden and CaixaForum exhibitions is not included.
What's included
Walk from the Plaza de Cibeles down the Salón del Prado, past Apollo and Neptune, the Prado's Goya and Velázquez doors, the Botanic Garden gate, CaixaForum and Atocha's iron hall, ending at the Reina Sofía.
Good to know
Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.