Museo del Prado (Prado Museum)

European masterpieces

Address:

Paseo del Prado, s/n - Alcalá, 237
28014 - Retiro & Paseo del Prado
Madrid

Nearest Bus or Train:

Banco de España / Atocha

Open Hours:

9am-7pm Tue-Sun, hols; closed Good Friday, Jan 1, May 1, Dec 25

Considered one of the world's most important art galleries, it exhibits paintings by Goya, Velázquez, Murillo, Zurbarán, El Greco, Ribera, Titian, Boticelli, Tintoretto, El Bosco, Rubens, Van Dyck, Poussin and Durer. The collection of decorative arts features the Tesoro del Delfín. There are displays of classical Greek and Roman sculpture. Carlos III commissioned Juan de Villanueva to design this beautiful building, which was converted into an art gallery in 1819. There is a café, bookshop, souvenir shop, conference room, and reference library. Admission: EUR3; students: EUR1.50; under-18s, unemployed and OAPs: free. Free admission on Sun, Dec 6, Oct 12, and May 18.

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