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💡 The Short Version: The Prado is €15, €7.50 reduced, and free in the last two hours: 18:00 to 20:00 Monday to Saturday and 17:00 to 19:00 on Sundays and public holidays. It opens 10:00 to 20:00 Monday to Saturday and 10:00 to 19:00 on Sundays and holidays, and is closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. Buy from the Prado’s own shop: GetYourGuide resells the entry ticket at €18. Las Meninas is in room 12 and the Black Paintings in room 67. Or book a tour: the guided Prado tour with the ticket includedad is from €48.56 (GetYourGuide).
Tickets and prices
The Prado sells tickets at entradas.museodelprado.es, and its main site is museodelprado.es. Search results for “Prado tickets” include sites with the museum’s name in their web addresses that are resellers, not the museum. Prices are the adult rate in euros and come from the Tourism Madrid page for the Prado.
The Prado’s Velázquez door, with the statue of the painter in front. Photo: FouPic, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
| Ticket | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| General admission | €15 | The collection |
| Reduced | €7.50 | |
| With an audio guide | €20 | The general ticket plus €5 |
| With the official guidebook | €24 | |
| The Prado’s guided visit | €25 | The general ticket plus €10, sold at the ticket office. In English at 11:00 and 13:00 |
| Paseo del Arte card | €32.80 | One visit each to the Prado, the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen. See the Paseo del Arte card |
| Free | €0 | The last two hours before closing |
- Free hours. Monday to Saturday 18:00 to 20:00; Sundays and public holidays 17:00 to 19:00.
- Hours. Monday to Saturday 10:00 to 20:00; Sundays and public holidays 10:00 to 19:00. The ticket office opens at 9:45.
Where to buy
| Ticket | The Prado | GetYourGuide | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | €15 | €18, sold by GetYourGuide | The Prado |
| Guided tour with the ticket | €25 for the Prado’s own visit | From €45 | GetYourGuide, for a private or small-group guide |
Tours worth paying for
The Prado’s own guided visit is €10 on top of the €15 ticket. These two tours on GetYourGuide cost more, include the ticket and start outside the museum. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.
The Guides You Need private tour
From €48.56 · 1.5 to 2 hours · 909 reviews
Madrid: Museo del Prado Guided Tourad is run by The Guides You Need, S.L., with a certified official guide, in English, Spanish, French, German or Italian. The guide meets you at the Goya statue in front of the ticket office, and the Prado ticket is included. The route is set with you: the operator suggests a chronological tour, and you can ask for particular works beforehand by email. It is private or for small groups. Cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a full refund.
Fun and Tickets guided tour
From €45 · 1.5 hours · 3,321 reviews
Madrid: Prado Museum Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Ticketad is run by Fun and Tickets in English or Spanish, with the ticket and a fast-track entrance included. The group meets at the VIPS at Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo 5, by the Neptune fountain. The Prado can move the entry time by an hour either way, announced from the day before. Luggage, large bags and backpacks are not allowed. Cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a full refund.
What to see
Allow two hours. The Prado opened on 10 November 1819 in a building by Juan de Villanueva, and holds about 8,600 paintings and over 700 sculptures, so choose before you go in. Its website suggests routes of 1, 2 and 3 hours. A two-hour route that covers four rooms:
- Las Meninas, room 12. Velázquez’s group portrait of the royal household, painted in 1656.
- The Garden of Earthly Delights, room 56A. Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych. The Spanish kings’ ties to Flanders built the Prado’s Flemish collection.
- Goya’s 2 and 3 May 1808 paintings, rooms 64 and 65. They show the uprising against French troops in Madrid and the shootings that followed.
- The Black Paintings, room 67. Goya painted them on the walls of his house, the Quinta del Sordo.
With more time, add Van der Weyden’s Descent from the Cross, Fra Angelico’s Annunciation, the Venetian rooms of Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese, Rubens and the Bruegel family, and El Greco’s The Knight with His Hand on His Breast.
What to skip: the temporary exhibitions in the Jerónimos extension behind the main building, unless one is why you came. Dated exhibitions at the Prado: Ricardo de Madrazo’s drawings and watercolours from 13 October 2026 to 17 January 2027; Rilke and Spanish Art from 17 November 2026 to 7 March 2027; Hans Baldung Grien from 24 November 2026 to 7 March 2027; and Mariana of Austria from 1 December 2026 to 28 March 2027.
The Jerónimos cloister in the Prado extension. Photo: Heparina1985, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Practical information
- Where: Paseo del Prado s/n, 28014. Metro Atocha (line 1), Banco de España (line 2) or Estación del Arte (line 1). Cercanías trains stop at Atocha.
- Entrance: the ticket office is at the Goya statue.
- Bags: the Prado has lockers and a cloakroom.
- Next door: the Retiro, beside the museum’s Casón del Buen Retiro building.
- The one thing that ruins a visit: the closed days. The Prado shuts on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December, and closes at 14:00 on 6 January, 24 December and 31 December.
The Reina Sofía and the Thyssen-Bornemisza are on the same avenue, and the Paseo del Arte card covers all three. Free things to do in Madrid maps every museum free window, and museums in Madrid covers the smaller ones. The Retiro is the nearest park. What to book before you go to Madrid has the closed days for every sight.
Common questions
How much is the Prado Museum?
The general ticket is €15 and the reduced ticket €7.50. With an audio guide it is €5 more, and with the official guidebook the ticket is €24. The Prado's own guided visit adds €10 to the entry price.
When is the Prado free?
In the last two hours before closing: 18:00 to 20:00 Monday to Saturday, and 17:00 to 19:00 on Sundays and public holidays.
What days is the Prado closed?
It is closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. On 6 January, 24 December and 31 December it opens from 10:00 to 14:00. Otherwise it opens 10:00 to 20:00 Monday to Saturday and 10:00 to 19:00 on Sundays and public holidays.
Is it cheaper to buy Prado tickets on GetYourGuide?
No. GetYourGuide sells the Prado entry ticket at €18, against €15 at the Prado's own shop. GetYourGuide is worth using for a guided tour that includes the ticket, from €45.
How long does the Prado take?
Two hours covers the best-known rooms. The Prado's website suggests routes of 1, 2 and 3 hours, and its collection holds about 8,600 paintings and over 700 sculptures.
Where are Las Meninas and the Black Paintings?
Las Meninas is in room 12, the Black Paintings are in room 67, Goya's paintings of 2 and 3 May 1808 are in rooms 64 and 65, and Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights is in room 56A.
Is the Paseo del Arte card worth it for the Prado?
It is €32.80 for one visit each to the Prado, the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen, against €41 for the three tickets, and it does not beat the Prado's free last two hours. See the Paseo del Arte card page.
