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Madrid guidebooks
Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Critics' ChoiceThis undervisited museum is in fact one of Madrid's most important and oldest permanent artistic institutions (it was founded in 1794). The eclectic collection is partly made...
C/Alcalá 13Museo del Prado
Critics' ChoiceHoused in a gigantic neo-classical building begun by Juan de Villanueva for King Charles III in 1785, the Prado is Madrid's best-known attraction. Charles originally wanted to...
Paseo del Prado s/nMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Critics' ChoiceOccupying an immense, slab-sided building, the Reina Sofía boasts an impressive façade with glass and steel lift-shafts, designed by British architect Ian Ritchie. Now, though,...
C/Santa Isabel 52Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Critics' ChoiceWhen the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum opened in 1992, Madrid added the second point to its 'Golden Triangle'. The private collection of the late Baron Hans-Heinrich...
Palacio de VillahermosaPalacio Real (Palacio de Oriente)
Critics' ChoiceCommissioned by Philip V after the earlier Alcázar was lost to a fire in 1734, the Royal Palace is rarely used by the royal family, and many of its 3,000 rooms are open to...
Plaza de OrienteReal Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
Critics' ChoiceThe convent of the Descalzas Reales ('Royal Barefoot Nuns') is the most complete 16th-century building in Madrid and still houses a cloistered community. It was originally...
Plaza de las Descalzas 3Teatro Real
Critics' ChoiceShaped like a compressed oval, the interior of the city's opera house is breathtakingly ornate compared with its sombre façade, and one of the most technologically advanced in...
Plaza de Isabel II