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Enjoy an early access guided tour of the Royal Place in Madrid with a walk from Plaza de Isabel II. Visit the Private Royal Apartments and Royal…
Explore the Royal Palace of Madrid on a 1.5-hour guided tour. Discover the most sumptuous rooms and hear about curiosities of the Spanish monarchy.
Journey through the history of the Royal Palace of Madrid on an early exclusive access tour and enjoy the typical Spanish Cuisine with a tapas…
Discover Madrid through a private tour in an environmentally friendly, luxury vehicle inspired by the 1930s. Travel in style with with an open roof,…
The best way to visit the interiors of the Royal Palace of Madrid is undoubtedly with an expert tour guide who will tell you about the history and…
Skip the lines to the former official residence of the Spanish Royal Family with an entrance ticket to the Royal Palace of Madrid. See historic rooms…
Discover the history of Madrid from the comfort of a buggy. Drive through the growing center to the quiet outskirts of the city. Visit some of the…
Take a 1.5-hour guided tour of the official residence of the Spanish Royal Family and marvel at the opulent interiors of the Royal Palace of Madrid.…
Get inside all parts of Madrid’s Royal Palace, then enjoy some typical Spanish tapas in a famous bar. Finish your day with a guided tour of the…
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Royal Palace of Madrid architecture may not seem as impressive as Versailles from the outside, but the opulence of the interior and the Royal Palace of Madrid history will blow you away. Another bonus: So much more of this palace is open to explore freely.
The Spanish Empire’s control of Europe ended with the Battle of Rocroi in 1643, nearly a century before the Royal Palace of Madrid was built.
The Royal Family has roots in both French and British monarchies, with the House of Bourbon in the seat since 1700 and today’s King and Queen being descendants of Queen Victoria.
The last monarch to live in the Royal Palace of Madrid was Alfonso XIII, who ruled throughout WWI, the Rif War in Morocco and the Spanish Civil War.
On May 22, 2004 the Crown Prince Felipe married former news anchor Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano. It was the first true royal Spanish wedding for a century.
The Spanish national anthem is one that won’t inspire singing. Why? It has no lyrics. In 2008 a public contest was proposed for official lyrics, but no one agreed on the issue.
Entrance to the Royal Palace is free on Wednesdays. This means that it’s more crowded, but maybe you’ll buy one of the highly recommended guided tours without paying the entry fee. Another advantage of visiting on Wednesday is that the Changing of the Guard takes place across the street every half hour during the morning. If you’re lucky enough to visit on the first Wednesday of the month, except in summers, you’ll find 450 soldiers in parade.
The guided tour is fantastic for learning more Royal Palace of Madrid history—you can even go back and walk through the halls on your own afterwards. The Royal Armory, the Royal Pharmacy and the Paintings Gallery are all different tickets, too. Don’t skip the Royal Armory, its collection is one of the best in the world.
Our guide Irene was first class. Very knowledgable and eloquent with her information. Group size was 15, so not too large. Palace itself is very opulent and well worth the visit. Only down side was we got caught up behind large group of Japanese visitors, so entry through security was a bit slow. Would definitely recommend.
Our tour was the first of the day and we had the palace virtually to ourselves for almost an hour. Our guide took full advantage of this and gave us a very complete and informative tour in a relaxed atmosphere. The guide was very knowledgeable and was able to select the best topics on which to focus, unimpeded.
Our guide was superb and the commentary he gave was very informative, however their were far too many people in each room to fully appreciate the surroundings and exhibits (apparently this was because of the changing of the guard on that morning which meant an earlier tour was cancelled).
It was great to get into the palace at 09.00 h in the morning before the crowd. Our guide Benny was the best guide you could wish to have. He knew everything and was highly motivated to present us the royal palace. Thank you so much! We would book the tour again!
Meeting place at the statue was easy to locate. Tour guide did an excellent job at translating to English. The translation was very similar to the Spanish version (meaning that the guide did not add/exclude pieces of information for us English speakers)
