Royal Palace of Madrid

Visiting Times

• Winter hours (October to March). Daily: 10:00 - 18:00. 
• Summer hours (April to September). Daily: 10:00 - 19:00.
• Box office and admission to the Palace close one hour earlier.

Dates closed in 2023

• January 1: closed entire day
• January 6: closed entire day
• May 1: closed entire day
• December 24: closed from 15:00
• December 25: closed entire day
• December 31: closed from 15:00
• In addition to the planned closings, there may be additional closings motivated by the holding of official acts

Duration of the visit

• Visit without guide to Halls: forty-five minutes.
• Visit without guide to Royal Armoury: thirty minutes.

Prices and Ticket Types

Self-Guided Visit

Basic Admission 12 €

• Visitors that cannot benefit from the reduced or free admission.

Reduced Admission 6 €

• Citizens between 5 and 16 years of age. Accreditation by means of identification card or passport from 14 to 16 years of age.
• Persons over 65 years of age.
• Accredited students up to 25 years of age with updated national or international student card.

Free Admission 0 €

• Children under 5 years of age.
• 18 May, International Museum Day. (Except closing days)
• Large families with accreditation by the Official Family Book or equivalent of the EU and Latin American countries holders of residency or work permits of those nationalities.
• Members of the ICOM (International Museum Council), by means of accrediting card of that organisation.
• Official Tourist Guides with Official Tourist Guide card.
• Professors with teaching staff card.
• Persons with disability with accreditation. The accompanying person also has free access.
• Persons in legal situation of unemployment that accredit this circumstance by means of Employment Demand Card or equivalent document issued by the competent organisation.
• From Monday to Thursday from 17 to 19 (16 to 18 in winter), free admission for citizens of the European Union, residents and holders of work permit in that territory and Latin American citizens, following accreditation of nationality (national identification card, passport or driver’s licence) or residency or work permit. The free offer is limited to the tour without guide. During this time visits of guided groups will not be permitted. Only in ticket office

Please note: if your reservation is exclusively for free tickets, they can only be purchased at the ticket office of the venue.

Guided Visit

Important information:

• Tours are guided by Patrimonio Nacional staff
• Visits are guided in Spanish except those with the English symbol which are guided in English.
• There is the possibility of the guided visit by adding a supplement whose amount is 4 € per person.
• You must access the Royal Palace by the preferred door 15 minutes before the time indicated in your tickets, and present 5 minutes before at the specific meeting point located in the entrance hall to the Palace.

Ticket types:

• Basic 16 €
• Reduced 10 €
• Free 0 €

Combined Tour

Royal Palace and Palace's Royal Kitchen

You can buy the combined ticket with access to the Palace's Royal Kitchen through this link.

• Basic 16 €
• Reduced 10 €
• Free 0 €

Group Visit

Tourist Groups

Purchase of tickets for Groups of Official Tourism Guides. The rate to be applied will be the one that corresponds to the condition of each member of the group or agency rate.

Ticket types:

• Basic 10 €
• Reduced 6 €
• Free 0 €

Cultural Groups

Purchase tickets for cultural associations, institutions, foundations and postgraduate schools of fine arts.

Educational centres, if they manage the visit through a travel agency, will not have the right to a reduced price or free tickets, except for students under 5 years old.

Ticket types:

• Basic 12 €
• Reduced 6 €
• Free 0 €

Educational Groups

Purchase of tickets for 2nd cycle children's, primary, secondary, high school, vocational training, university, workshop schools, employment workshops and trade houses.

Ticket types:

• Reduced 6 €
• Free 0 €

Agencies

Purchase of tickets for groups managed by travel agencies.

Ticket type:

• Basic 10 €

Interactive Audio Guides

Interactive audio guides will be available onsite.

How to get there

Address: Plaza de Oriente. MADRID

General: on the esplanade of Almudena

Groups: Groups Access on Bailén street.

• Bus: Lines 3, 25, 39 and 148
• Underground: Lines 5 and 2 (Opera station)
• Commuter train: Príncipe Pío Station

Accessibility

• There is access for persons with disability and manual wheelchairs are available.