Valle de Cuelgamuros

Visiting Times

• Winter hours (October to March). From Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
• Summer hours (April to September). From Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 - 19:00
• Box office closes one hour earlier
• Weekly closing: Mondays

Dates closed in 2023

• January 1: closed entire day
• January 6: closed entire day
• September 10: closed entire day
• December 24: closed entire day
• December 31: closed entire day
• In addition to the planned closings, there may be additional closings motivated by the holding of official acts. You can consult the list of closures for official acts

Special openings 2023

• March 20

Duration of the visit

• Approximate duration of the visit without guide: thirty minutes.

Prices and Ticket Types

Individual Admission

Basic Admission 9 €

• Visitors that cannot benefit from the reduced or free admission

Reduced Admission 4 €

• 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’s card.

Free Admission 0 €

If your reservation is exclusively for free tickets, they can only be purchased at the ticket office of the venue

• Children under 5 years of age.
• 18 May, International Museum Day. 12 October, National Holiday of Spain, without distinction of nationality.
• 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.
• Wednesdays and Sunday from 15:00 to 19:00 h. (Winter 18:00h), 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. Only in ticket office

Group Visit

Tourist Groups

Purchase of tickets for groups guided by official tourist guides. The applicable rate will be determined according to the status of each group member or the agency rate.

Ticket types:

• Basic
• Reduced
• Free

Cultural Groups

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

Ticket types:

• Basic
• Reduced
• Free

Educational Groups

Purchase of tickets for 2nd cycle of infant school/kindergarten, primary, secondary, high school, vocational training, university students, workshop schools, employment workshops, and trade schools.

Ticket types:

• Reduced
• Free

Agencies

Purchase of tickets for groups managed by travel agencies.

Ticket types:

• Basic

How to get there

Address: Highway from Guadarrama to El Escorial. 28209 Valle de Cuelgamuros - MADRID

• From San Lorenzo de El Escorial:
  
  • Bus: Line 660 in the Plaza de la Virgen de Gracia s/n (Autocares Herranz)
  • Car: M-600
• From Madrid:
  
  • Motorway: A-VI, turn onto the M-600

Accessibility

Single box office of access to the Valley

• Currently there is no access for persons with disability.