Madrid Direct Tour: Explore Royal Monastery of El Escorial and Basilica of Valle de los Caídos

Embark on a 5-hour direct tour to the Royal Monastery of El Escorial and Basilica of Valle de los Caídos. Explore architectural wonders and delve into Spanish history and grandeur.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Valley of the Fallen - Valley of the Fallen is a Francoist regime monument, Catholic basilica and a monumental memorial in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, erected at Cuelgamuros Valley in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid. Franco claimed that the monument was meant to be a “national act of atonement” and reconciliation.
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What's Included
  • Admission to the Valley of the Fallen
  • Guided tour with a professional guide
  • Travel in a luxury bus equipped with air conditioning and Wi-Fi
  • Entrance to the Escorial Monastery
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

On this journey, we’ll explore the Royal Monastery of El Escorial, a recognized human architectural heritage site, along with the Basilica of Valle de los Caídos, a massive monument that is truly impressive.
This is a straight 5-hour tour to the Valle de los Caídos and its basilica embedded into the Sierra de Madrid mountains, and…

Location
Fun and Tickets / San Bernardo, 7
Calle de San Bernardo
Departure Point: Departure: Calle de San Bernardo, 7, 28013 Madrid at 9.00 am - Outside the commercial gallery. Checking - 08:30 hrs.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Annagg7795ma
Aug 23, 2025
Great trip - Great trip with a fantastic guide and a great driver. Well planned and realized. Very interesting. Highly recommended for everyone.
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Wanderer16219710023
Aug 23, 2025
Excellent tour - Excellent tour!!! Very informative and the guide Cristina is the best !!!! Kudos to the team :) loved The Escorial ! Highly recommended for those wanting to know all the history behind Spanish Monarchy
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Adriannap2322
Aug 23, 2025
Majestic! - Majestic! Cristina was very knowledgeable and open to questions. This is a must see tour. Very complete and educational
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Cassandrav69
Aug 22, 2025
Great visit and magnificent architecture. - Christina and Alberto were very kind. Christina's explanations were very clear in english and the visit went perfectly. I will definitely recommend this tour. Cassandra & Manuella
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Z1471vcalbertop
Aug 21, 2025
Wonderful experience - Rafa our tour guide was very polite and excellent for his great knowledge that makes us understand the story and have fun at the same time. Jose Miguel our driver, very polite and good driver. I recommend them
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Ffajou
Aug 21, 2025
Highly recommended! - We are very glad and pleased that we booked this tour,, Our guide Rafa and the driver were supper nice and polite! Rafa has a great knowledge about the places we visited! The tour was very organized and on time, usually we don’t do tours and visit attractions on our own but I highly recommend this tour.
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556firasf
Aug 21, 2025
Beautiful places and great guide Rafael. - This was our 1st tour in Spain. We enjoyed it. Very Good tour guide (Rafael) I recommend this trip very much. They deliver what they promised.
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Tony_q
Aug 23, 2025
One for the history buffs - Interesting tour of impressive old monastery, primarily King Phillip II and related history. Many features to excite history buffs, such as the world's first atlas, paintings of the world's largest naval battle, and the tour included the King's crypt. Hostess was flawless in delivering the tour in Spanish and English. The gigantic cross with war cemetery/ basilica was also impressive, set in the Spanish mountains.
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Rgilde
Aug 23, 2025
Really nice visit of the monastery and memorial - Spoke English well, knew a lot about the memorial valley of the fallen and the escorial monastery Thanks to Christian and Christina.
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Cmrc2025
Aug 22, 2025
Nice trip - Was nice to be given explainations in english since most signs are in spanish and have the ability tobask questions if one were to present itself.
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From $69
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).