Private Guided Tour: Skip-the-line Reina Sofia Museum Madrid - A Glimpse into Spanish Modern Art
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Madrid

The Reina Sofia Museum, one of Madrid’s top art attractions, showcases a breathtaking array of modern and contemporary Spanish art. Join a 2.5-hour private guided tour where your guide will introduce you to the key pieces and unfold the captivating tales behind them. Line-skipping will ensure you don’t lose precious seconds during your Madrid visit.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia - Part of a former hospital, the Reina Sofia became gallery space for 20th century art back in the 1990s. On this tour, your guide will introduce you to the different artistic movements showcased here, including abstractionism, cubism, surrealism, and modernism. You’ll come face to face with works by the iconic Pablo Picasso, including his world-changing painting, “Guernica.” You’ll browse works by Joan Miró, like “The Man with a Pipe,” and Salvador Dali’s “Face of the Great Masturbator,” learning about the techniques and strategies they used to create their oftentimes quirky works of art. You’ll discover all about the social and political movements that shaped these artists and their work, including the Spanish Civil War. You’ll leave with a richer understanding of 20th century Spanish art, allowing you to wander confidently through one of the world’s largest contemporary art collections.
What's Included
  • Exclusive Tour Guide
  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • Guided Museum Tour
  • 2.5-Hour Tour Duration
  • All Entrance Fees Included
What's Not Included
  • Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
  • Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
  • Temporary exhibitions NOT included
Additional Information
  • It is imperative that you provide us with guests MOBILE PHONE NUMBER (including country code)
  • Notes: The Reina Sofia Museum might be subjected to occasional closures or delayed opening or special event limiting access to our tour. When this occurs, we will provide guests with a reschedule option, or appropriate alternative. There is a link provided to verify beforehand the exceptional closing days online. In these cases we are unable to provide refunds or discounts. Appropriate dress is required for entry into some sites on this tour. Due to increased security measures at many attractions some lines may form on tours with ‘Skip the Line’ access.
Location
Reina Sofía
Meet your guide by the Spanish Flag at the main entrance, outside of the museum Reina Sofia. You’ll be standing between two glass towers (elevators) at the top of the stair outside. The flag pole is situated to the left at this main entrance (you’ll see a Spanish flag attached to it that will help you recognise the meeting point).
Cancellation Policy

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

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541kenyac
May 31, 2024
Wowed by art - Ana Muñoz our guide was extremely knowledgeable, friendly, helpful, and we truly enjoyed her company. She contacted us ahead of our tour and sent us her location so we knew exactly where to meet her. The visit was filled with chronological history, facts, good conversation, and context of the main master pieces in the museum.
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Cdgreenfield
Mar 25, 2024
A wonderful and rewarding way to appreciate a remarkable museum. - Our guide was exceptionally well prepared to give a wonderful tour of this remarkable museum. We started in the gardens to better understand the building itself, then took a deep dive into the transformation of prominent Spanish artists in the first half of the 20th Century. From Dali and Miro to Picasso, Santos and many others, we learned how and why their work evolved, and how the politics of the time influenced their work. Our tour culminated with the Guernica - a work so complex and wonderful we appreciated the skillful explanation of Almudena, our guide.
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J
Mar 20, 2024
Fantastic! - Absolutely wonderful tour. Jaime was excellent. He was courteous, polite, engaging, and had tremendous knowledge of the museum and all the pieces. Top notch experience.
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Cole_t
Mar 20, 2024
Awesome experience! - Jaime was a wonderful guide. Knowledgeable, courteous, very well informed, and just a nice guy. Great job! Thank you
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Afshin_s
Jan 5, 2024
Magnificent Reina Sofia Museum with Jose - Jose, our guide in the Reina Sofia museum took us on a journey of art and history of Spain through magnificent pieces of art presented in the Reina Sofia museum. A truly amazing experience and highly recommended.
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Bonnie_j
Oct 27, 2023
Guernica: one of my lifelong bucket lists - Beatrice gave a most excellent tour. She is very well educated, and gave us very useful background information to understand the paintings and sculptures we saw. She was also very kind to people who walked slow and to one participant, who was a bit difficult. At the end of the tour she showed me how to use the subway and where to go to my next destination. all of this was above and beyond what I expected. I would be very happy to book this tour or another tour with Beatrice again.
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Mark_r
Oct 2, 2023
Educated, enthusiastic,... - Educated, enthusiastic, flexible guide. Great stories of the artists family life and its effects on their art.
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Jas1663
Sep 14, 2023
Fabulous tour guide - We had James as our tour guide . He was prompt and extremely knowledgeable about the history of the museum . He explained in detail each painting and the history of each artist . Made such a difference
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Bryan_s
Jun 19, 2023
Much More than Guernica! - Like many others, my wife and I were interested in go to La Reina Sofia in order to see Picasso's Guernica. It was as amazing as we thought it would be, but the experience was truly enhanced by our Guide, Marta. She was so knowledgeable and showed us that the museum was far more than that one famous painting. She took such great care in taking us through various galleries and told the story of the struggle of modern art to break through the deep-seated traditions and norms of Spanish culture. It was a truly wonderful tour, and Marta had everything to do with that.
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Yana_r
May 29, 2023
Great tour with Marta - Great tour with Marta of this gem of a museum. Expertly guided and clear explanations of what we were seeing.
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