Royal Palace of Madrid

Winter hours (October to March):

• From Monday to Saturday: 10:00 - 18:00. Sunday: 10:00 - 16:00

Summer hours (April to September):

• From Monday to Saturday: 10:00 - 19:00. Sunday: 10:00 - 16:00

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. You can consult the list of closures for official acts

Duration of the visit

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

Individual Admission

Palace's Royal Kitchen

• If you are interested, you can access the visit to the Palace's Royal Kitchen selecting Combined tour

Basic Admission

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

Reduced Admission

• 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
(NOTE): 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. (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

Guided visit

• Guided by Patrimonio Nacional staff
  • Visits are guided in Spanish except those with the United Kingdom flag which are guided in English.
  • There is the possibility of the guided visit by adding a supplement whose amount is 4 € per person.
  • Basic
  • Reduced
  • Free
  • 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.
• Interactive audio guides
  • Rental of physical tablets that are delivered to the museum. Price 5 €.
  • Download the app on your mobile and you will receive an activation code . Price 4 €.
  • The audio guides do not include information on temporary exhibitions

Combined tour Royal Palace and Galería de las Colecciones Reales

• Basic Admission
• Reduced Admission

Group Admission

Tourist

• Agencies
  Combined tour Royal Palace and Galería de las Colecciones Reales
• Groups of Official Tourist Guides. The Price to apply will be that which corresponds according to the condition of each member of the group or Agency Price.

Cultural

• The Price to apply will be that which corresponds according to the condition of each member of the group: Basic, Reduced or Free.

Make the most of your visit with the interactive audio guide.

You can enjoy it through your smartphone or through a device provided by the museum

You can download the content and enjoy it at home or during the visit.

• 16 languages
• A minimum of 2 routes
• Audiovisual contents
• Do not include information about temporary exhibitions

Accessibility to the monument

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