Private Prado & Botín:
Madrid’s masterpieces and the world's oldest kitchen
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Duration
4.5 hours
Tour size
Max 10
Language
English
Overview
The Prado can overwhelm anyone, room after room of masterpieces with no thread to follow. This Prado Museum private tour gives you an art historian who builds the visit around a story, then takes you somewhere almost no guest sees: inside Botín, the world's oldest restaurant, before it opens, ending at a table set with roast suckling pig.
- •Walk the Prado with a private guide and the stories behind Goya, Velázquez, and Bosch
- •Skip the line and trade the maze of frames for the questions worth asking
- •Stroll old Madrid and the Literary Quarter on the way to Botín
- •Step into Botín's kitchen and cellars before the first guests arrive
- •Sit down to roast suckling pig from the 1725 oven, paired with Rioja
What's included
- Private, skip-the-line guided tour of the Prado
- A guided walk through historic Madrid and Plaza Mayor
- Before-hours, behind-the-scenes access to Botín's kitchen and cellars
- A three-course Spanish lunch with roast suckling pig and Rioja wine
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What to expect
The Prado: the masterpieces, with the thread
Skip-the-line entry takes you straight in, and your private art historian builds the visit around a story rather than a checklist. You'll stand before Velázquez, Goya, and Bosch and get the questions worth asking: what's hiding in Las Meninas, why Goya painted with such fury. It's the Prado with the context and without the crowd.
Through old Madrid to Botín
From the museum you'll walk the cobbled streets of old Madrid and the Literary Quarter, your guide turning up corners of history along the way. You'll arrive at Botín not for a table but for a backstage pass. Before the first guests of the day, you're inside a restaurant that has been serving since 1725.
"Most people walk the Prado in an hour and remember nothing. Give them one thread, one good question about Las Meninas, and suddenly they can't leave."
Alfonso,
WalksDevour art historian guide
"Anyone can book lunch at Botín. Almost no one gets into the kitchen before service, beside the chef manning the oven that's been lit since 1725. That's the part I'm proud of.
Cait,
WalksDevour tour designer
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