This tour offers you a fantastic opportunity to see behind the scenes at the Real Madrid stadium, Santiago Bernabeu. Just turn up at the stadium between 10:00 to 19:30 on Mondays to Saturdays and 10:30 to 18:30 on Sundays and holidays except match days.

The Prado is possibly the most famous Madrid art gallery. It houses an extensive collection of works from the 12th to the 19th centuries. If you want to see everything you may need to visit twice to take it all in. You will see some of the world’s most talked about paintings including works by Goya, Rubens and Murillo.

This is an impressive gallery where you can see fairly recent works from the 20th and 21st centuries.

There are a lot of Picasso pieces, including the famous Guernica. You will also find a section dedicated to some modern art sculptures, and there is even a room showing a film written by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí.

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Gallery is just opposite the Prado Gallery

This art gallery is one of the most popular. The main building itself is called Villahermosa Palace and it has been added to with newer galleries that house the Carmen collection of Dutch art.

This is a less publicised museum, but one of Madrid’s little know treasures. The Valencian artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida originally lived in what is now the art gallery, which was built between 1910 and 1911. You will find excellent sculptures and ceramic works, as well as furniture and jewellery.