Madrid Card

Madrid, Spain

Discover the rich history and culture of Madrid with your Madrid Card. Gain entry to over 50 museums, partake in a "Discover Madrid" walking tour, enjoy a theater show or visit the Bernabeu Stadium Tour. With the choice of a 24 hour, 48 hour, 72 hour or 120 hour card, you can also enjoy discounts on shopping, restaurants and nightlife such as a flamenco show.

You will also receive a tourist guide with information about museums and services included available in 5 languages. A map of the city showing the locations of participating establishments will also be included when you collect your card.

Includes priority access into Prado Museum, Madrid Royal Palace, Thyssen-Bornemisza museum and Reina Sofia museum.

USD $49.80

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Daniel L	April 2012
Half the places I went to on the madrid card list (naval museum and others) didn't accept it and charged me anyway. And it only gave basic access to the Prado, had to pay full price for the featured exhibition. Quite useless.

Review by: Roselle U	March 2012
FABULOUS!!!!! We loved the card. It allowed us to go to many museums and sites and not feel obligated to see everything.

Review by: Artfay	January 2012
If your trip to Madrid will include several museums, get this card. Even if you don't save any money (which may be the case--check online for ticket prices with the individual museums), you will make up for it in convenience of not needing to stand in line to buy tickets. As a tourist, your time in town may be limited--and even if under no time pressure, you didn't travel to Spain in order to stand in line. This card possibly saves you money, but definitely saves you time.

Review by: Sandra L	January 2012
I paid approximately 75 CAD for a 72 hour pass. With Bernabeu at 16 Euro and all the major museums and palaces at 8 Euro or higher, I may have just broke even on this card, and I am a maniacal planner who is willing to skip meals to see good art. However, I never stood in a line. With the priority access I could walk into any of the major museums and attractions at peak hours and bypass hundreds of people waiting in line. My time is worth it!

Review by: D A W	October 2011
We were disappointed to discover that this did not include the local metro system (one of the reasons we purchased the card). Also, we purchased the 5 day card which given we were only in Madrid for 4 days and one of those we went to Toledo, this was not a price effective option for us. We were glad we had not purchased these cards for other cities and waited to see what this one would be like.

Review by: Leaving	October 2011
Not as good ad the Barcelona card! Kinda useless..

Review by: Robert S	October 2011
Beware that this card does not include any transportation. I had read an apparently outdated review that touted that what was great about the Madrid Card was that it included the Madrid Vision bus. Well, it doesn't. Viator does not indicate that the bus is included; the description here is fair.

Review by: trinka	October 2011
Well worth it! Best way to get around Madrid! Only mistake I made was the number of days! Only there for 2 full days but paid for 4!

Review by: shopq	September 2011
Besides the Prado and Sofia museums, we didn't make up for the amount we bought the cards for.

Review by: Martin H	September 2011
Worth it to by-pass queues.

Review by: William H	September 2011
very worthwhile

Review by: Mindmeld	September 2011
Never used it :)

Review by: Susan P	September 2011
I did not find this card worth the money. Many of the museums it included were free to everyone all the time (this was not made clear on the site). I feel it is totally misleading to list all the museums it lets you in to including those that are always free. We did not get our moneys worth inspite of our best efforts. Have previously used Barcelona card and loved it. This Madridr card is just not worth it and frankly myself and my travelling companion feel conned. Please avoid and pay for the museums you want to enter - no way would it have cost us the £35 it cost us for a 48 hour card. FRANKLY A RIP OFF.

Review by: Kenneth c	August 2011
I found the purchase very good it enabled me to see a lot of Madrid with no hassel.

Review by: Ian L	August 2011
Just about got our money's worth over 3 days. depends for example on how much time you are going to spend at individual attractions. Some were free entrance anyway

Review by: Rachel R	July 2011
A perfect card, that allowed me to see all of the museums that were on my itinerary. I loved Madrid, and look forward to returning one day in the future.

Review by: jackie	July 2011
It is worth its weight in gold just to bypass the lines to the prado and palacio real! I recommend this if you like museums and hate waiting in lines. I only got the 24 hr one, and it was enough to see the prado, botannical gardens, and palacio. it you are really into museums, get the 48 hr card. Im not a huge museam fan, so I lost interest very quickly in the prado! So dark!

Review by: Gerald K	July 2011
The card was helpful and allowed us to avoid ticket lines. We were not allowed to take a City Tour as promised. The bu person said that they no longer had arrangement so charged us--that was not as promised.

Review by: Caryn	July 2011
Overall good buy if you wish to enter many sites.

Review by: lilly	July 2011
we did not have to withe on queue, the one day card we just managed to see the royal palace and Prado museum .

Review by: Patrick M	July 2011
I'm giving this a low rating only because my card got stollen on the first day while on the Metro. They got this card and the transportation card. Therefore, we were unable to visit all of the attractions open to us when we had both cards.

Review by: travmails	July 2011
Well worth the money just avoiding long entry lines.

Review by: Andrew M	June 2011
If you are a traveller who likes to optimize your time, this is an excellent value over paying for things individually and saves you time over waiting in tickets lines!

Review by: Michaela H	June 2011
did not like it all

Review by: JOSE G P	May 2011
Great card. We went to the main museum without pay a penny. We took advantage of must of the things. Be aware that this card different to the BCN one doesn't include the metro tickets. But it was a worthy!

Review by: Ian C	May 2011
Excellent value for money as we wanted to see the art of Madrid and were able to do so for what we thought was good value as a combined ticket.

Review by: KATHIA M	May 2011
This card was really good, I was able to go to a lot of places without having to pay any extra money.

Review by: Dwayne B	April 2011
The three day card was well worth the purchase, offering free entry to many of the main attractions, and some discounts. Comine this with the Travel Pass and you have great value for your money.

Review by: Mary-Lane B	March 2011
Great museums. What I really liked was that it was a 48 hour pass and we used it Monday afternoon, all ay Tuesday and Wednesday for a half day. It worked out perfectly and we were able to see a lot. Make sure to check out some of the smaller museums too

Review by: Runy T	March 2011
I bought this card thinking that metro transportation was included. So this was a disappointment. But all the other included options were very good and I would definitely recommend this card.

Review by: Alex S	October 2010
Limited advantage. The museums required card holders to stand in line for tickets to enter. Price high considering the limited hours for museum openings and the time required to visit multiple sites.

Review by: Tania P	October 2010
Would have been worth it if the strike was not on. But yes I would buy it again.

Review by: Matt G	October 2010
Good value. The card distribution site at the airport was hard to find, and far away from our terminal.

Review by: Terence O	October 2010
Made entrance to museums, etc., easy. No line, no hassles. Worth it if you are going to do a lot of museum activity/visiting.

Review by: Engelbert R	August 2010
Very useful and handy. I will buy it again!

Review by: Zvi B, Israel	June 2010
time and money saving

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2010
Definitely worth the price. My wife and I bought 48 hour passes, saw the Royal Palace and the three major museums, for less than we would have paid at the gate and, 5 off souvenirs -- pays for itself!

Review by: Gordon D, United Kingdom	June 2010
Fantastic the pass was great and good value for monet . Priority at the Palacio was well worth and the 10 off at the flamingo DInner helped

Review by: Heitor L C C, Brazil	May 2010
It works really well and you just skip queues. Good idea!

Review by: Tim C, United States of America	April 2010
Indeed I was able to avoid the lines at the Prado but the card was refused at the Thyssen Museum and I had to return to the tourist office for a new card. Then many museums did not recognize the card and did not allow free entrance - even with the name of the museum in your booklet! Better awareness of your programme with all Madrid Museums needs to be much improved.

Review by: Lydia Ann R, United States of America	December 2009
There was not enough information to get the most from the card.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	October 2009
I would not recommend getting the cultural card on the web since you have to go to the tourist office in Plaza Mayor to exchange it for a real Madrid card, in which case you could buy it directly from there for 31 euro. So unless there are great savings buying on the web, you can buy the card in Madrid.

Review by: Frances R, United States of America	September 2009
I recommend this card.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	May 2009
This is convenient, easy to use and affordable. I would strongly recommend purchasing the pass, whether traveling solo or in a group. It saves the trouble of waiting in long lines and you see more sights at a better value!

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	March 2009
It's not a good value because it doesn't include the zoo - 18 euro a person - and most of the museums are free after 6PM anyways. I don't think the full price Madrid Card the blue one is worth it either as it's more efficient to get around on the metro than the hop-on bus. I recommend the tourist pass instead and spending a few Euros to see what you can't see for free. By the way, to pick up either Madrid Card or the Tourist Pass in the airport, you must take a ridiculously long hike from your arrival door to the office in the airport, and a second ridiculously long hike back to somewhere where you can catch a cab.

Review by: Virginia B B, United States of America	November 2008
Madrid was fascinating city.

Review by: Elaine B, United States of America	August 2008
Good deal, just make sure you have the whole two days to use the 2 day card or it is not quite as good a deal. Worth it, though, when we could totally bypass the hour long lines and walk right into the Prado museum!!!!