Museo Nacional del Prado
One of the world's greatest art museums, with masterpieces by Velázquez, Goya, El Greco, Titian and Bosch.
Museums and UNESCO heritage
In the city
The great museums of Madrid
Madrid's Paseo del Arte gathers three world-class collections within a short walk, along the Paseo del Prado — a boulevard that, together with the Retiro gardens, was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021.
Museo Reina Sofía
Spain's national museum of modern and contemporary art, home to Picasso's Guernica and major works by Dalí and Miró.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
A remarkable collection spanning eight centuries of European painting, from the early Italian masters to Pop Art.
World Heritage
UNESCO World Heritage in and around Madrid
From the heart of the city to a short train ride or drive away, Madrid and its surroundings hold a remarkable concentration of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
El Paisaje de la Luz
The Paseo del Prado boulevard and the Retiro gardens — a “landscape of arts and sciences” of museums, fountains and tree-lined avenues in the heart of the city.
Toledo
The “city of three cultures”, layering Christian, Jewish and Muslim heritage above the Tagus gorge.
Segovia
Crowned by a monumental Roman aqueduct, a Gothic cathedral and the fairy-tale Alcázar.
Alcalá de Henares
The world's first planned university city and the birthplace of Cervantes.
Aranjuez
A royal cultural landscape of palaces, fountains and formal gardens along the Tagus.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Philip II's vast Renaissance monastery and royal palace in the Sierra de Guadarrama.
Hayedo de Montejo
A rare, well-preserved southern beech wood, protected within the UNESCO Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of Europe. Visited on guided tours only.