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The Art Heart of Madrid

The Art Heart of Madrid

Madrid · Spain

7 stops
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

You will wander through a dense concentration of world-class galleries and intimate house museums. This route takes you from hidden aristocratic gems to the grand halls of the Golden Triangle of Art. It is the perfect way to experience the city's obsession with painting and preservation.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 7. The rest are in the app.

  1. Museo Cerralbo

    Museo Cerralbo

    A nineteenth-century palace designed as a stage for art and parties rather than a home.

  2. Museo Nacional del Romanticismo

    Museo Nacional del Romanticismo

    Museo Nacional del Romanticismo, a museum in Madrid, Spain.

  3. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

    Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

    The royal academy that turned art from a workshop craft into a formal academic study.

  4. 1 more stop on this walk, in the app
  5. Museum of Illusions Madrid

    Museum of Illusions Madrid

    Museo de las ilusiones, a museum in Madrid.

  6. Casa-Museo de Lope de Vega

    Casa-Museo de Lope de Vega

    Casa-Museo de Lope de Vega is a museum in Madrid, Spain.

  7. Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum

    Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum

    Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is a museum in Madrid, Spain.

  8. Stop 7

  9. 1 more stop in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

1 more stop in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 7 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

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  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.