The 15 Best Royal Palace of Madrid Tours

Royal Palace of Madrid Small Group Skip the Line Ticket

1.Royal Palace of Madrid Small Group Skip the Line Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 662 reviews · 2 hours 10 minutes (approx.) · from $65Our pick

Review of Madrid’s Royal Palace small-group tour, with skip-the-line entry, old-town sights, guide quality, price, and practical tips.

“If there is one attraction that you wouldn’t want to miss in Madrid then it is the Royal Palace. Our tour guide was such an amazing host who walked and talked us through the entire tour - right from the ticket area to the palace. The palace is grand”

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Royal Palace of Madrid Early Entrance Tour Skip-The-Line Ticket

2.Royal Palace of Madrid Early Entrance Tour Skip-The-Line Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 573 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $46

Review of Madrid’s Royal Palace early-entry tour, with skip-the-line access, guide quality, palace highlights, value, and practical tips.

“Good tour, got us through the crowds with no problems and no waiting in lines! Guide answered all our questions and did a great job explaining all the details.”

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Madrid Royal Palace Professional Guided Tour with Skip the Line

3.Madrid Royal Palace Professional Guided Tour with Skip the Line

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 492 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $42

Review of Madrid’s Royal Palace guided tour, with skip-the-line entry, expert commentary, armory highlights, practical tips, and honest drawbacks.

“Guide told lots of good stories about the royal family and history. Learned a lot. Took the English tour and her accent was understandable.”

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Madrid: Afternoon Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral Tour

4.Afternoon Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 364 reviews · from $51

Review of Madrid’s Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral tour, with skip-the-line entry, guide insights, value advice, and practical tips.

“Our tour guide was very good and knowledgeable. The royal palace is worth going but not the Almudena Cathedral.”

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Madrid: Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral Small-Group Tour

5.Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral Small-Group Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 219 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $57

Tour Madrid’s Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral with a guide, skip the ticket line, and get history, legends, and practical tips in 2.5 hours.

“Lydia, our tour guide was great! She’s passionate and you can clearly see that she loves what she does. She gave great insights during our visit to the palace and the Cathedral! (Our tour was in Spanish) The palace is stunning, definitely worth a visit!!”

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Madrid Royal Palace and Prado Museum Private Tour with Transfers

6.Madrid Royal Palace and Prado Museum Private Tour with Transfers

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 185 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $356Top rated

Private Madrid tour pairing the Royal Palace and Prado Museum with hotel pickup, skip-the-line entry, expert guides, and cab transfer.

“Lovely tour of the Palace in Madrid and Prado museum. Guide was very knowledgeable and worked with our groups interests to present us with a personalized tour.”

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Royal Palace of Madrid Guided Tour Small Group or Private

7.Royal Palace of Madrid Guided Tour Small Group or Private

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 130 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $69

Review of Madrid’s Royal Palace guided tour, with skip-the-line entry, small groups, expert guides, practical tips, and honest value advice.

“Amaya was fantastic. Very knowledgeable and covered a ton of ground on a quick tour. We had just 8 people in our group and it was just right.”

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Guided tour to the Royal Palace of Madrid

8.Guided tour to the Royal Palace of Madrid

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 92 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $28

Review of Madrid’s Royal Palace guided tour, with pricing, entry costs, meeting tips, guides, timing, crowds, and who should book.

“Ruben was a great guide and he was very accommodating. He made the tour of the Royal Palace interesting and informative. This is a must!!”

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Royal Palace of Madrid 1.5-Hour Guided Tour Optional Prado Museum Combo

9.Royal Palace of Madrid 1.5-Hour Guided Tour Optional Prado Museum Combo

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 88 reviews · from $44

Review of Madrid’s Royal Palace guided tour, with skip-the-line entry, palace highlights, guide quality, timing, group size, and Prado combo advice.

“Tour guide was extremely knowledgeable about the palace and shared interesting conversation about the history of the palace.”

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Royal Palace of Madrid Skip-the-Line and Retiro Park Tour

10.Royal Palace of Madrid Skip-the-Line and Retiro Park Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 78 reviews · 5 hours · from $57

Review of Madrid’s 5-hour Royal Palace and Retiro Park tour, with skip-the-line entry, expert guides, optional tapas, and practical tips.

“Our guide, Rocio, was just wonderful! She was incredibly knowledgeable and patient with us as we asked so many questions. Even when walking from the Royal Palace across the city to Retiro Park, she was pointing out important buildings. At the end of the day, she even wrote down several places we might like to see on our own. Rocio made our first day in Madrid a truly special day!”

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Royal Palace of Madrid Entry Ticket with Audioguide

11.Royal Palace of Madrid Entry Ticket with Audioguide

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 68 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $38

Review of Madrid’s Royal Palace ticket with app audioguide, practical advice on entry, value, timing, stairs, and common booking problems.

“I purchased 2 tickets with audio guide for 11 am on June 9, 2025 Too bad that at the point in charge they gave me the entrances for 12.45 So I could not visit the Royal Palace of Madrid... the plane would not have waited for us! Back in the office (we had not noticed the 2 hours delay) the employee promised us price compensation We'll see! Bad experienceAuto-translated”

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Madrid Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral Guided Tour

12.Madrid Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 61 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $65

Review of Madrid’s Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral tour, with pricing, itinerary, guide quality, timing, drawbacks, and booking advice.

“This trip was sold as a 2 part tour, a palace and a cathedral. The cathedral was NEVER intended to be part of the tour, it never happened. They ask you to show up on time, and then you wait, and wait, and wait for all the late people to show up. There are much better tours around. I tried to give this company a chance to make things right since the cathedral tour isn’t a tour at all. They refunded me a measly $5. What a joke.”

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Royal Palace of Madrid Skip the Line Guided Tour

13.Royal Palace of Madrid Skip the Line Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 56 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $46

Review of Madrid’s Royal Palace guided tour, with skip-the-line entry, bilingual guides, practical tips, value advice, and honest drawbacks.

“The palace is awesome! I can say it's the most stunning palace that I've seen. The earphone was helpful when trying to hear the guide tour from a distance. Although it's a shame that the palace doesn't have much rooms opened to public visit, I would say the palace is the top one site you must have a go in Madrid!”

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Madrid Royal Palace Tour – Semi private

14.Madrid Royal Palace Tour – Semi private

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $58

Explore Madrid’s Royal Palace in a small English-speaking group with skip-the-line access, expert stories, visual aids, and a 1.5-hour guided visit.

“Our guide was great! Very knowledgeable, polite, shared a bunch of interesting information and the iPad was really helpful with all the extra pics of things.”

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Royal Palace of Madrid and Almudena Cathedral Afternoon Tour

15.Royal Palace of Madrid and Almudena Cathedral Afternoon Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 28 reviews · from $58

Tour Madrid’s Royal Palace, Almudena Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, and Puerta del Sol with skip-the-line entry and a bilingual guide.

“Both sites are beautiful and very popular, so booking a tour with skip the line is a no brainer (even with that we had to wait a bit to enter), but the tour itself was great. Our guide was enthusiastic, informative and paced everything really well. Definitely recommend.”

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