Paseo Del Prado, Paseo De Los Museums

The Paseo del Prado is one of the most important boulevards of Madrid. Follow the vertical north-south from the Plaza de Cibeles to Plaza del Emperador Carlos V, popularly known as Glorieta de Atocha. The Paseo del Prado, Paseo de Recoletos and the Paseo de la Castellana form a major axis that crosses Madrid from north to south, from the train station Chamartín to Atocha station.

The Paseo del Prado is at the heart of Madrid, in this area are the Cortes, the Bank of Spain and the Teatro de la Zarzuela, among others. But most important of this, and what has earned him the nickname of the Paseo del Arte is that way we will visit the three most important museums in Madrid, the Museo del Prado, the Thyssen Bornemisza and the Reina Sofia Contemporary Art . The latter is already in Atocha, at the end of the ride.

The Museo del Prado is considered the largest art gallery in the world and certainly the best if we refer to the painting of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Sheltering within its walls many of the best works of Goya, Velázquez, Bosch, Rubens, Murillo, Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Titian, Raphael, Watteau, Tintoretto and El Greco, among others. This fantastic museum was recently renovated and expanded, expansion by the architect Rafael Moneo, and this has allowed the public to expose a greater number of works.

The Thyssen Bornemisza Museum is located in the Plaza de Neptuno, the Palacio de Villahermosa. It is without doubt one of the best private art collections. Which was donated to the Spanish state in 1993. It contains works from the thirteenth to the twentieth century, selected among the best painters of every age, among which we find works of Dürer, Tintoretto, Degas, Kandinsky, Goya, Cezanne, Matisse, Dalí, Miró, Picasso and Renoir.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Reina Sofía, as its name indicates, is devoted to modern and contemporary art. Opened in September 1992 with the idea that to be a continuation of the Prado Museum, exposing it works from the nineteenth century to the present. Among his many works include paintings by Picasso and Dali, emphasizing among them the incomparable Picasso's Guernica. In our guide of Madrid can find more information for traveling to Madrid, among which includes more information about museums in Madrid and what to visit in Madrid.