WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE HIGHLIGHTS OF MADRID – APPROX. 8 HOURS

About this wheelchair accessible highlights of Madrid tour

This wheelchair accessible highlights tour of Madrid gives you a full day to discover the best the city has to offer. With a private English-speaking guide and an adapted vehicle at your disposal, you explore Madrid’s historic center, its grand monuments, and its most iconic squares without having to think about logistics.
The tour takes you through several centuries of history in a single day. You start at Plaza Mayor and Puerta del Sol, two of the city’s most recognisable squares from the Habsburg period. From there, the route continues to the Bourbon-era Palacio Real, still the largest functional royal palace in the world, and the Museo del Prado, one of the great art museums of Europe. You also pass the old Atocha railway station, Puerta de Alcalá, the fountains of Neptuno and Cybele, Plaza de Colón, and the famous bullring Plaza de las Ventas. The tour ends with a drive through the elegant Salamanca district and along La Castellana toward the Bernabeu Stadium.
If you want to add an inside visit to any of the museums, monuments, or the Bernabeu Stadium, let us know in advance and we will arrange it for you.

Royal Palace

You continue with the Bourbon period, and see Palacio Real. This is still the largest functional royal palace in the world. In front of this Royal Palace, you find Teatro Real, a major opera house in Madrid, designed by the architect Antonio López Aguado.

Museo del Prado

Not to miss is the Museo del Prado, one of the largest and most famous art museums in the world. The building is two hundred years old and opened as a museum to the general public on the 19th of November 1819, initially as a Royal Museum full of paintings and sculptures.

The next stop is the old Atocha railway station. The station is a junction of the Spanish trains with high-speed trains running from and to Atocha, Malaga, Sevilla, and Barcelona. Today, Atocha is more than just a train station and place to admire the architecture. In the main hall of the station, you find a beautiful Botanical garden with several restaurants.

Puerto Alcalá

Next to the beautiful Parque del Buen Retiro, you find Puerta de Alcalá. This building used to be the entrance to the city. However, this function was lost in 1869 when the city wall was demolished. Nowadays, the gate is one of Madrid’s most impressive monuments and tourist attractions. You also see the city’s beautiful and majestic fountains of Neptuno and Cybele.

You continu to Plaza de Colon and its monuments. The first monument is a statue of Columbus standing at the pinnacle of a tall column. The second monument consists of concrete macro-sculptures by Joaquín Vaquero Turcios.

Plaza de las Ventas

Furthermore, you go to the famous Bullring, Plaza de las Ventas in the Salamanca district. Followed by a stop at Plaza de España, a central square located at the end of the chic Grand Via boulevard. On this square, you find various monuments and statues, as well as the two highest buildings of the city: the Torre de Madrid with a height of 142 meters, and the Edificio España with a height of 117 meters.

Finally, you drive through the aristocratic quarter of Salamanca, where distinguished designers have their boutiques, and along the elegant avenue of La Castellana, which leads to the Bernabeu Stadium (Real Madrid’s stadium). As mentioned, if you would like to see the Real Madrid stadium, or any other of the highlights, from the inside, let us know prior and we can add this to your tour*.