Paseo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Visit duration: 1 hour Editorial visit time estimate

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

About Paseo del Prado

The Paseo del Prado is one of Madrid's main boulevards. It runs north to south between the Plaza de Cibeles and the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (Plaza de Atocha), with the Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo and its Neptune Fountain roughly in the middle. It is protected as a Bien de Interés Cultural and forms a combined UNESCO World Heritage Site with Buen Retiro Park. Its name comes from the Prado de los Jerónimos, fields around the Monastery of San Jerónimo El Real on which it was built.

Checked 2026-11-10 · Source

What's inside

The densely tree-lined avenue is home to the so-called Golden Triangle of Art: the Prado Museum, with works such as Velázquez's Las Meninas and Goya's two Majas; the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, whose collection spans eight centuries of European painting; and the Reina Sofía Museum, where Picasso's Guernica hangs. Nearby are Buen Retiro Park, the Casón del Buen Retiro, CaixaForum Madrid and the headquarters of the Real Academia Española.

Checked 2026-11-10 · Source