My tour guide was Rubén and he was EXCELLENT. The tour was spoken in Spanish and English. He showed us many paintings over 1.5 hs and the final display of Goya's paintings was incredible! My first time in Madrid and this was by far the best activity! I'd highly recommend him for any tour.

Wow, our tour guide was amazing! Not only did she take us to her favorite paintings plus the highly sought after ones but she also provided us with wonderful little tidbits of each in a historical context. Moreover, her Spanish and English were incredible. She had no issue seamlessly switching from one to the other, and her doing so did not take away from the experience. The museum allows purses and handbags but if you bring in a backpack you’ll have to check it at the front with the coats (yes, they have a free coat check room too). Overall, this is a great deal for the money. A little bit of money to enhance your experience and knowledge is worth it. Enjoy!

Our guide was very passionate about the art and gave us a lot of history about the pieces that we saw. Since the museum is so big and our tour was only 1.5 hours (I think), there was a lot we didn't get to see. Of course, we had the option to stay and explore after the tour. When I went to the gift shop afterwards to explore prints and postcards of my favorite pieces, I noticed that there were several key pieces (that were all over the gift shop) that we never saw....so it felt like our guide chose her favorites over focusing on the lead pieces at the museum. It was still a great experience that I would repeat! I would just ensure I had the time to wander around myself afterwards to fill in any gaps. I would not have gotten anywhere near as much out of the experience without our guide.