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San Lorenzo de El Escorial Monastery: Private Tour
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San Lorenzo de El Escorial Monastery: Private Tour

By Isabella Trébede - Licensed Guide
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$110 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Discover San Lorenzo de El Escorial, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Enjoy masterpieces by Titian, El Greco, Velázquez and Luca Giordano.
  • Explore the basilica, the library, the Hall of Battles and the Royal Pantheon.
  • Marvel at the impressive frescoes inside the library and the main staircase.
  • Enjoy a day surrounded by nature, at the Sierra del Guadarrama mountains.

Activity location

    • Madrid
    • Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Av. de Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, 28200 San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain | Look for the entry with a Spanish flag on top of it. It is right in front of the Tourism Office. You guide will wear an Isabella Trébede tote bag.
    • San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

Check availability


San Lorenzo de El Escorial: Private Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m2h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 11:30 am
Price details
AU$110.20 x 2 AdultsAU$220.40

Total
Price is AU$220.40
San Lorenzo de El Escorial: tour privado en español
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m2h 30m
  • Spanish
Language options: Spanish
Starting time: 11:30 am
Price details
AU$110.20 x 2 AdultsAU$220.40

Total
Price is AU$220.40

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLicensed tour guide.
  • What's includedWhat's included Skip-the-line tickets (€12 per person).
  • What's includedWhat's included Individual headsets to hear the tour guide clearly.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup or transport to/from the meeting point.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Service charge.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Food and drinks.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Unfortunately, this tour is not accessible.

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Prams, Bikes, Luggage or large bags, Pets, Photography inside
  • Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

In this private tour, you will have a guide just for you. Together, you will travel through centuries of history in one of the most outstanding monuments of Spain. El Escorial Monastery is a national treasure, a place where the power and wealth of the Habsburgs dynasty is displayed at its best.

Enjoy priority entrance and discover the many rooms the building has to offer: The library is the finest example of Phillip II Humanism and his taste for science and arts, and the basilica shows the religious context of the time. In the Royal Pantheon you will discover the impressive insides of the building, and you will get to know the storey behind characters like John of Austria, the bastard son of Emperor Charles V. The tour inside the monument will end at the Hall of the Battles, where you will discover astonishing mural paintings that you will never forget.

After visiting the interior, you can finish the itinerary at the Renaissance gardens created for the kings and the monks of the monastery, where you will marvel at the breathtaking panoramic views of the forest and the mountains that surround San Lorenzo de El Escorial. If luck is on your side, you will even meet the beautiful peacocks that live in the gardens!

Location

Activity location

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    • Madrid
    • Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Av. de Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, 28200 San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain | Look for the entry with a Spanish flag on top of it. It is right in front of the Tourism Office. You guide will wear an Isabella Trébede tote bag.
    • San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Av. de Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, 28200 San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain | Look for the entry with a Spanish flag on top of it. It is right in front of the Tourism Office. You guide will wear an Isabella Trébede tote bag.
    • San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain