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Madrid Card, the best visiting card |
Madrid Card, the best visiting card

Museums, tourist transport, restaurants, leisure parks, guided cultural visits through the city… All in one card.
The Madrid Card allows visiting the capital without worrying about the price of tickets for more relevant museums, palaces and monuments. This is the most convenient way to travel, since it does not require carrying money to make payments related to tourist visits.
Along with the Madrid Card, visitors will receive a map and a tour guide, with information on all the companies and institutions associated with the product Madrid Card, with a brief description, address, phone and opening times, and if information on the discounts offered. In addition, the guide and the map will allow the visitor to find the main points of tourist attraction, which facilitates the task at the time to schedule a trip altogether.
The card includes not only the entrance to museums, but also the holder may travel as much as he wants on the bus Madrid Vision. The bus, with three different routes, tours the main axes of the city, from the Madrid of the Austria until the Paseo del Arte, through the business district of the capital.
In addition, leisure parks attached to the program –Parque de Atracciones, Zoo and Aquarium Madrid, Cable, Faunia, Imax ...- open their doors free of charge to the owners of the Madrid Card.

Moreover, the card lets you take advantage of discounts in shops, restaurants, entertainment, nightclubs, discos and other places of entertainment for children and adults.
The ideal complement to the Madrid Card is the Tourist Travel Pass, which is not included in the price of the card. It allows to make use of public transport in Madrid and for unlimited travel on the subway, bus and suburban network and can be purchased at any subway station.
Madrid Card offers different categories to suit the needs of each tourist. So you can buy the card for 24, 48 or 72 hours, while start counting from the time of its activation. To activate the card it should be introduced for the first time in the electronic validation terminals, which are at the providers of services associated with the Madrid Card programme. The owner must register his name and the date he starts to use it on the back of the card, and keep it at the disposal of any Museum, Palace, Monument or establishment of the project.
The card entitles you to visit the permanent collection of museums and monuments once; temporary exhibitions are not always included in the price. It is advisable to ensure that the day when we want to visit them, they are not closed for any reason, as well as checking the schedule during the summer season (between June 21 and September 21).
To take advantage of discounts in shops and other outlets, cardholders should bear in mind that discounts are applicable regardless of the form of payment -in cash or by credit card-, but are not transferable to other offers. In the case of sales or special discounts in force, the store is not obliged to make an extra discount.
Moreover, in order to obtain the discount, before paying, you should present the card and if the coupon that appears on the page of the Guide for the establishment. If you are in a restaurant, ask for the discount should apply to the account. It is advisable to book a table in restaurants especially on weekends and eve of public holidays. If the holder Madrid Card does not belong to the EU, he can reclaim VAT in the price of purchases.
Useful Information
Madrid Card
- Telephone: 91 588 29 00, 91 360 47 72 and 902 088 908
- Email:
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- Website: www.madridcard.com
- Price: Madrid Card 24 hours, 42 euros; 48 hours, 55 euros; y 72 hours, 68 euros.
-Dealers in Madrid:
- Tourist Information Center
- Address:Plaza Mayor, 27
- Opening: Monday through Sunday from 9.30 to 20.30 hours
- Tourist Information Office of the Community of Madrid
- Address:Duque de Medinaceli, 2 y Estación de Atocha (vestíbulo del AVE)
- Travel Agencies
- Viajes Brújula: at RENFE Station Chamartín
- Other specialized travel agencies
- Barajas Airport:at the center of attention Citizens subway
- Major hotels
- Fortunata Madrid Shop : Toledo, 3
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