Marvel at the Royal Monastery of El Escorial, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Accompanied by a local guide, dive right into Spanish history. See the Hapsburg’s Palace, the Kings Mausoleum and the Basilica. Visit the Valley of the Fallen, an underground church topped with a 152-meter cross.
Posted By : ivesdiary
One of the best places I’ve ever visited in Spain and Europe. Absolutely stunning architecture, art collection and the tombs on the basement are immaculate. Such a great experience completely worth it.
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Posted On : 2024-05-08 04:43:41 
Posted By : Odyssey00204877478
We were short on time in Valley of the Fallen, it was an express visit, approximately 35 minutes, otherwise fine.
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Posted On : 2024-05-04 07:34:46
Posted By : Daniela_C
Overall El Escorial majesty. More time should be given to explain the place in history of this monastery.
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Posted On : 2024-04-17 20:08:52 
Posted By : 254amparoa
Must-sees in Madrid, both the Escorial monastery and the wallhanging valley are impressive
Excellent guide Susana and Manolo (Chauffeur)
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Posted On : 2024-04-14 07:09:24
Posted By : Jeffrey_S
Lovely trip to get an overview of the locations. Would like a bit more time in each place to soak up a bit of the history and artwork- especially in El Escorial. Enjoyed the trip
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Posted On : 2024-04-12 16:10:31
Posted By : Coastal46563831576
Not happy. English was poor and hard to follow. Guide seemed more natural in Spanish, but spoke English in a chuckling and awkward manner. Tour was advertised in English but it turned out to be bilingual, resulting in a lot of wasted time of repetition and waiting. Very little time was spent at the Valley. We were told there would be free time for pictures, which turned out to be a joke because the free time was only 15 minutes and it takes 10 minutes to comfortably walk back to the bus. Group was way too big. As soon as we got to the Valley we were herded into a Basilica, given obvious descriptions of the statues, and then told we had free time to see the valley where we had to rush out to see the valley for at least 3 minutes before walking back to the bus. Then we got back to Madrid late and totally kissed lunch. We were told we would get back to Madrid at 2pm for lunch before departing for Toledo at 245pm but arrived at Madrid at 230pm and there was no time for lunch and we could not takeaway food into their strict bus. And for a tour that visits a lot of Christ-inspired art the tour seemed nonchalant about the profound Christian symbols and just pointed out mundane historical details. I left not even knowing why San Lorenzo is a Saint or why he was martyred, and yet I heard multiple mundane descriptions of him at the center of various pieces of art. Horrible.
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Posted On : 2024-04-12 07:54:24
Posted By : FarAway20215127854
Trip was nice and interesting . Views are beautiful . We took a lot of pictures. Guide was nice friendly and knowledgeable.
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Posted On : 2024-04-12 07:44:44
Posted By : 264f_lixl
The tour is quite good, you can appreciate the different sectors of the monastery, there is adequate time to visit each room and the explanations are good.
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Posted On : 2024-04-12 07:39:38
Posted By : G8788VTrogerc
Was a very nice experience, it was beautiful and rich of history. We enjoy our time, thanks to Rocio and Marisol was a great driver
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Posted On : 2024-04-09 07:15:46
Posted By : Coastal499970
Very interesting, enjoyable and entertaining visit. The guide Maria gave us a 10, she explained everything to us from minute 0 to the end. Very comfortable transfer.
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Posted On : 2024-03-20 08:14:11
