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Cerralbo Museum
🎨MuseumClosed · Opens tomorrow 9:30 AM$ · Budget-friendly

Cerralbo Museum

4.5 ·

Slip into the Cerralbo Museum, a nineteenth-century mansion in Moncloa that still feels like a collector's home. Walk through ornate rooms of Old Master paintings, furniture and antiques, finishing among the medieval armour.

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The Cerralbo Museum fills a nineteenth-century aristocratic mansion with paintings, fine furniture, antiques and a medieval armoury, all left arranged much as a collector's home. Reviewers describe it as grand and intricate yet far less crowded than the big palaces, and easy to navigate over roughly an hour.

The very low ticket price is a recurring point of praise, as is the friendly staff. Its opening pattern leans toward mornings, with a shortened Saturday, so plan accordingly.

It suits couples and anyone who prefers atmospheric period interiors to large blockbuster museums.

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Address

C. de Ventura Rodríguez, 17, Moncloa - Aravaca, 28008 Madrid, Spain · Moncloa - Aravaca
Website
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Hours

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Booking

Walk-in

Duration

1h

Best time

morning or lunchtime

Intensity

Moderate walking

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Good to know

  • Go in the morning, as opening hours are limited and it closes on Mondays
  • the entrance fee is only a few euros
  • look out for the medieval armour room.
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Reviews

Skip the palacio! This museum is incredible, completely uncrowded, and 3€ per person. It is just as grand and intricate as the other palace, but on a smaller scale. It's super easy to navigate too! There are nice restrooms and a lovely shady garden with a water feature. The whole exploration takes about 1.5h.

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Emma Wentworth Winchester

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