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Madrid’s city passes have settled around a small set of marketplace-sold products, and the six covered on this page are the ones actually available to book today. Three come from Go City, two are Turbopass bundles built around specific museums and landmarks, and one is a dedicated art-museum ticket that happens to be the cheapest pass on this list, priced at under half the most expensive option.
The biggest difference between them is structure rather than brand. The Essentials and Explorer passes lock you into a set or chosen number of attractions, the two Turbopass bundles are themed around named sights like the Prado and the Bernabéu, the Art Walk Pass focuses purely on three major museums, and the All-Inclusive Pass drops any attraction cap in favour of unlimited entries across its validity window.
Prices below are shown starting from the lowest advertised tier for each pass, converted from the pound sterling prices these products are actually listed at, since that is the currency they were sourced in. Treat every figure as a starting point rather than a fixed cost, since exact pricing shifts with the number of attractions chosen and the exact duration selected at checkout.
A quick comparison table sits directly below for a fast first look, and each pass then gets its own dedicated section covering what it includes, who it suits and roughly what it costs. A final section walks through matching a pass to an actual itinerary, since the right choice here depends far more on your plans than on which pass simply sounds biggest.
None of these six passes are designed to be bought together, and doubling up rarely adds value. Picking the one pass that matches your actual sightseeing list, rather than the one with the longest attraction count, is consistently the better way to get real value out of a Madrid trip.
| Pass | Best For | Duration | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid Essentials Pass | A quick taster of three top attractions | 30 days from first use | €59 (£51/$64) |
| Go City Explorer Pass | Choosing three to seven attractions yourself | 30 days from first use | €78 (£68/$85) |
| Turbopass Madrid City Pass | Prado, Thyssen, Bernabéu and flamenco bundled together | 1-5 days | €79 (£69/$86) |
| Turbopass Flex Pass | Prado, Bernabéu, Ventas and further top sights | 30 days, fast-track entry | €59 (£51/$64) |
| Madrid Art Walk Pass | Prado, Reina Sofía and Thyssen museums only | 1 year validity, fast-track entry | €38 (£33/$41) |
| Go City All-Inclusive Pass | Genuinely unlimited sightseeing over several days | 1-5 days | €78 (£68/$85) |
Madrid Essentials Pass: A Small, Simple Attraction Bundle
The Madrid Essentials Pass, sold by Go City, is the simplest product on this page, a fixed bundle covering entry to three of the city’s top attractions chosen from a shorter curated list rather than the full Explorer Pass roster. It suits a short stay built around a handful of must-sees rather than a packed multi-day sightseeing plan.
Pricing starts from around €59 (£51/$64), and the pass stays valid for 30 days from first use, so the three chosen attractions don’t need to be visited back to back. The saving only materialises if those three admission prices would otherwise add up to more than €59, so it’s worth checking each attraction’s standalone ticket price before assuming the bundle wins automatically.
The most common mistake buyers make here is choosing three attractions without confirming each one is open on the days planned, since a fixed-attraction pass gives no refund for a slot wasted on a closed museum. Checking opening days and any timed-entry requirements before paying protects the value of the entire pass rather than just one ticket.
Because the attraction count is fixed at three, this pass makes the most sense when a traveller already knows exactly which sights they want and can confirm those three genuinely cost more bought separately. Anyone tempted to add a fourth or fifth attraction is better served by the more flexible Explorer Pass covered next.
Go City Explorer Pass: Pick Your Own Attractions
The Go City Explorer Pass is the more flexible sibling of the Essentials Pass, letting visitors choose between three and seven attractions from a much wider list rather than committing to a fixed three. Pricing starts from around €78 (£68/$85) and scales up as more attractions are added at checkout.
The pass runs for 30 days from first activation, giving plenty of room to spread sightseeing across a longer stay rather than rushing everything into a single weekend. Because the price rises with each attraction added, the real saving comes from comparing the running total at checkout against what those same attractions would cost bought individually.
A common mistake is adding attractions mainly because they’re included in the list rather than because they were already part of the trip, which can push the total price above what separate tickets would have cost. Sticking to a genuine shortlist, and pricing it up before paying, keeps this pass working in the buyer’s favour rather than against it.
It suits travellers with a rough shortlist rather than a fixed one, since the choose-your-own structure means the exact attraction count can be decided closer to the trip itself. Anyone confident they’ll want more than seven paid attractions should look at the All-Inclusive Pass further down this page instead.
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Check dealsTurbopass Madrid City Pass: Prado, Thyssen, Bernabéu and Flamenco
The Turbopass Madrid City Pass bundles a named shortlist of the city’s biggest draws, the Prado, the Thyssen-Bornemisza, a Santiago Bernabéu stadium visit and a flamenco show, into a single purchase spanning one to five days. Pricing starts from around €79 (£69/$86).
Because the four inclusions are fixed rather than chosen at checkout, the saving depends entirely on wanting all four, buying it for the Prado and Bernabéu alone while skipping the flamenco show erodes the value fast. Pricing up each of the four attractions individually before buying is the only reliable way to confirm this bundle genuinely beats separate tickets.
A frequent mistake is booking this pass around a football fixture without first checking the Bernabéu tour’s own schedule, since stadium tours can run on different hours to match days or pause entirely around events. Confirming the tour is actually operating on the dates planned avoids losing that portion of the bundle’s value and having to buy a standalone ticket on top.
This pass suits a traveller whose must-see list already matches its four named inclusions closely, football and flamenco alongside the Prado and Thyssen. Anyone who wants the Reina Sofía instead of the Bernabéu is better served by the Art Walk Pass covered further down this page.
Turbopass Flex Pass: Prado, Bernabéu, Ventas and More
The Turbopass Flex Pass widens the City Pass’s football-and-museums theme with a longer named shortlist, the Prado, the Bernabéu, the Ventas bullring and a broader list of further top sights, all with fast-track entry included. Pricing starts from around €59 (£51/$64) and the pass runs for 30 days from first use.
The 30-day window is the pass’s biggest money-saving lever over the fixed-date City Pass, since it doesn’t need activating the moment it’s bought. Waiting to activate it on the first day it’s actually used, rather than on the day of purchase, stretches the full 30 days across the trip instead of burning days before sightseeing even starts.
A common mistake is activating this pass too early, on arrival day rather than the first sightseeing day, which quietly shortens the usable window before the attractions on the list are even visited. Another is assuming the fast-track entry applies everywhere, when it’s really only guaranteed at the named attractions on the pass itself.
This suits a traveller who wants the same broad theme as the City Pass but with a longer 30-day validity window rather than a fixed one-to-five-day span, useful for a trip with gaps between sightseeing days rather than a tightly packed short stay.
Madrid Art Walk Pass: Prado, Reina Sofía and Thyssen Museums
The Madrid Art Walk Pass is the most tightly focused product on this page, covering exactly three museums, the Prado, the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, known locally as the Golden Triangle of Art, with fast-track entry at each. It is also the cheapest pass here, starting from around €38 (£33/$41).
Buying the three museum tickets separately runs close to this pass’s price, so the real saving is modest in pure cash terms, the bigger win is the fast-track entry and a full year to use it. Validity runs for a full year from purchase, the longest window of any pass covered here, so the three museums don’t need visiting on the same trip at all.
The most common mistake is buying this pass for a single short trip and only managing to fit in one or two of the three museums, which turns a near break-even purchase into a straightforward loss. Planning which day covers which museum before paying makes sure all three inclusions actually get used.
This pass is the clear choice for a dedicated art and museum visitor who has no interest in football, flamenco or a wider attraction list. For anyone who wants those three museums plus other sights bundled in too, one of the two Turbopass products above will cover more ground.
Go City All-Inclusive Pass: Unlimited Attractions
The Go City All-Inclusive Pass drops the attraction count entirely, offering unlimited entry to more than twenty attractions across a one to five day window rather than a capped number of picks. Pricing starts from around €78 (£68/$85), in line with the Explorer Pass despite the much broader access on offer.
The value case rests entirely on genuinely packing multiple attractions into each of the pass’s active days, since the per-day cost only beats separate tickets once at least two attractions are visited on most days. Anyone planning a slower pace ends up paying for access they simply won’t use.
The most common mistake with this pass is buying it for a trip that turns out more relaxed than planned, leaving several of the pass’s active days with only one attraction or none at all. Working out a rough day-by-day attraction plan before buying is the surest way to check the math actually holds.
This pass only pays for itself for a genuinely sightseeing-heavy trip, realistically two or more attractions a day across its full window. Anyone planning a more relaxed pace is very likely better served by the Explorer Pass, one of the Turbopass options, or the Art Walk Pass instead.
Which Pass Is Right for You?
A traveller with a short, firm shortlist of three attractions gets the cleanest deal from the Essentials Pass, while anyone less certain of the exact number, but confident it’s somewhere between three and seven, is better matched to the more flexible Explorer Pass.
Anyone whose Madrid trip revolves around football and flamenco alongside the Prado should look first at the two Turbopass products, choosing the City Pass for a short, fixed stay or the Flex Pass for a longer window with fast-track entry built in throughout.
A dedicated art visitor with no interest in the Bernabéu or a flamenco show gets by far the best value from the Art Walk Pass, whose year-long validity also suits anyone unsure exactly when they’ll fit all three museums in.
Only a genuinely packed, multi-day sightseeing trip justifies the All-Inclusive Pass, since its value depends on regularly using several attractions each day. For anything more relaxed, one of the other five passes on this page will almost always work out better value.
Is a Madrid Pass Actually Worth It?
Every pass above only earns its keep if it beats buying tickets one by one, so here are three real itineraries worked out both ways. Each uses the standalone ticket price for every attraction, sourced from the attraction’s own official site, set against the pass that most closely covers the same list.
Prado, Royal Palace and Bernabéu Stadium Tour. A classic first-timer’s trio pairing Spain’s top art museum with the royal residence and a football pilgrimage, three separate bookings rather than a themed bundle.
| Attraction | Standalone Price |
|---|---|
| Prado Museum | €15 (£13/$16) |
| Royal Palace of Madrid | €18 (£16/$20) |
| Bernabéu Stadium Tour | €37 (£32/$40) |
| Total separate | €70 (£61/$76) |
All three feature on Go City’s own Madrid attraction list, so the closest match is the Explorer Pass, starting from €78 (£68/$85) for a three-attraction pick. Buying separately at €70 (£61/$76) is actually €8 (£7/$9) cheaper for exactly this trio, so a pass only pulls ahead here once a fourth or fifth attraction joins the same 30-day window.
Prado, Reina Sofía and Thyssen-Bornemisza. Madrid’s self-styled Golden Triangle of Art, the three major museums named directly by the Art Walk Pass and by no other product on this page.
| Attraction | Standalone Price |
|---|---|
| Prado Museum | €15 (£13/$16) |
| Reina Sofía Museum | €12 (£10/$13) |
| Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum | €14 (£12/$15) |
| Total separate | €41 (£35/$44) |
Separate tickets total €41 (£35/$44) against the Art Walk Pass’s €38 (£33/$41), a genuine but modest €3 (£2/$3) saving. The pass also throws in fast-track entry at all three museums and a full year to use them, worth more to most visitors than the cash difference alone.
A heavy three-day sightseeing spread. Prado, Royal Palace, Reina Sofía, Thyssen-Bornemisza, the Bernabéu tour and a full day’s hop-on-hop-off bus ticket, six stops averaging two attractions a day.
| Attraction | Standalone Price |
|---|---|
| Prado Museum | €15 (£13/$16) |
| Royal Palace of Madrid | €18 (£16/$20) |
| Reina Sofía Museum | €12 (£10/$13) |
| Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum | €14 (£12/$15) |
| Bernabéu Stadium Tour | €37 (£32/$40) |
| Hop-On Hop-Off Bus (1 day) | €33 (£29/$36) |
| Total separate | €129 (£112/$140) |
All six stops are confirmed inclusions on Go City’s Madrid attraction list, making the All-Inclusive Pass a genuine like-for-like match rather than a guess. Its €78 (£68/$85) starting price against €129 (£112/$140) paid separately is a €51 (£44/$55) saving, exactly the packed, two-attractions-a-day pace the page already flags as this pass’s sweet spot.
The pattern holds across all three: a tight, specific shortlist is often cheaper bought separately, a named museum trio favours the Art Walk Pass by a small but real margin, and only a genuinely packed multi-day trip makes the bigger passes pay for themselves.
Standalone prices sourced from museodelprado.es, tickets.patrimonionacional.es, entradasreinasofia.es, museothyssen.org, realmadrid.com and madrid.city-tour.com, checked September 2026.
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Check transfersBuying and Activating Your Madrid Pass
All six passes on this page are sold online and worth booking in advance of arrival rather than on the day. All are issued as mobile vouchers or QR codes rather than physical cards, so there’s no need to arrange collection anywhere in the city.
Timing the activation moment matters more than it first appears. The Go City passes and the Turbopass Flex Pass only start their clock once the first attraction is used, so there’s no rush to activate the moment they’re bought, unlike the fixed one-to-five day window on the Turbopass Madrid City Pass and All-Inclusive Pass, which are worth starting on your busiest sightseeing day.
One mistake that cuts across all six passes is buying before checking each included attraction’s current opening days and any temporary closures, since a pass listing can lag behind a museum’s own schedule changes. A quick check on the attraction’s official site before paying is the simplest way to protect the money already spent on the pass.
None of these six passes include general public transport, and none replace a standalone transport card for the metro, bus or Cercanías network, so our Madrid Public Transport guide is worth a look for day-to-day journeys these passes don’t cover.
Rupert’s Handy Travel Tips
Weighing up a Madrid city pass? Here are a few tips to help you decide.
- Match the named inclusions to your list: the two Turbopass products are built around the Bernabéu and flamenco, so skip them if football and dance aren’t on your itinerary.
- Price up the attractions before comparing passes: a pass only saves money once the standalone ticket total for your actual list beats the pass price itself.
- Consider the Art Walk Pass’s year-long validity: it’s the only pass here that doesn’t need using on a single trip.
- Save an offline copy of your QR code: mobile signal near some museum entrances can be patchy.
- Only choose the All-Inclusive Pass for a genuinely packed trip: its value depends on using several attractions a day across its full window.
- Don’t stack two passes “just in case”: pick the one matching your itinerary rather than buying overlapping products.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which Madrid pass covers the Prado?
All six passes on this page cover the Prado, either as a named inclusion on the Turbopass and Art Walk products, or as one of the attractions available to choose on the Go City passes.
What is the difference between the Essentials Pass and the Explorer Pass?
The Essentials Pass fixes you to three attractions from a shorter list, while the Explorer Pass lets you choose between three and seven from a much wider range, at a slightly higher starting price.
Which pass includes the Bernabéu stadium?
Both Turbopass products, the Madrid City Pass and the Flex Pass, include a Santiago Bernabéu stadium visit as a named inclusion.
Is the Madrid Art Walk Pass worth it for a non-art lover?
Probably not on its own. It covers exactly three museums, the Prado, Reina Sofía and Thyssen-Bornemisza, and offers no other attractions, so it suits a dedicated art visitor far more than a general sightseer.
How long does the Art Walk Pass stay valid?
A full year from purchase, the longest window of any pass on this page, so the three included museums can be visited across separate trips if needed.
Is the Go City All-Inclusive Pass worth the price?
Only for a genuinely sightseeing-heavy trip. Its value depends on visiting multiple attractions most days across its one to five day window, and a more relaxed itinerary is usually better served by a cheaper pass on this page.
Do these passes include public transport?
No. None of the six passes on this page include general public transport, so a separate ticket or card is needed for the metro, bus or Cercanías network.
Can I combine two of these passes?
It’s possible, but rarely worthwhile financially, since none of these six passes are designed to stack neatly with one another. Picking one that matches your actual plans is the better approach.
Further Reading
None of the six passes on this page cover general public transport, so our Madrid Public Transport guide is worth a read for the metro, bus and Cercanías network these passes leave out entirely, and our Things to Do in Madrid guide is a useful next stop for deciding which attractions actually belong on a shortlist.
Madrid rarely stands alone on a Spanish itinerary, and many visitors combine it with Barcelona, Seville or Valencia by train. Our Spain Rail Pass Guide covers Renfe’s own discount cards and passes for that kind of multi-city routing, which sits alongside a city pass rather than replacing it.
Travellers arriving with a broader European rail trip in mind might find more value in a wider pass instead. Our European High-Speed Rail Guide explains how the AVE network fits into a wider European trip for anyone treating Madrid as one stop among several.
