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No photos of the rooms: the palace keeps commercial photography inside for itself. The real ones are in front of you.

Threads

Tiepolo's Throne Room, the Gasparini and Porcelain Rooms, the Stradivarius quartet and Charles V's armour, at your own pace.

Wings

• The Plaza de la Armería

  The Plaza de la ArmeríaThe VestibuleThe Royal Armoury

• The Staircase and the Great Halls

  The Main StaircaseThe Hall of HalberdiersThe Hall of Columns

• The Apartment of Charles III

  The Saleta of Charles IIIThe Antechamber of Charles IIIThe Gasparini RoomThe Tranvía and Charles III's RoomThe Porcelain RoomThe Yellow Room

• The Gala Dining Room and the Royal Chapel

  The Gala Dining RoomThe Band Room and the Glass and Porcelain RoomThe Royal Chapel

• The Stradivarius and the Crown

  The Passage to the Queen's RoomsThe Stradivarius RoomThe Crown Room

• The State Rooms and the Throne Room

  The State AntechamberThe State SaletaThe Throne Room

Threads

• R60 minThe Royal Palace in an HourTen stops on the main floor: the painted ceilings of Giaquinto and Tiepolo, the Gasparini and Porcelain Rooms, the Gala Dining Room, the chapel, the Stradivarius quartet, the crown and the Throne Room.10 pieces
• P120 minThe Palace and the Armoury in Two HoursThe whole circuit and the Royal Armoury: the south front, the great painted ceilings, Goya's king and queen, the room where Charles III died, the chapel, the Stradivari, the Throne Room's lions, and Charles V's armour.22 pieces
• W50 minA Working Palace: Kings, Ambassadors and State DinnersThe rooms the King of Spain still uses: the Changing of the Guard, the hall where Spain signed its way into the EU, the table used for state dinners, the throne chair, the portraits ambassadors pass, and the Throne Room.9 pieces
• L50 minLions, Clocks and Small WondersLions on the stairs, a clock with a shepherd, Atlas holding up the time, Pompeian chairs, the Amati double bass, a Stradivari cello, a Japanese helmet, and armour made for a dog.11 pieces
• 45 minFrom Burned Alcázar to Working PalaceA castle burned on Christmas Eve 1734, Juvarra's palace four times this size, stone kings taken off the roof, steps each cut from a single piece of marble, and an architect sacked before the King moved in.8 pieces

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