Madrid Card

[Flooder]

I will be travelling to Madrid in a few weeks by myself. I arrive in
the afternoon on Good Friday, Apr. 2nd. I will have the rest of
Friday and most of Saturday on my own until I join the bus tour I am
taking. I was wondering if it was worth buying a Madrid Card or just
a Public Transit Pass. I was hoping to visit the Prada Museum on
Saturday and maybe taking one of the hop on/off bus tours. I'm not
sure what would be open on Good Friday so do not know what plans to
make.

Any suggestions?

[Roger Warwick]

Hi,

The Prado isn't open on Good Friday, and a single Metro ticket only costs 1 euro, so I'm not sure if it would be worth it. The hop-on/hop-off one-day ticket (valid for as many journeys as you want during 24 hours) costs 17 euros.

I think you'd have to make some further calculations about what exactly you want to see and do before you can reach a conclusion.

Roger.

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[Alfonso Gonzalez]

Some places will certainly close .....possibly only for the
afternoon/evening. I suspect that the Prado may be open and it used to
be free on Saturday afternoons. I have never taken the bus on/off tours
but I see them running around, but they may be good, but am not sure how
costly they are. There is a reduced metro ticket for 10-rides that is a
very good deal....breaks even at 5 or 6 rides, so must take more than
that to have a cost advantage. It's fast and goes almost everywhere.
You should have fun wandering around a great city.


Alfonso

[Maureen Theodora Yuen]

I went to Madrid last Easter, and everything was open as usual -- although we arrived Saturday morning, so I don't know about Good Friday.  Easter Sunday was just like any other business day -- lots of shops, etc. open.  There is a tourist metro card that you can get at the tourist office right above the subway station at the airport that allows unlimited metro rides (I don't remember how much, but it was definitely a great value -- maybe 11 euros?).  We also went to the Prado, which is free on Sunday afternoons.  I would suggest shelling out the admission fee, though, since it was so packed during the free period that we could hardly get a good look at anything.

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You can reach the Museo on 902 10 70 77 . I believe they are open that
weekend, dependant on what activity you want to do there.

Hope that helps

regards

Clive

[Roger Warwick]

> There is a tourist metro card that you can get at the tourist office right above the subway station at the airport that allows unlimited metro rides (I don't remember how much, but it was definitely a great value -- maybe 11 euros?).

It's called the "Abono Turístico" and costs just 5.20 euros for 24
hours of unlimited travel on the Metro.

Roger.

[Flooder]

thanks everyone for the replies. I will have to do more research and
decide what I want to see.