Madrid · LAS VENTAS BULLRING TOURS
Good las ventas bullring tours fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 6 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Walk through Madrid’s Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas at your own pace with an audio guide in 10 languages. Step into the arena, visit the bullfighting museum, and try the virtual matador game. Allow under an hour for the main route, or up to two hours if you read everything.
“It is an attraction typical for Madrid and Spain. Don't want to miss it.”
Walk through Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring at your own pace with an audio guide available in 12 languages, then visit the bullfighting museum and try a virtual bullfighting game. Allow 30 minutes to 1.5 hours, or longer if you stop for the videos and exhibits.
“I am not in favour of the public killing of bulls, but visiting these bullring is very interesting indeed. The building is beautiful. There is a great virtual reality experience that puts us in the shoes of a bullfighter for a minute. The tour lasts 1h30 to 2h with the audio guide.Auto-translated”
Visit Madrid’s Las Ventas Bullring on a 90-minute English VIP tour with guides such as Carlos, Leila, Eva, and Pablo. See the Grand Gate, chapel, stables, bullring passages, and museum, with interactive demonstrations and VR elements on some tours.
“We went on this tour to understand the culture of bullfighting without actually going to a bullfight. We felt as though our guide was very good in representing a different aspect of the art of bullfighting and how it fit into the history of Spain.”
Meet your official Las Ventas guide at Calle Alcalá 237 for a 90-minute private visit through Madrid’s grand bullring and museum. Learn the arena’s stories, see the chapel and bullfighter spaces when available, and try the virtual bullfighting game.
“This tour was one of the best we ever experienced because it was out of the ordinary. What made it excellent was our private guide. He was phenomenal having been a bullfighter. He was very knowledgeable. The virtual bullfight was so fun. Thank you for a great outing,”
Visit Madrid’s Las Ventas Bullring at your own pace with an English audio guide. Walk through the arena, see the Callejón and Puerta de Madrid, tour the Bullfighting Museum, view Goya prints and bullfighters’ costumes, then try a virtual reality bullfight.
“the show was amazing, full to capacity, everyone on there feet screaming OLE, it was phenomenal, very orderly, when buying tickets ensure you have tickets to see the bullfight not only the guided tour.”
Explore Madrid’s Las Ventas Bullring and museum with a private guide in English, Spanish, or French. You’ll see the arena, learn bullfighting history, and watch students from Madrid’s bullfighting school demonstrate capes, flags, and the muleta before trying the techniques yourself.
“My husband and I cannot recommend this tour enough! Carlos was wonderfull! It was a very thorough tour of the bullring, and we learned so much history of the sport. The bullfighting activities were so much fun and it was a great experience meeting matadors and learning techniques. Do it, do it, do it ! It was definitely our favorite activity in Madrid!”
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