What's open on Sunday in Madrid
Most of Madrid stays open on Sunday. Here are 56 sights you can visit, with their Sunday hours, plus markets to browse and the few places that close.
Last updated: 20 October 2026
Open on Sunday
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Puerta del Sol (Kilometre Zero, Bear and Strawberry Tree)
Sunday: open all day · Free
Madrid's central square, with Kilometre Zero, the Bear and Strawberry Tree statue and the Casa de Correos clock.
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Gran Vía
Sunday: open all day · Free
Madrid's grand boulevard of early 20th-century façades, theatres, cinemas and shops, from Alcalá to Plaza de España.
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Chocolatería San Ginés (chocolate con churros)
Sunday: open all day
Madrid's classic churros with thick hot chocolate since 1894, in a narrow passage near Puerta del Sol.
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Plaza Mayor
Sunday: open all day · Free
The 17th-century arcaded square of the Habsburg city, with the Casa de la Panadería frescoes and the King Philip III statue.
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Mercado de San Miguel
Sunday: 10:00–24:00 · Free
A cast-iron 1916 market hall turned gourmet tapas market, with stalls of ham, oysters, pintxos and wine.
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Royal Palace (Palacio Real)
Sunday: 10:00–16:00 · €18
Europe's largest working royal palace, with 2,000 rooms, the Throne Room, Royal Armoury and Royal Pharmacy.
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Almudena Cathedral
Sunday: 10:00–20:30 · Free
Madrid's neo-Gothic cathedral facing the Royal Palace, with a colourful modern interior and a dome terrace.
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Plaza de Oriente
Sunday: open all day · Free
An elegant garden square between the Royal Palace and the Teatro Real, lined with statues of Spanish kings.
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Prado Museum
Sunday: 10:00–19:00 · €15
Spain's national art museum, with Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
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Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Sunday: 10:00–19:00 · €14
A private collection from Italian primitives to Pop Art, filling the gaps left by the Prado and the Reina Sofía.
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Reina Sofía Museum (Guernica)
Sunday: 10:00–14:30 · €12
Spain's modern art museum, home to Picasso's Guernica, plus Dalí, Miró and Spanish 20th-century art.
Huertas & Paseo del ArtePhoto: Jorge Láscar · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Barrio de las Letras (Huertas)
Sunday: open all day · Free
The old literary quarter where Cervantes and Lope de Vega lived, with quotes set in the pavement and lively tapas bars.
Huertas & Paseo del ArtePhoto: A. Barra · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Royal Botanical Garden
Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · €4
An 18th-century botanical garden beside the Prado, with greenhouses, terraces and thousands of plant species.
Huertas & Paseo del ArtePhoto: Miguel Diaz from Boadilla del Monte, España-Spain · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Plaza de Cibeles & CentroCentro (Palacio de Cibeles)
Sunday: open all day · Free
Madrid's emblematic fountain square, facing the Palacio de Cibeles with its rooftop viewpoint over the city.
Retiro & SalamancaPhoto: Max Alexander / PromoMadrid · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia
Retiro Park (lake, Crystal Palace)
Sunday: 06:00–22:00 · Free
The great city park, with a rowing lake, the glass Crystal Palace, rose garden and shaded promenades.
Retiro & SalamancaPhoto: Fernando Pascullo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Puerta de Alcalá
Sunday: open all day · Free
The 18th-century neoclassical triumphal gate on Plaza de la Independencia, next to the Retiro Park entrance.
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Santiago Bernabéu stadium tour
Sunday: 09:30–18:30 · From €37
Real Madrid's rebuilt stadium: trophy museum, pitch-side views, dressing rooms and the tunnel.
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El Rastro flea market (Sundays)
Sunday: 09:00–15:00 · Free
Madrid's open-air flea market and antiques streets, every Sunday morning around Calle Ribera de Curtidores.
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La Latina & Cava Baja
Sunday: open all day · Free
The old tapas quarter around Cava Baja and Plaza de la Paja, packed with bars and taverns.
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Malasaña
Sunday: open all day · Free
The hip, bohemian quarter around Plaza del Dos de Mayo, full of vintage shops, cafés and street art.
Plaza de España & Casa de CampoPhoto: Matt Joseph · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Temple of Debod
Sunday: 10:00–20:00 · Free
An authentic 2nd-century BC Egyptian temple, moved stone by stone to a park with sunset views over Madrid.
Plaza de España & Casa de CampoPhoto: Carlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Plaza de España
Sunday: open all day · Free
A large square with the Cervantes monument, flanked by the Edificio España and Torre de Madrid skyscrapers.
Plaza de España & Casa de CampoPhoto: Carlos Reusser Monsalvez · CC0 · Wikimedia
Faro de Moncloa
Sunday: 09:30–19:30 · €4
A 92 m tower with a glass-walled lift and a 360-degree balcony over the city and the Sierra de Guadarrama.
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Círculo de Bellas Artes rooftop
Sunday: 10:00–24:00 · €6
The terrace on top of the arts centre looks over Gran Vía, Cibeles and the skyline, with the Minerva statue beside it.
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National Museum of Natural Sciences
Sunday: 10:00–20:00 · €7
Dinosaur skeletons, minerals and the mounted animals of Spain's national natural history museum, a classic rainy-day stop with kids.
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Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarril)
Sunday: 10:00–15:00 · €7
Steam locomotives, royal carriages and a model railway in the Art Nouveau Delicias station.
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National Archaeological Museum
Sunday: 09:30–15:00 · €3
The Lady of Elche, a replica of the Altamira cave and Iberian, Roman and Visigothic treasures, in a palace near the Puerta de Alcalá.
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Lázaro Galdiano Museum
Sunday: 09:30–15:00 · €8
A collector's mansion full of Goya, Bosch, ivories and enamels, in a quiet palace on Serrano.
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Cerralbo Museum
Sunday: 10:00–15:00 · €3
A 19th-century aristocrat's palace kept as it was, with a ballroom, a mirrored gallery and a collection of art and armour.
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Museum of the Americas
Sunday: 10:00–15:00 · €3
Pre-Columbian gold, the Tudela Codex and colonial art, in a museum near the Moncloa tower.
Sol & Gran VíaPhoto: Carlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
Sunday: 10:00–15:00
Goya's academy, with his self-portrait and works by Velázquez, Zurbarán and Arcimboldo, steps from Puerta del Sol.
Austrias & Royal PalacePhoto: Javier Perez Montes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Royal Collections Gallery
Sunday: 10:00–19:00 · €14
A modern museum beside the Almudena Cathedral with royal tapestries, Stradivari instruments and the Spanish crown's treasures.
Huertas & Paseo del ArtePhoto: Carlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Mirador Madrid (CentroCentro, Cibeles Palace)
Sunday: 10:30–14:00, 16:00–19:30 · €4
The viewing deck in the tower of the Cibeles Palace, reached by an 88-step stair, with a 360-degree view of the old centre.
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Riu Plaza España 360º rooftop
Sunday: 11:00–24:00 · €10
The 27th-floor terrace of the Riu Plaza España hotel, with a glass walkway and views over Plaza de España and the Royal Palace.
Huertas & Paseo del ArtePhoto: Ayuntamiento de Madrid · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Madrid Planetarium
Sunday: 10:00–13:45, 17:00–19:45 · €3.60
A dome showing films about stars, black holes and eclipses, with free exhibitions in the lobby; good for a rainy hour with kids.
Plaza de España & Casa de CampoPhoto: Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Zoo Aquarium Madrid
Sunday: 11:00–18:00 · €29.50
Pandas, dolphins, an aquarium and bird shows in the Casa de Campo park: the big family day out of the city, best on a dry day.
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Parque de Atracciones de Madrid
Sunday: 12:00–19:00 · €23.90
Roller coasters, a tower drop and family rides in the Casa de Campo; in October the Halloween season runs until 1 November.
Retiro & SalamancaPhoto: FDV · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Faunia
Sunday: 11:00–18:00 · €33.95
A nature park in indoor habitats with polar penguins, a tropical forest and bird flights, 8 km east of the centre.
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Descalzas Reales Monastery
Sunday: 10:00–15:00 · €9
A 16th-century convent where royal nuns lived among tapestries by Rubens and paintings by Titian, visited with a guide.
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Campo del Moro Gardens
Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · Free
Landscaped royal gardens below the Royal Palace, with peacocks, fountains and a view of the palace from the Manzanares side.
Plaza de España & Casa de CampoPhoto: J.L. de Diego · Public domain · Wikimedia
San Antonio de la Florida (Goya's frescoes)
Sunday: 09:30–20:00 · Free
The small chapel whose dome Goya painted in 1798, where he is also buried; free to enter.
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Matadero Madrid
Sunday: 09:00–22:00 · Free
A brick slaughterhouse complex turned into a contemporary arts centre, with exhibitions, a cinema and a weekend market.
Huertas & Paseo del ArtePhoto: Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
CaixaForum Madrid
Sunday: 10:00–20:00 · €6
Exhibitions in a rebuilt power station with a brick facade and Patrick Blanc's vertical garden next door.
Sol & Gran VíaPhoto: Basilio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Chocolatería Valor (Postigo de San Martín)
Sunday: 09:00–22:30
The chocolate maker's own café with thick hot chocolate and churros, near the Descalzas Reales.
Chocolatería 1902
Sol & Gran Vía · Sunday: 07:00–23:00
A family churrería from 1902 a few steps from Puerta del Sol, frying churros and porras to order to dip in thick hot chocolate.
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Mercado de San Antón
Sunday: 12:00–24:00
A three-floor Chueca market with fresh-produce stalls, tapas counters and a rooftop terrace above the roofs.
La Latina & LavapiésPhoto: Txapisotegi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Mercado de San Fernando
Sunday: 11:00–18:00
The Lavapiés market where produce stalls share the hall with bars serving vermouth, empanadas and international food.
Malasaña & ChuecaPhoto: Luis García (Zaqarbal) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Mercado de San Ildefonso
Sunday: 13:00–24:00
A three-floor street-food hall of specialist stalls and terraces on Calle Fuencarral, busy from lunch to late.
Retiro & SalamancaPhoto: Luis García (Zaqarbal) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Plaza Mahou (Bernabéu brewery)
Sunday: 12:00–23:00
Mahou's brewery inside the Bernabéu, where you can taste its beers, a lager brewed on site, and try pulling a pint.
Malasaña & ChuecaPhoto: Javier Pérez Montes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Bodega de la Ardosa
Sunday: 09:00–24:00
A 19th-century tavern in Malasaña famous for vermouth on tap and its potato omelette, busiest at the Sunday vermouth hour.
La Latina & LavapiésPhoto: Amos Bühler from Dresden, Germany · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
Taberna Antonio Sánchez
Sunday: 13:00–16:30
Often called Madrid's oldest tavern, with a zinc bar, bullfighting memorabilia, house wine and classic dishes like rabo de toro.
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Museum of Romanticism
Sunday: 10:00–15:00 · €3
A 19th-century aristocratic mansion with period rooms, portraits, a Goya and a tea room in the garden.
Malasaña & ChuecaPhoto: Fred Romero from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Madrid History Museum
Sunday: 10:00–20:00 · Free
The city's story in maps, models and paintings, behind a baroque doorway on Fuencarral; free to enter.
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El Corte Inglés Callao
Sunday: 11:00–21:00
Spain's big department store on Plaza del Callao, with a gourmet food hall and a 9th-floor terrace looking down the Gran Vía.
Malasaña & ChuecaPhoto: Luis García (Zaqarbal) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Calle Fuencarral
Sunday: open all day · Free
The pedestrian stretch toward Glorieta de Bilbao is the main street for young fashion, vintage and design shops.
Retiro & SalamancaPhoto: Ricardo Ricote Rodrí… · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
Calle Serrano (Golden Mile)
Sunday: open all day · Free
The axis of the Salamanca district's Golden Mile, lined with Spanish and international luxury brands.
Sunday markets
- El Rastro Flea Market · 09:00–15:00
- Mercado de San Miguel · 10:00–24:00
- Mercado de San Antón · 10:00–24:00
- Mercado de San Fernando · 11:00–17:00
- Mercado de Vallehermoso · 11:00–16:30
- Cuesta de Moyano Book Stalls · 09:30–13:30
- Stamp and Coin Market, Plaza Mayor · 09:00–14:00
- Mercado de Motores · 11:00–21:00
- Producers' Market, Planetario · 10:00–16:00
- Christmas Market, Plaza Mayor · 10:00–21:00
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