Royal Monastery of La Encarnación 
NOTICE: New reservations for tour groups will expire 1 week before the visit date instead of the current 48 hours. The maximum number of unpaid reserves will be limited based on purchases made in the same period in previous years. This limit value will be calculated automatically by the system and if it is exceeded, you must pay or eliminate any of your reservations in order to continue reserving new visiting hours.
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Hours
- From Tuesday to Saturday. Morning: 10:00 - 14:00 Afternoon:16:00 - 18:30
- Sundays and holidays. 10:00 - 15:00
- Box office and admission to the Monastery close 45 minutes earlier
- Weekly closing: Mondays
Dates closed in 2019
- 1 January: closed entire day
- 6 January: closed entire day
- 17 April: closed entire day
- 18 April: closed entire day
- 19 April: closed entire day
- 20 April: closed entire day
- 1 May: closed entire day
- 24 December: closed entire day
- 25 December: closed entire day
- 31 December: closed entire day
- In addition to the planned closings, there may be additional closings motivated by the holding of official acts. You can consult the list of closures for official acts
Special openings 2019
- 2 May open until 15:00
- 15 May open until 15:00
- 15 August open until 15:00
- 12 October open until 15:00
- 1 November open until 15:00
- 9 November open until 15:00
- 6 December open until 15:00
- 9 December open until 15:00
Duration of the visit
- Guided visit: fifty minutes.
Prices
Individual Admission
Single rate 6 €
Free Admission 0 €
- Children under 5 years of age.
- 18 May, International Museum Day. 12 October, National Holiday of Spain.
- Large families with accreditation by the Official Family Book or equivalent of the EU and Latin American countries holders of residency or work permits of those nationalities.
- Members of the ICOM (International Museum Council), by means of accrediting card of that organisation.
- Official Tourist Guides with Official Tourist Guide card.
- Professors in individual visit with teaching staff card.
- Persons with disability with accreditation.
- Persons in legal situation of unemployment that accredit this circumstance by means of Employment Demand Card or equivalent document issued by the competent organisation.
- Wednesdays and Thursdays from 16 to 18:30 h., all year, for citizens of the European Union, residents and holders of work permit in that territory and Latin American citizens, following accreditation of nationality (national identification card, passport or driver’s licence) or residency or work permit. Only in ticket office
Group Admission
Tourist
- Agencies 5 €
Educational
- Free 12 groups/day. Only the European Union and Latin American countries can benefit from free admission (except on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).
Getting there
Address: Plaza de la Encarnación, 1 28013 MADRID
- Bus: Lines 3, 25, 39 and 148
- Underground: Lines 5 and 2 (Opera station)
Accessibility to the monument
- There is currently no access for disabled persons.
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