How to get to Royal Palace and Ópera in Madrid

Metro L2 or L5 to Ópera, two minutes from the palace gates. From Sol it is a 10 minute walk down Calle Arenal.

It depends on your legs and the weather. The line above is the reliable option, and the walk only makes sense if you want to see the streets in between. In Madrid the metro runs often enough that waiting is rarely the problem.

In and around Royal Palace and Ópera you have Palacio Real, Templo de Debod. It pays to plan the area in one go instead of crossing Madrid twice.

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The airport options for Madrid, bus, metro, train and taxi, with times and what each one costs, are compared in our airport guide.

Fares change every year, so we keep them in one place instead of repeating them on every page. Our Madrid transport guide has the current single ticket, the travel cards and the number of trips where each one starts paying off.