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Monasterio de las Descalzas RealesvsMuseo Lazaro Galdiano
Both are praised by travel writers. Overall, Museo Lazaro Galdiano is the choice of most writers compared to Convent of the Royal Barefoot Nuns. Museo Lazaro Galdiano is ranked #3 in Madrid with approval from 8 reviewers like goop, Fodor's and Let's Go.
Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
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Plaza de las Descalzas Reales, s/n, 28013 Madrid
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Fodor's "Its plain, brick-and-stone facade hides paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán, Titian, and Pieter Brueghel the Elder." Full review
Frommer's "In the mid-16th century, aristocratic women -- either disappointed in love or "wanting to be the bride of Christ" -- stole away to this convent to take the veil." Full review
Lonely Planet "The grim, prisonlike walls of this one-time palace keep modern Madrid at bay and offer no hint that behind the sober plateresque facade lies a sumptuous stronghold of the faith." Full review
Travel + Leisure "This collection of fantastic, if occasionally brutally themed, religious art, including pieces by Peter Paul Rubens, is in an appropriately creaky and forbidding 16th-century working convent." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Home to a remarkable museum of religious art... also includes numerous canvases by Zurbarán, Bruegel the Elder." Full review
Museo Lazaro Galdiano Fodor's Lonely Planet Travel + Leisure
Time Out
Let's Go Michelin Guide
goop
Atlas Obscura Frommer's
Serrano, 122, Madrid
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Fodor's "This stately mansion of writer and editor José Lázaro Galdiano (1862–1947)...has decorative items and paintings by Bosch, El Greco, Murillo, and Goya, among others." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"This is just the sort of place you expect to find along Calle de Serrano, with an imposing early-20th-century Italianate stone mansion set discreetly back from the street." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Located off the typical tourist route in Salamanca, the little-known Museo Lázaro Galdiano displays more than 12,000 works of art." Full review
Time Out "This unjustifiably little-known museum holds the extraordinarily eclectic collection of 15,000 paintings and objets d'art, covering 24 centuries, that was accumulated over 70 years." Full review
Let's Go "The vast majority of his collection consists of stiff 16th- to 18th-century religious portraits and scenes. " Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"The dazzling collection brought together by José Lázaro Galdiano...there are excellent reasons to visit this little-known museum." Full review
goop "Off the beaten path from the so-called Golden Triangle comprised of the Thyssen, El Prado, and the Reina Sofia, this private collection is well worth the side trip." Full review
Atlas Obscura "This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures. " Full review
Frommer's "Imagine 37 rooms in a superbly renovated 19th-century mansion bulging with artworks, including many by the most famous old masters of Europe." Full review
