Map

Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas vs Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales

National Museum of Decorative Arts and Convent of the Royal Barefoot Nuns are both highly recommended by professional travelers. On balance, National Museum of Decorative Arts is the choice of most professionals compared to Convent of the Royal Barefoot Nuns. National Museum of Decorative Arts is ranked #13 in Madrid with recommendations from 6 reviewers including Lonely Planet, Michelin Guide and Time Out.

Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
8 / 10
Calle de Montalban, 12, Madrid
From $0 /night
Frommer's Frommer's
"In 62 rooms spread over several floors, this museum, near the Plaza de la Cibeles, displays a rich collection of furniture, ceramics, and decorative pieces." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Those who love sumptuous period furniture, ceramics, carpets, tapestries and the like will find themselves passing a worthwhile hour or two here." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Housed in a 19th-century palace, the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas (National Museum of Decorative Arts) is located within the bank of museums northwest of the Buen Retiro Park." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"The Decorative Arts Museum houses more than 15,000 objets d'art, furniture and tapestries from all over Spain, plus many from China." Full review
Fodor's Fodor's
"This palatial building showcases 60,000 textiles, pieces of furniture—including some installed in reconstructed period rooms—jewelry, ceramics, glass, crystal, and metalwork items." Full review
Show All Reviews
Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
8 / 10
Plaza de las Descalzas Reales, s/n, 28013 Madrid
From $0 /night
Fodor's Fodor's
"Its plain, brick-and-stone facade hides paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán, Titian, and Pieter Brueghel the Elder." Full review
Frommer's 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 Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"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 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 Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Home to a remarkable museum of religious art... also includes numerous canvases by Zurbarán, Bruegel the Elder." Full review