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Museo Lazaro Galdiano vs Museo Sorolla

Museo Lazaro Galdiano and Museo Sorolla are both rated very highly by those who travel for a living. On balance, Museo Lazaro Galdiano ranks significantly better than Museo Sorolla. Museo Lazaro Galdiano has a TripExpert Score of 89 with accolades from 8 publications like Time Out, Michelin Guide and Lonely Planet.

Museo Lazaro Galdiano
Museo Lazaro Galdiano
9 / 10
Serrano, 122, Madrid
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Fodor's 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 Planet Lonely Planet
Top 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 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 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 Let's Go
"The vast majority of his collection consists of stiff 16th- to 18th-century religious portraits and scenes. " Full review
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Museo Sorolla
Museo Sorolla
8 / 10
Calle General Martínez Campos, 37, 28010 Madrid, Spain
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Fodor's Fodor's
"See the world through the exceptional eye of Spain's most famous Impressionist painter, Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923), who lived and worked most of his life at the home and garden he designed." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Native painter Joaquín Sorolla was a contemporary and friend of John Singer Sargent, and the parallels in their paintings are immediately apparent." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"This delightful little museum, housed in the mansion built for the artist in 1910 to spend his latter years, has been recently restored and boasts 250 works." Full review
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The garden, Moorish-inspired but with an Italianate pergola, is a delightful, peaceful oasis of calm, seemingly miles away from the roaring traffic outside.
Let's Go Let's Go
"Museo Sorolla is a must-see for art lovers; prior knowledge of Joaquim Sorolla not necessary." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
1 Star
"This impressionist artist...was unequalled in knowing how to convey the dazzling light of the Mediterranean coast." Full review
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