Las Ventas Bullring Tour

Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas · Visita

Red brick and horseshoe arches, behind the scenes at the bullring

⚠ No tours on bullfight days

Hours

May–Oct 10:00–19:00 (last entry 18:15); Nov–Apr 10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30); no tours on bullfight days

Tickets

General €16, students and 65+ €13, ages 13–18 €13, ages 5–12 €7; audio guide included

Address

Calle de Alcalá 237; the tour entrance is by the ticket office beside the main gate

Red brick, horseshoe arches and tile panels: the facade is Neo-Mudéjar, opened in 1931. The tour starts with an audio guide on the sand of the ring itself, looking up at stands for more than 20,000 people. Then it follows the backstage route, past the small chapel where matadors pray, the gate the bulls come through and the infirmary. A bullfighting museum holds the suits of lights, posters and personal items of famous matadors. Whatever you think of bullfighting, the building is one of Madrid’s faces and worth stepping into once.