Days · Madrid
Madrid in 3 days
Mornings for museums, a 14:00 lunch, afternoons at rest, evenings late; the last day ends with the bags already in the car.
Days
3
Plan status
draft
Walking
10km
default plan, all days
More
Walking weather for the week
Loading forecast…
Forecast: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), model data for this point.
Your constraints
Day 1 — Royal Palace at opening, Plaza Mayor, a 14:00 lunch table
leave byLeave Plaza Mayor by 13:15 to keep the 14:00 last seating.Leave Plaza Mayor by 1:15 PM to keep the 2:00 PM last seating.
20 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at Royal Palace of Madrid stays under 30 min.
- 09:30–09:45Walk west along Calle Mayor
- 09:45–11:25Royal Palace of Madrid
- 11:25–11:28Walk across Calle de Bailén
- 11:28–12:03Almudena Cathedral
- 12:03–12:15Walk east along Calle Mayor
- 12:15–12:40Plaza Mayor
- 12:40–12:46Walk to Sol
- 12:46–14:00Buffer / wander near Your reserved lunch (Sol)
- 14:00–15:00Lunch table 14:00 (Sol)hard
What this plan gives up
- L2Shorten Royal Palace of Madrid to 90 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Lunch table 14:00 (Sol).Shorten Royal Palace of Madrid to 90 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Lunch table 2:00 PM (Sol).
- L2Shorten Almudena Cathedral to 35 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Lunch table 14:00 (Sol).Shorten Almudena Cathedral to 35 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Lunch table 2:00 PM (Sol).
- L2Skip Bar La Campana (optional) — protects: Lunch table 14:00 (Sol).Skip Bar La Campana (optional) — protects: Lunch table 2:00 PM (Sol).
Switches if the ground changes
- heat Royal Palace of Madrid → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (8′, then 14′ p90 to the anchor)
- rain Royal Palace of Madrid → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (8′, then 14′ p90 to the anchor)
- heat Almudena Cathedral → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (0′, then 14′ p90 to the anchor)
- rain Almudena Cathedral → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (0′, then 14′ p90 to the anchor)
- heat Plaza Mayor → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (0′, then 14′ p90 to the anchor)
- rain Plaza Mayor → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (0′, then 14′ p90 to the anchor)
Why this route?
DFL 3.4 = PFL 2.7 + OFL 0.7 · walk 2.7 km (1.7 mi)1.7 mi (3 km) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 1.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 20′ · relax L2 · yield 17.9 · option value 1.11
Deadline: last seating 14:00 → latest arrival 13:50, slack 29′
β vs α: time risk 3% → 1%; margin -32 min; -€16.
trace: generated 104 · rejected p50_after_latest_arrival×18, p_late>0.15×16, no_edge×3 · frontier 39 · seed 2686126864 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Hotel or AC café 15:30–19:00; Malasaña and Chueca from 20:30.
Day 2 — Prado and Reina Sofía
- 09:30–09:55Walk east via Calle de Alcalá
- 09:55–12:35Prado Museum
- 12:35–12:41Walk up the Paseo del Prado
- 12:41–14:51Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
- 14:51–15:03Walk south on the Paseo del Prado
- 15:03–16:38Reina Sofía Museum
- 16:38–17:08Walk north via Calle de Atocha
- 17:08–17:43Casa Labra
- 17:43–17:57Walk north via Gran Vía
- 17:57–18:57Plaza del Dos de Mayo
Switches if the ground changes
- heat Prado Museum → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (4′)
- rain Prado Museum → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (4′)
- heat Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (0′)
- rain Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (0′)
- heat Reina Sofía Museum → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (8′)
- rain Reina Sofía Museum → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (8′)
- heat Plaza del Dos de Mayo → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (0′)
- rain Plaza del Dos de Mayo → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (0′)
Why this route?
DFL 7.4 = PFL 6.4 + OFL 1 · walk 6.4 km (4 mi)4 mi (6 km) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L0 · yield 29.6 · option value 2.54
trace: generated 428 · rejected no_edge×8 · frontier 21 · seed 2686126864 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Evening: tapas around Sol or Chueca from 20:30.
Day 3 — Retiro Park, car to Barajas at 12:00
leave byLeave Retiro Park by 11:15 to keep the 12:00 boarding.Leave Retiro Park by 11:15 AM to keep the 12:00 PM boarding.
22 min of buffer left.
- 08:30–08:42Taxi to Puerta de Alcalá
- 08:42–10:12Retiro Park
- 10:12–10:26Taxi back to the hotel for the bags
- 10:26–12:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → Barajas
- 12:00–13:00Car to Barajas at 12:00hard
What this plan gives up
- L1Taxi €10 (≈ US$12) (Taxi to Puerta de Alcalá) — protects: Car to Barajas at 12:00.Taxi €10 (≈ US$12) (Taxi to Puerta de Alcalá) — protects: Car to Barajas at 12:00 PM.
- L1Taxi €12 (≈ US$14) (Taxi back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to Barajas at 12:00.Taxi €12 (≈ US$14) (Taxi back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to Barajas at 12:00 PM.
Switches if the ground changes
- heat Retiro Park → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (10′)
- rain Retiro Park → Café with AC on the Paseo del Prado (10′)
Why this route?
DFL 1.4 = PFL 0.4 + OFL 1 · walk 400 m (0.2 mi)0.2 mi (400 m) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 1.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 22′ · relax L1 · yield 7 · option value 1
Deadline: boarding 12:00 → latest arrival 11:50, slack 21′
trace: generated 4 · rejected none · frontier 4 · seed 2686126864 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Barajas: allow 2.5–3 h before an international departure.