# Rainy day in Madrid: the looms of the Royal Tapestry Factory, the Prado and tripe at Casa Alberto

A guided visit to the workshops of the Real Fábrica de Tapices with the weavers at their looms, the Prado Museum and a late lunch at Casa Alberto, a tavern dating from 1827.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/madrid/itineraries/rainy-day-madrid-tapestries-prado-tripe · Revisado: 2026-11-13

## El día
- 11:00 · Guided visit to the workshops of the Royal Tapestry Factory (45-min guided tour · €6, reduced €5 · book by email) · Real Fábrica de Tapices, From €6 person
  - 15 min on foot
- 12:15 · Prado Museum, with a ticket or in the free last two hours (€15, reduced €7.50 · buy the ticket online)
  - 12 min on foot
- 15:00 · Casa Alberto (tripe, oxtail and cod · closed Mondays) · Casa Alberto, €€€

A plan for a grey weekday. At the Real Fábrica de Tapices the looms are still worked by hand, the Prado keeps the cartoons Goya painted as models for his tapestries, and Casa Alberto has been serving tripe since 1827.

## From the loom to the table

11:00 · Real Fábrica de Tapices. On Calle Fuenterrabía, in the Pacífico district between Atocha and the south of the Retiro. The guided visit takes 45 minutes through the historic workshops, where tapestries are woven and rugs knotted by hand with the staff working in plain view. Wear closed shoes: you walk through working areas. It costs €6, or €5 reduced, in Spanish and English. Book by email with your name, ID number and phone number and pay by bank transfer, so do it several days ahead. On Mondays at 10:00 it is free.

12:15 · Prado Museum. Twenty minutes on foot, down Alfonso XII beside the Retiro. Entry is €15, or €7.50 reduced. Look for the Goya rooms: you will see on canvas what you have just seen in thread.

15:00 · Casa Alberto. Twelve minutes to Calle Huertas. A late Madrid tavern lunch: tripe, braised oxtail, salt cod. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 12:00 to 23:00 and on Sunday until 16:00.

## Why this order

The Real Fábrica tours run in the morning, except the 16:00 one, which only goes ahead with eight people. That is why the looms come first, the museum next and the meal last, at the hour when Madrid eats late.

## Cómo llegar

### Without a car
Metro line 1 to Menéndez Pelayo to start; the rest is on foot.

## Consejos

### Book the Real Fábrica a week ahead
The bank transfer needs a few days.

### Decide beforehand what to see at the Prado
Two and a half hours is enough for Goya and not much else: don't spread yourself thin.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Do I have to go on a weekday?
Yes: the Real Fábrica de Tapices only offers visits from Monday to Friday.

### How much does it cost?
€6 for the tapestries, €15 for the Prado and between €35 and €60 for lunch.

### Can I go with children?
Yes. Under-18s pay the reduced entry at the Real Fábrica.