What Is Included in the Santiago Bernabéu Tour?

The checklist

Part of the visit	Classic ticket	Guided tour	Notes
Panoramic view from the upper stands	Yes	Yes	Open on match days until the cut-off
Museum and trophy room	Yes	Yes	The longest part of the visit
First-team changing room	Yes, on non-match days	Yes, on non-match days	Closed on match day and the day before
Benches at pitch level	Yes, on non-match days	Yes, on non-match days	Closed on match day and the day before
Press room	Subject to availability	Subject to availability	Not guaranteed on any ticket
Walking on the grass	No	No	The pitch is retractable and often stored away
Guide or audio commentary	No	Yes, with headsets	The main thing a guided tour adds
Souvenir photo with the Champions League trophy	Sold separately	Sold separately	Optional, paid for along the route
Official shop	Route ends there	Route ends there	Purchases not included
Food, drinks and transport	No	No, except the tapas option	See below

Each line is explained below, so you know what you are paying for before you choose a date and a ticket. For a verdict on whether the visit earns its price, read is the Bernabéu tour worth it.

Museum

The museum is the core of the ticket and the part no fixture closes. You walk through the club’s history since 1902, with interactive and audiovisual displays, original shirts, boots and match balls, and sections on the football, basketball and women’s teams. The displays lean heavily on trophies and European nights, and they are long enough to fill most of the 90 minutes.

Football fans who read every panel and stop for photos should allow closer to two hours. Casual visitors move through faster. Our Real Madrid museum guide covers the displays room by room.

Trophies

The trophy room is where most visitors spend longest. All 15 European Cups stand side by side in one long room, and the Ballon d’Or awards won by Real Madrid players, including Zinedine Zidane’s and Cristiano Ronaldo’s, are on display nearby. The basketball section and the women’s team have their own displays too.

A photo with a Champions League trophy is offered on the route. It is an optional purchase, not part of the ticket, and you can walk past it.

Dressing rooms

The first-team changing room is included on the Classic ticket and on every guided Bernabéu tour sold on this site, on non-match days. Real Madrid closes it on match day and on the day before a match. One guided operator, Julia Travel, gives the start of that closure as noon on the day before. A Saturday evening match therefore affects Friday afternoon and all of Saturday.

On those days your ticket still covers the panoramic view and the museum, at the same price. Check the fixture list before you book, including cup and European matches, which are confirmed later than league games. Stadium tours on match days has the full rules.

Dugouts

After the changing room, the route takes you down to the players’ benches beside the pitch, the closest the tour gets to the playing area. The benches follow the same rule as the changing room: open on non-match days, closed on match day and the day before. Guided tours reach them on the same days as the Classic ticket, so paying for a guide does not get you past a match-day closure.

Pitch access

You do not walk on the grass on any Bernabéu tour. The closest you get is the bench area at pitch level. The rebuilt stadium has a retractable pitch that is stored away between uses, and operators warn that on some dates you may not see the grass at all.

If standing at pitch level matters to you, Atlético’s Metropolitano Tour & Museum ticket, from $29 and rated 4.7/5 from more than 2,300 reviews, includes the players’ tunnel and the benches. The Bernabéu vs Metropolitano comparison sets the two routes side by side.

Guide and upgrades

The Classic ticket has no guide and no audio commentary. You read the displays yourself (guided vs self-guided sets out who each suits). A guided tour covers the same stops and adds a guide with headsets, and the guided listings are about 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours long. These are the guided options on GetYourGuide:

Option	Price	Rating	What it adds
Santiago Bernabéu and Real Madrid guided tour	from $69	4.6/5 from more than 1,300 reviews	Guide in English, Spanish, French or Italian, headsets, about 2 hours
Bernabéu stadium and museum tour with optional tapas	from $65	4.6/5 from more than 1,200 reviews	English or Spanish guide; the upgrade adds a tapas lunch with beer
Santiago Bernabéu stadium guided tour	from $60	4.1/5 from more than 1,600 reviews	Football-specialist guide with radio headsets, about 1 hour 45 minutes
Bernabéu premium guided tour	from $109	5.0/5 from only 9 reviews	Trophies walked in historical order; few reviews so far

The $69 guided tour is our pick if you want the stories explained: it costs $27 more than the Classic ticket and has the strongest rating of the large guided listings. Take the Classic if you prefer your own pace, or the tapas option if you want lunch sorted in the same booking. Real Madrid also sells extras on its own site that are not on GetYourGuide, including a Flexible Time ticket from €44 and Classic + RM Games from €59, which adds the club’s interactive games area. The Bernabéu tour prices guide lists every ticket.

What is not included

A guide or audio commentary on the Classic ticket.
The souvenir photo with the trophy, sold separately on the route.
Food and drinks. There is no meal on the route unless you book the tapas option.
Transport to the stadium. Santiago Bernabéu metro station is closed until the end of 2026; see how to get to the Bernabéu.
A cloakroom. Suitcases are allowed, but the route has many flights of stairs, so leave luggage at your hotel.
Match tickets. A stadium tour ticket does not get you into a game. See how to buy Real Madrid tickets.
Shop purchases at the end of the route.

Children under 5 go free on every club ticket, and children aged 5 to 14 pay a lower rate.

Practical booking notes

The Bernabéu is a working stadium, so the route can change around matches, concerts and other events.
For the full route, choose a weekday with no home match that day or the next.
Match tickets and stadium-tour tickets are separate unless a package says otherwise.
Read the instructions on your ticket for the entrance and your entry time; the club announces route changes on its website, at the ticket offices and at the gate.
When comparing the club’s ticket with a guided tour, compare what each includes, the cancellation terms and the final price, not the headline price alone.

FAQ

Should I book in advance?

Yes, if the Bernabéu matters to your trip or you want a particular entry time. The Classic ticket is sold in time slots with limited capacity, and the ticket office charges €3 more than the online price.

How long should I allow?

About 90 minutes for the Classic ticket, and closer to two hours if you read every display. Guided tours are listed at 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours. Add time for the shop and for getting there. How long is the Bernabéu tour breaks it down.

Is a non-match day better?

Yes, for the tour. On a non-match day you see the changing room and the benches; on match day and the day before you see the museum and the panoramic view only.

Can routes change?

Yes. The Bernabéu hosts football, concerts and other events, and any of them can close parts of the route. The club announces changes on its website, at the ticket offices and at the gate.

What should I check before going?

The day before, check your entry time, the fixture list, the entrance shown on your ticket and the metro status.

The Bottom Line

The standard Classic ticket on a non-match weekday includes everything the Bernabéu tour offers apart from a guide: the view, the museum, the trophies, the changing room and the benches. Book the $42 Tour Bernabéu entry ticket if you are happy to read the displays yourself, or the $69 guided tour if you want someone to tell the stories, and check the fixture list before you pick your date.