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Azotea del Círculo de Bellas Artes

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Citorah says

The Círculo de Bellas Artes is an arts centre founded in 1880. Since 1926 it has occupied Antonio Palacios’s building at Calle de Alcalá 42, and its rooftop, the Azotea, is 56 metres above the street. A lift with glass doors runs from the lobby to the top, and Juan Luis Vassallo’s bronze Minerva, the Círculo’s emblem, stands over the building. esmadrid calls the view “one of the most spectacular views of Madrid”, with the buildings of Gran Vía “just a stone’s throw away”. If you only go up one rooftop, make it this one.

From The Best Rooftop Bars in Madrid 2026, under “1. Azotea del Círculo de Bellas Artes: the classic”.

The catch

Your entry ticket doesn’t guarantee a table.

Good to know

Price
€6, or €5 reduced
Where
Calle de Alcalá 42
Getting there
you enter the building from Calle Marqués de Casa Riera 2
When
Sunday to Thursday 10:00 to 01:30, last entry 00:30; Friday and Saturday 10:00 to 02:00, last entry 01:00
Booking
From 14:00 to 16:00 and after 21:00, tickets are sold only at the desk.
Price
cocktails on its published menu are €14 (€12 alcohol-free)

As the guide had it on 15 Oct 2026. Check prices and hours with the place itself before you go.

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Where it is

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Nearby

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    La Pecera

    Citorah says If the roof is full, the Círculo’s own café-restaurant, La Pecera, opens every day from 9:00.

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    La Pérgola

    Citorah says A tapas terrace that esmadrid describes as enclosed and air-conditioned, for dining all year round, with views of the Metrópolis building, the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the Bank of Spain and Gran Vía.

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    Ático

    Citorah says The Principal Madrid, a five-star now in the Único Hotels group, stands on the corner of Gran Vía, at Calle Marqués de Valdeiglesias 1. Its public terrace is Ático, the restaurant and terrace on the sixth floor.

    The catch The seventh-floor garden, El Jardín de la Gran Vía, is for hotel guests

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    Thyssen-Bornemisza

    Citorah says The Thyssen-Bornemisza, whose collection traces Western painting from the late 13th century to the 1980s, in the museum’s own words. It suggests allowing about two and a half hours.

The guides it’s in

  • Madrid · Rooftops

    The Best Rooftop Bars in Madrid 2026

    Madrid’s best rooftop bars, on hotels, an arts centre and a market: what they charge in 2026, when they open, their house rules, and when the sun sets.

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  • Madrid · Itineraries

    3 Days in Madrid 2026: The Royal Palace, the Prado and the Barrios, Day by Day

    A three-day Madrid plan: the Royal Palace and a La Latina tapas crawl, the Prado, the Reina Sofía or the Thyssen and the Retiro, then Salamanca or a train to Toledo. With 2026 opening hours, prices and free-entry times, and the late meal times to plan around.

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