Spain Guide
Madrid
Museo Sorolla
Address: c/General Martínez Campos 37
Opening time: Tues, Thurs– Sat 9.30am–3pm, Wed 9.30am–6pm, July & Aug closes 2.30pm, Sun 10am–3pm
Price: €2.40, free Sun
Website: www.museosorolla.mcu.es
A little jewel of a gallery, the Museo Sorolla tastefully displays a large collection of work by the painter Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923), in his beautifully preserved old home. The best of his paintings, which include beach scenes, portraits and landscapes, are striking, impressionistic plays on light and texture. His old studio is much as he left it, and the house itself, with its cool and shady Andalucian-style courtyard and gardens, is worth the visit alone and makes a wonderful escape from the traffic-choked streets.