The 8th of April, 2023, marks the 50th anniversary since the death of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.

This year, Insider’s Travel & The Westin Palace bring you, “Picasso’s Madrid: Tracing the Life & Art of a Revolutionary Master in the 1900s”, a tour that studies the artist’s life & work as well as his short, yet impactful, time in Madrid. Following the tour, enjoy lunch at La Rotonda, where you can have the very special meal “Picasso in the Palace”, created by the talented chef, José Luque. 

Your private guide will meet you at the Westin Palace and take you on a walk through the early 20th century. First, you’ll learn about Picasso’s multiple stays at the Palace Hotel before you cross the street to a stop in front of the Prado Museum to learn about his first visit there with his father and when he was appointed director of the Prado Museum, in 1936, shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Next, you’ll head to the Reina Sofia Museum to see some of Picasso’s most important works, including his 1937, Guernica, which was exhibited at the International Exhibition in Paris that year.

After, you will walk through the oldest area of Madrid, the Austrias neighbourhood, and up to the iconic Sol neighbourhood to visit a very special cape shop. Picasso not only would get capes from this shop sent to him while he was abroad, but he is also buried in one of the capes made by this shop!

The last stop is in front of the San Fernando Fine Art Royal Academy, where at 16 years old, Picasso studied in 1897, and was exposed to the work of many great Spanish artists.

To conclude, your guide will take you back to the Westin Palace, where you will be greeted at La Rotonda, the hotel’s stunning restaurant, to have “Picasso in the Palace”, a lunch time meal created in the artist’s honour.