"Locus Solus", a novel starred by strange machines and unlikely works of art, is the name of the villa where these treasures are hoarded. "Impressions of Africa" is about papier mache's adventures, similar to those by Le Douanier Rousseau.

Raymond Roussel was admired by Marcel Duchamp and Dadaists, surrealists around Salvador Dalí, the artists of the Pataphysical school... and so many more until today. After reading his eccentric literature, you won't be surprised that Raymond Roussel had been adopted by the most extravagant artists.

Hemingway's love for Pamplona is a widely known fact; but after that town, Madrid was the place in Spain he visited more often from 1923 to 1960. Orson Welles was also a regular visitor of Spain, from 1933 until 1967. What Hemingway and Welles witnessed here is an extraordinary American testimony of 40 crucial years of the Spanish history that we want to share with you through this guided tour.

The Reina Sofía Museum is Spain’s contemporary art gallery in Madrid, and, covering contemporary art from 1900 till today, it deserves also a full-day scholar-led visit.

For you, Madrid-born citizen in love with the city, and for you, long-time foreign resident who has learnt to love it and want more... this Madrid Original® "Madrid for Madrilenians" is the program for you!

For you, just-landed foreign residents who do not know yet what you will see in Madrid during a year, and for you long-time residents (even "Madrileños") who haven't had yet the opportunity to visit the city as you do abroad when you are on vacation... this Madrid Original ® "Madrid for beginners" is the program for you!

"A morning with Picasso" guided visit will cover 10 works, representative of all his periods present in the Museum, from his early productions in "Belle Epoque" Paris to his "The painter and his model" 1960's series.

Madrid Original® 's "Rivals: Picasso, Miró and Dalí" would cover a selection of 16 works of those three universal painters, created before the end of Spanish Civil War. This historic event will mark the limit of the period when the three could be considered to continue at the avant-garde of Modern Art, before new generations opened new trends and left them somehow behind. In our selection, we would include 7 Picasso ("Guernica" among them), 4 Miró and 5 Dalí.

"Reina Sofía essentials " will cover representative works by the most influential Spanish artists of the 20th century. The universal Picasso, Miró and Dalí will be joined by their revolutionary colleagues Juan Gris and Julio González among others, to come to our contemporary living legend: Tapiés. This tour will, of course include Picasso's Guernica.