Museo Taurino de Madrid — Attraction in Madrid

Disgraceful and discusting

Running and teasing an aminal and then being to coward to stay out from behind barriers to fight until you have Speared the aminal till its blood drips visibly onto the ground and animal becomes weakened to the point of collaspe (dont forget u Speared it a few more times)

Then claim victory and kill the poor weak animal who can no longer fight due to blood loss is NOT a victory

Its a compromised animal and its pathetic that people even think this is a sport

The seats are concrete and its all just horrible

Go have more tapas and wine and enjoy a nice night out We left within minutes of realising the cruelty and cowardness of teh fighters

The costumes were the only thing if interest

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I really wanted to see SOMETHING to do with bullfighting, though not an actual bullfight. The guides and the tour are very "bullish" on the sport and its cultural history, as to be expected, so if you are looking for some apologia re: animal cruelty, maybe visit PETA. The tour gave you a great sense of the space of the arena, and I really wanted to go inside one of them. We did not walk out into the ground of the arena itself, as there was a huge event structure temporarily erected, which was a bummer. The adjacent museum is a draw, if you like just-above-amateur (or just unknown) art about the matadors... and the costumes are a feast, if you...

Free entry for the museum. Not allowed to take photos or videos. Has English illustrations for most of the exhibits. Display of paintings, sculptures and items like historical posters of bullfighting events/accounting record, impressive stories of significant bullfighters, alongside their costumes, from end of 18th century to the recent years. I spent two hours there, feeling like traveling back in time, touched by the bullfighters' dedication to the game, individual styles, paths to becoming matadors and fates through their career, and that they also performed for charity. Interesting to know about the few women bullfighters in...