Rafa Nadal Museum Tickets in Mallorca: how to buy and prices

Among the best things to see and do in Mallorca, one of the most interesting is to visit the Rafael Nadal Museum which is located in Manacor and includes the highlights of his sporting career. There you can learn about the achievements of one of the best tennis players of all time and also observe more than a thousand objects donated to the museum by other world sports stars, from Michael Jordan to Tiger Woods.

The museum also has a technological proposal that allows visitors to live audiovisual experiences and participate in interactive competitions against the best athletes in the world in cycling, Formula 1, rowing and, of course, tennis. These experiences make the museum an activity for the whole family and an ideal plan if you are visiting Mallorca with children.

Ticket prices for the Rafael Nadal Museum in Mallorca depend on the age of the visitors. Admission for adults between 13 and 65 years old costs approximately 19 euros, adults over 65 years old cost approximately 13 euros, children between 8 and 12 years old pay approximately 11 euros and children under 7 years old are free, as long as they are accompanied by a responsible adult. Please note that these rates are approximate, so they may vary at the time of your visit.

Tickets include access to all permanent exhibits and also to the museum's interactive proposals. Tickets are valid for a single admission with no time limit for the stay, although the tour can be completed in about three hours, including participation in virtual competitions.

Queue-free admission will ensure that you won't experience delays at check-in, which may be good news if you have a short stay in the city planned. If that is your case, here is a list of activities you can do on a 3-day trip to Mallorca.

Interesting facts

• Entrance fee to the museum for adults from 13 to 65 years old... Approximately 19 euros.
• Museum entrance fee foradults over 65 years old... Approximately 13 euros.
• Museum entrance feefor children between 8 and 12 years old... Approximately 11 Euros.
• Museum entrance fee forchildren under 7 years old... Free admission with a responsible adult.
• Location of the museum... Ctra. Cales de Mallorca s/n, Km 1.2, Manacor.
• Museum opening hours... Monday to Saturday from 10.00 to 18.30 hours and Sundays from 10.00 to 17.00 hours.

Tickets can be purchased online in advance or at the museum's ticket office, although if you plan to travel to Mallorca during the summer or during the high season months I recommend that you book your tickets in advance to avoid last minute price increases.

If you book in advance you will also receive a discount, while paying at the ticket office you will pay the full rate. You can buy tickets at the ticket office every day until one hour before the museum closes.

If you decide to book the skip-the-line option you must announce yourself at the entrance and you can enter the museum together with the next group, which is renewed every half hour. There is no time limit to stay in the museum.

Mallorca has two types of tourist passes, the Palma Pass and the Mallorca Turbopass and neither of them includes the entrance to the Rafael Nadal Museum in Manacor, although the Turbopass includes a 20% discount on the purchase of the ticket with the option of one ticket per tourist card holder.

The Palma Pass consists of a 72-hour pass with access and discounts to more than 30 attractions in Palma de Mallorca at a single rate of 33 euros and also includes an express option for visitors arriving on cruise ships or weekend visits to the island.

The Mallorca Turbopass tourist pass includes passes for 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5 or 6 days with a starting rate of 40 euros and will give you access to more than 50 attractions, including a discount for a visit to the Rafael Nadal Museum and free access to the hop-on-hop-off tourist buses on the island.

Children between 8 and 12 years old pay a reduced rate of approximately 11 euros while children under 7 years old enter for free as long as they are accompanied by a responsible adult.

These discounts are important because the Rafael Nadal Museum is one of the best excursions in Mallorca to do with children and also an ideal plan for the whole family, so the discounts can mean savings on your visit.

Note also that adults over 65 also pay a reduced rate of approximately 13 euros, against the full rate of 19 euros for adults between 12 and 65.

The Rafael Nadal Museum in Mallorca does not have guided tours but it is not necessary to have the assistance of a guide as it is an interactive museum and the exhibits are very well explained. In each of the exhibits you will be able to see objects of Nadal but also of other sportsmen like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Usain Bolt, Serena Williams, Pau Gasol and Cristiano Ronaldo.

In another of the rooms dedicated to Formula 1 you can see one of Fernando Alonso's blue and yellow cars, with which he became world champion with Renault, and a bicycle donated by Miguel Indurain

You also don't need a guide for the interactive experiences in which you can try a Formula 1 car in a virtual reality Grand Prix or go mountain biking.

The Rafael Nadal Museum is located in Manacor, about 50 kilometers from Palma, so you can get there by tourist bus or by buses 9 and 16 to the Intermodal station and then combine with bus 401 to the station Rambla Rei en Jaume.

Taking bus 33 you can combine with bus 401 at Aragó-Can Capes station to Rambla Rei en Jaume station. You can also take the T3 railroad from the Intermodal station to Manacor.

If you decide to go in a rental car you can get from Palma to Manacor by the Ma-15 and Ma-19 roads. Another option is to take one of the transfers from Mallorca Airport if you plan to visit the Rafael Nadal Museum as soon as you arrive on the island.

The Rafael Nadal Museum in Mallorca is one of the most complete sports museums in Spain and features exhibits of the tennis player's Grand Slam and Master 1000 trophies, but also a wide variety of objects donated by world sports figures such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Usain Bolt, Serena Williams, Pau Gasol and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The museum also includes one of the cars driven by Fernando Alonso in his 2005 Formula 1 world championship and a display of Real Madrid trophies and clothing. In the virtual section of the museum you can combine innovation and technology to live an interactive experience of tennis, rowing, mountain biking and race car driving.

If you visit Mallorca in June you will be able to see in the museum decorations with motifs of Roland Garros, the Grand Slam that Rafael Nadal won the most times and that has given him a reputation as unbeatable on clay courts.

The complete visit to the Rafael Nadal Museum in Mallorca will take you between 2 and 3 hours, including the tour of the permanent exhibits and also the participation in the interactive competitions of the museum.

The museum does not establish a limited time of permanence so you can stay in the facilities for as long as you wish, although you must take into account that the tickets are valid for a single visit, so if you leave you will not be able to enter again another day.

If you plan to visit Mallorca in August or during the high season months, you can also attend tennis clinics on the museum's courts and follow the training of the members of the academy that trains on site.

The Rafael Nadal Museum in Mallorca is open from Monday to Saturday from 10.00 am to 6.30 pm and on Sundays from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm, so it offers a wide margin for you to visit it at any time and you can combine your tour, which will take you about two hours, with a boat trip along the coast of the island or with one of the bike tours in Mallorca.

These timetables are not modified if you visit Mallorca in winter, although you should take into account that the tourist bus and public transport services may be reduced due to the low season period, which you should take into consideration if you have an accommodation outside Manacor.

It is possible to enter the museum up to one hour before closing time and when you buy your ticket, if you do it in advance through the internet, you will have to select the time of your visit to see the museum.

The Rafael Nadal Museum is one of the best attractions in Mallorca and also one of the few spaces that offer an alternative profile of the island, outside the white sandy beaches and crystal clear waters and the party boats. It is an excursion suitable for the whole family and also has very interesting exhibits, so I advise you to take your time to walk around it at your own pace.

Also keep in mind that if you travel to Mallorca at Christmas or in the high season months the flow of tourists tends to increase, so I recommend you to book in advance to avoid delays or opt for tickets without queues to save time.

If you plan to visit Mallorca with children this is a visit that might interest them and they will also enjoy from the interactive and virtual reality competitions.

Unlike the commercial premises of other tourist sites, the Rafael Nadal Museum store is not focused on the sale of gifts and souvenirs but mainly on the commercialization of sports clothing for adults and children and accessories for playing tennis.

Located on one side of the museum, the store allows in-person and online purchases, with home delivery or the option of picking up the purchase in person at the sales site.

The store also includes a restaurant and cafeteria called Roland Garros, where it is possible to have breakfast or lunch after touring the museum and where I advise you to book in advance to avoid unnecessary delay.

The best gastronomic tours in Mallorca are also some of the best in Spain, so finding a place to eat well on the island is not a difficult task, although in the outskirts of Manacor, and especially in the museum, the offer is not so wide.

If touring the Museum of Rafael Nadal made you hungry and you want to have breakfast or lunch you can do it, first of all, in the restaurant and cafeteria Roland Garros, which is located next to the museum and is the reference space of the place. You can also opt for tapas or fast food at Bar Sa Torre, El Xiringuito or Cabrera.

In the center of Manacor you can opt for Molí D'En Sopa or Can Gusti, both places of Spanish and Mediterranean food that will remind you why the Balearic Islands are one of the areas of Spain where the best dishes are served.