Historic Madrid Walking Tour

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일정

1. Our Tour starts at the Main office of Fun and Tickets

   5분

2. Puerta del Sol is a square in the Spanish city of Madrid. It has been home to the so-called Zero Kilometer of the country's radial roads since 1950.

   15분

3. We will continue our tour, leaving behind the medieval streets of the center and we will find ourselves on the other side of the city. Bourbon Madrid: Great streets and impressive ensembles of early 20th century architecture, from Art Deco to Neo-Mudéjar. Calle de Alcalá and Paseo del Prado, where you will find the famous institutions that make Madrid one of the main cities in the world

   25분

4. The "Communications Palace" became at the beginning of the 21st century the new headquarters of the Madrid City Council and, in doing so, changed its name to "Palacio de Cibeles". We will know its history throughout its hundred years.

   20분

5. The main headquarters of the Bank of Spain is located next to Plaza de Cibeles, Calle de Alcalá, Paseo del Prado, Calle de los Madrazo and Calle del Marqués de Cubas. The Bank of Spain, as an institution, was created in 1856, as a result of the merger of Banco de Isabel II with Banco de San Fernando in 1847, and its first headquarters was the building of the Five Major Guilds, located on Calle de Atocha from the capital to the Plaza de Cibeles.

   10분

6. Casa de América is one of the most active cultural institutions of our city. With a view to fostering contact between the Latin-American peoples and Spain, it organises all kinds of cultural activities (exhibitions, lectures, film and literary cycles, etc.). Its premises, the Palacio de Linares in the Art Walk, are a real jewel which must be visited. The limestone building, with its clean lines, the work of Carlos Colubí, Adolf Ombrecht and Manuel Aníbal Álvarez, houses an interior rich in furniture, lamps and bronzes from Paris, crystal from Antwerp, carpets from the Royal Tapestry Factory and a choice collection of paintings by artists of the stature of Francisco Pradilla, Manuel Domínguez and Alejandro Ferrant.

   10분

7. In the old heart of Madrid we will find the literary neighborhood 'Barrio de las Letras', named after some of the greatest writers, poets and playwrights in history made their home. We will walk through this beautiful neighborhood of the Barrio de las Letras, while your tour guide shares with you the stories of some of the best writers in history: Miguel de Cervantes, Federico García Lorca and even the American Ernest Hemingway. You will also pass by the houses of the great Spanish writers Cervantes, Lope de Vega and Góngora.

   1시간

취소 규정

체험 시작 24시간 전까지 무료로 취소하고 전액 환불받을 수 있습니다.

후기

평점은 저희 예약 파트너가 모은 후기 1개를 바탕으로 합니다. 여행자가 직접 쓴 글을 쓰인 순서 그대로 보여주며, 체험을 좋아 보이게 하려고 순서를 바꾸지 않습니다.

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How it compares in Madrid

• Its from-price is 88% below the median of the 336 시티 투어 we list in Madrid.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 213 of 336.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Madrid

Madrid is Spain's sunny, sociable capital, home to great art museums, royal palaces, leafy parks and tapas bars that stay busy past midnight.

Three great galleries line the Paseo del Prado: the Prado Museum with Velázquez and Goya, the Reina Sofía with Picasso's Guernica, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza with its sweeping private collection. Beside them, El Retiro Park offers a boating lake, shaded avenues and the glass Palacio de Cristal.

Top-ranked sights in Madrid: Plaza Mayor, Royal Palace of Madrid (Palacio Real de Madrid), Puerta del Sol.

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