Madrid Trip Overview
Explore the city at your own pace with self-guided tours. It is like walking with a local, only that you do not depend on the guide’s schedule.
We offer access to 3 self-guided tours in Madrid, that will allow you to learn the history of our city, listen to some curious facts and visit the most emblematic places.
You can take either all of these tours, thus exploring the main parts of Madrid or choose some of them and ignore others:
– Medieval Madrid
– Madrid of Cervantes. Literature district
– The Madrid of the Austrians. The capital’s Golden Age
All the tours are walking tours, each one of them taking between 1 and 2 hours.
To access the tours, you will have to download the Lokimo app to your phone.
The tours include the ready-to-go itineraries, made by a local guide, GPS navigation, sightseeing descriptions, tips and bits of advices.
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* Duration: 1 to 6 hours
* Starts: Madrid, Spain
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Explore the city at your own pace with self-guided tours. It is like walking with a local, only that you do not depend on the guide’s schedule.
We offer access to 3 self-guided tours in Madrid, that will allow you to learn the history of our city, listen to some curious facts and visit the most emblematic places.
You can take either all of these tours, thus exploring the main parts of Madrid or choose some of them and ignore others:
– Medieval Madrid
– Madrid of Cervantes. Literature district
– The Madrid of the Austrians. The capital’s Golden Age
All the tours are walking tours, each one of them taking between 1 and 2 hours.
To access the tours, you will have to download the Lokimo app to your phone.
The tours include the ready-to-go itineraries, made by a local guide, GPS navigation, sightseeing descriptions, tips and bits of advices.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Puerta del Sol, 28013 Madrid Spain
Puerta del Sol is a main plaza of Madrid, reputedly named for a gate (puerta) that stood there until 1510 and had on its front a representation of the sun (sol). Throughout Madrid’s history the square has been the focal point of intellectual and economic activity.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Palacio de Santa Cruz, Plaza Provincia 1, 28012 Madrid Spain
A baroque building in the center of Madrid, that now houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Former prison, that was later converted into a palace.
Stop At: Plaza Mayor, Calle Gerona 4, 28012 Madrid Spain
A must-see and a symbol of the city. Over the years it has been the setting for many public events, from bullfights, processions, fiestas and theatrical productions to trials of the Inquisition and even executions.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Plaza De Puerta Cerrada, Calle de Segovia, Madrid Spain
The Plaza Puerta Cerrada (or closed door square) used to stand at the end of the city and owes its name to a city gate, that protected Madrid
Pass By: Sobrino de Botin, Calle Cuchilleros 17, 28005 Madrid Spain
Botín, founded in 1725, is the oldest restaurant in the world according to Guinness World Records.
Stop At: Mercado San Miguel, Plaza San Miguel, 28005 Madrid Spain
Opened back in May 1916 as a local food market, in 2009 the Mercado de San Miguel – one of the city’s finest examples of cast-iron architecture located a stone’s throw from Plaza Mayor – became Madrid’s first gourmet market.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Plaza de la Villa, Calle Mayor, Madrid Spain
Plaza de la Villa is one of Madrid’s best-preserved historical monuments. Here stand three buildings with high historical-artistic value, built in different centuries.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Catedral de Sta Maria la Real de la Almudena, Calle Bailen 10, 28013 Madrid Spain
Begun in 1879 but inaugurated in 1993, the cathedral is Neo-Gothic with chapels and statues of contemporary artists.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Royal Palace of Madrid, Calle de Bailen s/n, 28071 Madrid Spain
The largest in Western Europe and one of the largest in the world. The official residence of the Spanish royal family at the city of Madrid, although now used only for state ceremonies. A solemn, magnificent building erected in the centre of Madrid as a symbol of solidity, strength and continuity.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Plaza de la Paja, 28005 Madrid Spain
A major marketplace during the 13th and 14th century, the plaza got its name (which means “Straw Square”) because in its medieval height it was also a tithing site for the Catholic church – peasants gathered there to offer a fraction of their harvest to feed the chaplain’s and bishop’s mules.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Calle De La Cava Baja, Madrid Spain
A buzzing thoroughfare in the La Latina district. You will find old tavernas here, ancient hotels and even the ruins of the medieval wall which hides in….
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Plaza de Santa Ana, Madrid Spain
One of Madrid’s most popular squares, a hub of food, nightlife, and culture. Plaza de Santa Ana was built in 1810 to bring a much-needed open space to the tightly-packed neighbourhood of Barrio de Las Letras, and today is one of Madrid’s most popular squares
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Iglesia de San Sebastian, Calle Atocha 39, 28012 Madrid Spain
A sixteenth-century church in the center of Madrid. It has been a refuge for people fleeing official persecution for years.
Pass By: Casa Museo Lope de Vega, Calle Cervantes 11, 28014 Madrid Spain
The Lope de Vega House Museum, on Calle Cervantes, was built in the sixteenth century and purchased by the great writer of the Spanish Golden Age in 1610. He lived in it until he died, in 1635. In 1935, marking three hundred years since the death of Lope de Vega.
Pass By: Convento de las Trinitarias Descalzas de San Ildefonso, Calle Lope de Vega 18, 28014 Madrid Spain
Located in the Barrio de las Letras, this convent was initially founded in 1612 around a modest church, where the writer Miguel de Cervantes was buried in 1616.
