Located 70 km away from Madrid is Toledo, a beautiful city-museum declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is one of the oldest towns in Europe and has a great artistic beauty and buildings from almost all periods in history (Arabian, Gothic, Mudejar, Renaissance and Baroque style). Toledo is called the “City of the Three Cultures”, since Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together. In the XVI century, it was also the place of residence of the great painter El Greco.
This full-day excursion has the same itinerary as the half-day tour but in a more detailed way, including the visit to the Cathedral of Toledo, its architecture shows all the stages of Spanish Gothic, and the inside of the building contains a large number of artworks (stained glasses, choir, main chapel, altarpieces, El Greco paintings, etc.); the Church of St. Tomé with El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz, masterpiece of El Greco; the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca; the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes and the Mosque of El Cristo de la Luz; and at the end of the tour, we will enjoy learning about the famous technique of damascene (incrustation of precious metals in steel) and the forge of the steel of Toledo for making swords. The tour will end with a panoramic sightseeing of Toledo.
What is included:
• Air conditioned motor coach.
• Bilingual Official guide.
• Entrance to Church of St. Tomé
• Entrance to Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca.
• Entrance to Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes.
• Entrance to Mosque of El Cristo de la Luz
• Entrance to Cathedral of Toledo.
Languages:
English and Spanish
Departures:
April to October: Daily at 9 am
November to March: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 9 am
Meeting time and departure point:
JULIA TRAVEL OFFICE, San Nicolás 15 (Next to Plaza de Ramales) – Madrid, at 8:45 am
Arrival point:
Underground parking Plaza de Oriente, Level -2
Duration:
8 hours
You may chose your type of ticket: regular ticket, ticket with tourist lunch or ticket with typical lunch.
Regular ticket does not include lunch!
Tourist lunch includes: Vegetable stew, veal cutting with green beans and French fried potatoes, vanilla ice cream with fruit salad.
Tourist lunch does not include drinks!
Typical lunch includes: Appetizers and Castilian Tapas, roasted Lamb with vegetables, truffle cake with ice cream, wine, mineral water and coffee.