Visit the Royal Monastery of El Escorial, The Valley of the Fallen and Toledo City Tour

Introduction

Combine two half day tours and save moneyA unique day in three indispensable places: the Royal Monastery of El Escorial, the historic site of the Valley of the Fallen and the medieval essence of Toledo city. 

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      10 hours
Highlights

Discover El Escorial Monastery,  the most important architectural monument of the Spanish Renaissance.

 

Observe the imposing Valley of the Fallen, considered Spain's most controversial building. Can you understand why? 

 

Visit Toledo, which has strong influences of the Christianism, Judaism, and Islamism.

 

Learn all about the most important and emblematic monuments of Toledo. Have a guided tour in its interiors!

Key details

LANGUAGE

English and Spanish.

MEETING POINT

Calle San Nicolás (next to the Plaza de Ramales)

SCHEDULE

08h30

DURATION

10 hours
AM: Escorial & Valle de los Caídos: 5h30 + PM: Toledo Tour: 5h 

Full description

Morning Tour - El Escorial and Valle de Los Caídos

Real Monastery of El Escorial
 
We will begin the visit in El Escorial, a symbol of Spanish power of the 16th century, which commemorates the Battle of San Quintín and is the Pantheon of the remains of the Emperor Carlos V. Its construction was ruled by reason, symmetry, and balance, and saves the great exponents of Renaissance humanism. For this reason, for years it was considered the eighth wonder of the world. The visit includes the Palace of the Austrians, the Pantheon of Kings and Infants, the Chapter House and the Basilica.

Basilica of Valley of The Fallen - Valle de Los Caídos

9 km from El Escorial is the next stop of our visit: the Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen. Built between 1940 and 1959 to honor the Spaniards who died during the Civil War, this grandiose construction is excavated on the mountain at 1350 m above sea level. In it, an impressive cross of 150 m high stands on the magnificent natural setting of the Sierra Madrileña.

It has approximately 1 hour between the two parts of the excursions for lunch in Madrid, in the afternoon we will go to Toledo.

Afternoon - Tour in Toledo

At 70 km from Madrid is Toledo, a "World Heritage City", city-museum of great artistic beauty and one of the oldest in Europe, called "City of the Three Cultures", since Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together here. Its buildings cover virtually all periods of history (Arabic, Gothic, Mudejar, Renaissance, and Baroque).

Once in Toledo, we will begin our tour visiting the exterior of the Cathedral, shortly after we will go to the interior of the Church of Saint Tomé with "The Burial of the Lord of Orgaz", the masterpiece of El Greco. Then, we will visit the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca and the incredible Monastery of San Juan de Los Reyes.

Once these visits are over, we will go to a demonstration of the famous Damascene technique (an art of embedding of precious metals in steel), forge of swords. We will have time to buy some souvenirs to remember this stunning guided tour! But this tour is far from over: we will conclude the tour with a panoramic visit of the city and with a stop at a viewpoint where we can make the best photographs of Toledo.

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Included

  • Bus with air conditioning.
  • Official bilingual guide.
  • Entrance to the Royal Monastery of El Escorial.
  • Entrance to the Valley of the Fallen and the Basilica.
  • Entrance to the Church of Santo Tomé.
  • Entrance the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca.
  • Entrance to the Monastery of San Juan de Los Reyes.
  • Individual guide radio system.

Excluded

  • Lunch, beverages or other services not specified.
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off.
  • Gratuities (optional).

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Nearest town

Nearest Airport

Reviews

great
Great tour, the guide was very complete.
Tanya Brown
amazing tour.
Super complete tour. We spent a spectacular day always busy doing something. Toledo is magnificent. and all the monuments that I visited too.
Fred Collins
Highly recommend this tour
Highly recommend this tour! All of the sites were amazing! The tour guide Juan was passionate about his work and very knowledgeable
Toby Marshall
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