Essential Madrid: Walking Tour

Meet the guide at the monument to Goya in order to organize the group and provide devices to hear the guide clearly.

Accompanied by a professional guide, your first step will be the majestic Neptune fountain, right at the middle of Cánovas del Castillo square, surrounded by important buildings.

Than you will enjoy a pleasant walk through the famous Paseo del Prado, an old garden rich of vegetation, monuments and buildings, where the Prado National Museum is located.

Your next stop will be the building where the Congress of Deputies is located, the headquarter of one of the two Chambers of the Spanish General Courts.

Than you will know the Cervantes house, the place where the most famous spanish writer, Miguel de Cervantes, lived and died.

You will walk until Santa Ana Square, to know the histories and legends of the romantic period of Madrid.

You will continue your visit going to the famous Puerta del Sol, known for the statue of the Bear and the Arbutus and the clock from which the end-year chimes ring.

Than you will know Plaza Mayor, one of the most famous squares of the city, and the heart of the so called Austrias neighborhood.

You will continue your tour walking through the oldest corners of Madrid and small streets full of history, where you will see the Plaza de la Villa, that was the center of the Medieval period of the city.

You will see also the Almudena Cathedral, the most important religious building of Madrid.

Finally, you will end the guided tour at the Royal Palace, the largest in western europe.