Toledo Day Trip from Madrid

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, Mudéjar, 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 home to the great painter El Greco.

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.). You will also visit 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 after this master class you have free time to buy something if you want. The tour will end with a Panoramic Sightseeing of Toledo and stop at a viewpoint with breathtaking views of the city for taking the best pictures of Toledo.

* The damascene is an ancient handcrafted art that consists of the incrustation of precious metals in steel.

The different lunch options of the tour excursion are listed below:

- Without Lunch
- With Tourist Lunch: Vegetable stew, veal cutting with green beans and french fried potatoes and vanilla ice cream with fruit salad. Drinks are not included.
- With Typical Lunch: Appetizers and Castilian Tapas, roasted lamb with vegetables and truffle cake with ice cream. Wine, mineral water and coffee.

TAPAS MENU (OPTIONAL) available from April 2020

-Toast with meat and tuna belly
-Spanish Potatoe Salad (Oliver Salad)
-Spanish Omelette
-Spanish broken eggs with ham
-1 drink (water, bier or soft drink). Instead of the drink you can order another tapa or a desert.