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This guided day trip takes you by bus from Madrid to Toledo, a UNESCO World Heritage city. With a local guide speaking English and Spanish, you'll spend an hour walking through medieval streets and squares, see the exteriors of Toledo Cathedral and the Alcázar, and watch a demonstration of traditional sword-making and damascene (gold and silver inlay) work. Choose between a half-day tour of about 6 hours or a full-day tour of about 9 hours, with options that add guided visits to the Church of Santo Tomé or Toledo Cathedral, or a VIP bracelet with entry to 7 monuments.
Depart from the tour bus stop near the Neptune Fountain in Madrid and travel by bus to Toledo for about 1 hour. Your local guide leads the tour in both English and Spanish. There are two departure times: 9:30 AM and noon.
On arrival in Toledo, visit the workshop of traditional swordsmiths and damascene artisans (Damasquinados Suárez) for a demonstration of about 30 minutes. Learn about the city's famous sword-making tradition and see up close how artisans decorate metal with gold and silver. The demonstration is included in all departures.
On a 60-minute guided walking tour, follow cobbled streets and medieval squares and admire the exteriors of Toledo Cathedral and the Alcázar. Your guide shares the history and stories of Toledo, where Christian, Islamic and Jewish cultures come together. After the walking tour, you'll have free time to explore on your own.
The Express half-day tour (about 6 hours) can include a guided visit to the Church of Santo Tomé, home to El Greco's "The Burial of the Count of Orgaz". The Toledo Experience full-day tour (about 9 hours) can include a guided visit to Toledo Cathedral.
The Toledo Complete option adds a VIP bracelet with priority entry to 7 monuments (Church of Santo Tomé, Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Real Colegio de Doncellas Nobles, Mosque of Cristo de la Luz, Church of El Salvador and the Jesuit Church) on top of the guided cathedral tour. Monuments entered with the bracelet are visited without a guide.
※ The 09:30 Express tour returns to Madrid around 3:30 PM, and the 12:00 Express tour returns around 6:00 PM.
※ All tour durations include round-trip travel time.
※ The itinerary may change depending on local conditions.
Meeting point :
Tour bus stop in front of the Neptune Fountain
Plaza de Canovas del Castillo, Centro, 28014 Madrid
Meeting point information:
The tour departs from Plaza de Neptuno. Come to the tour bus stop in front of the Madrid tourist information office and look for the tour guide in a red Big Bus uniform. The nearest metro station is Banco de España on Line 2. The tour returns to the same place.
Plaza de Canovas del Castillo, Centro, 28014 Madrid