The Madrid of Benito Pérez Galdós - Free Tour

Benito Pérez Galdós arrived in Madrid to study Law in 1862 at the age of 19, but this will not be his path since the cultural and popular life of the capital will soon make him a regular at theaters, athenaeums, gatherings and literary or political cafes. ... Great observer of the social, political and cultural life of his time that is reflected in writing in his work. This will be his Madrid: the changing Madrid of the mid-19th century. The bourgeois Madrid that fights for social advancement. The traditional Madrid moving towards modernity. The popular Madrid that fights for survival. The old Madrid that gives way to the contemporary narrated by an excellent observer who carefully lived through the most important episodes of his time. On this walk we will get to know his friends, his love affairs, his residences, his detractors, his political tendencies, jobs and commissions, his inspiring corners, his special relationship with the public and admirers, the end of his life as well as his massive funeral. Do you want to know the gatherings that the writer frequented along with the most nurtured of the intelligentsia of the time? Walk through the places that Don Benito took as inspiration for his works? Know his most influential friends? His way of ser? Why was he never awarded for his literary work? Why didn't he get married? How did he live his day to day? We will see all these topics throughout this very interesting and fun tour about Benito Pérez Galdós.