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Hello! I'm Jorge, an official Madrid tourism guide and art historian. I have been working on this for more than 5 years in Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is literally the job of my life, I have a great passion for it. And what better than working on my own in Madrid! My favorite city and where I was born, of which I know 'almost' every corner ;)
Are you ready to discover everything that the Barrio de las Letras hides? Discover the confrontations between poets, their swashbuckling duels , the endless lovers of masters and kings and the most curious anecdotes from its corners.
We will talk about Valle Inclán and its legends at Café de la Montaña. The false tombs of Lope de Vega or Cervantes and the madness that led José Cadalso to unearth his wife will await us, in addition to the famous ' Calderona ' and her relationship with Felipe IV.
We will learn in depth the rivalries of the great poets of the Golden Age from their unbeatable rhymes. From ' Once upon a time there was a man stuck to a nose ' from Quevedo to Góngora, to Calderón's siege of the convent of Lope's daughter.
Did you know that Lope de Vega did not care about chastity after becoming a priest, that he lived with the supposed captain Alatriste, or that Cervantes lived a real ordeal before writing 'Don Quixote'?
We are waiting for you to learn about the part of the life of these literary references that does not appear in literature books !
The tour guide will meet you at Puerta del Sol, right in front of the Clock Tower with a blue umbrella with the word Free Tour. The guide is called Jorge, so you don't get confused.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
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