We are a group of tourist guides, accredited in Venice and Madrid, with extensive experience in the city, both historically and culturally, as well as in leisure and gastronomy. We will be delighted if you visit Venice or Madrid with us.
In this Tour we are going to tour the most important and monumental part of Madrid , learning about its history through its beautiful monuments. We begin the tour at the Puerta de Alcalá from where we will tour the Barrio de los Borbones , recently named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, here we will find important buildings such as the Bank of Spain, the Palacio de Cibeles or the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and sources such as La Cibeles . In the Barrio de los Austrias we will find such important places as La Plaza Mayor, El Palacio Real, Plaza de la Villa or El Mercado de San Miguel . The final point of the tour will be La Plaza de Oriente. There will be no shortage of cultural, gastronomic and all kinds of recommendations on the tour.
The places that we are going to visit on the tour are the following:
- ALCALÁ GATE
- CIBELES PALACE AND FOUNTAIN
- LINARES PALACE
- CANALEJAS GALLERY AND HOUSE OF ALLENDE
- ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS OF SAN FERNANDO
- MADRID CASINO
- PALACE OF LA EQUITATIVE
- ROYAL PALACE
- ROYAL THEATRE
- VILLA SQUARE
- SAN MIGUEL MARKET
- MAIN SQUARE
- PALACE OF SANTA CRUZ
- SUN GATE
You will meet our guide in the Plaza de la Independencia (Puerta de Alcalá), next to the entrance to Retiro Park. Metro Retiro. The guide will carry a RED FLAG with the word ÍTAKA and an official tour guide accreditation.
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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