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🔝 ✨ Free tour of Lavapiés and La Latina: The most traditional Madrid and the Rastro area 🍷 🧀 🛍️

Duration: 2h
Languages: Spanish
Quality Verified Registered on July 15, 2024
  • Free booking and cancellation
    Free payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

We want to show you two of the most traditional and multicultural neighborhoods in Madrid, and take you into their narrow streets still enveloped in the mysterious aura of their medieval origins.

Located in the heart of Madrid, Lavapiés and La Latina maintain their irregular layout of houses built at different heights and around a central courtyard: the corralas (a model of popular construction in the capital between the 17th and 19th centuries).

Its ancient commercial tradition gives its name to many of its streets and squares, such as Plaza de la Cebada, Plaza de los Carros or Plaza de la Paja. But, without a doubt, the best representation of this ancient tradition can be found in El Rastro: the most famous open-air market in Madrid.

These two neighbourhoods, which represent the best example of traditional Castilian culture, have become the meeting point of very different cultures. In them, the popular legacy of Madrid coexists in perfect balance with the customs and traditions brought by a well-established immigrant population, arriving from different origins.

You will discover a Madrid full of life. El Rastro, its tapas, the Paloma street fair, Las Vistillas… What are you waiting for? Sign up now!

This activity is only open to groups of up to 6 people. If you are 7 or more people, you will be asked to pay per person in advance to join the tour.

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What will we visit on this tour?

  • Meeting point:
    Roundabout of the Puerta de Toledo 6 ...
    Roundabout of the Puerta de Toledo 6 28005 Madrid Spain
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    Departure from the Puerta de Toledo metro station, next to the entrance to the Pedro Salinas Library. (Puerta de Toledo. Madrid). (It is recommended to arrive at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the start of the route)

  • 1
    Outside visit
    Toledo Gate
  • 2
    Outside visit
    Barley Market
  • 3
    Outside visit
    La Latina Theater
  • 4
    Outside visit
    TRACE
  • 5
    Outside visit
    Valle-Inclán Theater

How much does this tour cost?

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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Who is this tour for?

Accessibility
Non suitable for people with reduced mobility.
Groups
Accepts reservations up to 100 people.
Pets
Suitable for carrying pets.

What should you know?

Additional costs:
The tour does not require the payment of entrance fees or additional expenses.
Free cancellation
If you will not be able to attend the tour, please cancel your booking, otherwise the guide will be waiting for you.
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Only cash payment is accepted.
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