Free tour

"The Madrid of the Enlightenment" The other side of the city

3.60

Acceptable (5 ratings)

Madrid

Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Languages: English and Spanish

Guru: Viajes Gran Vía

PRO

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Registered on 11 April 2021

👋🏻👋🏽👋🏾👋🏿 WELCOME! 👋🏻👋🏽👋🏾👋🏿 We won't introduce ourselves because surely, you already know us 🙋🏻‍♂️ We are the ones from Viajes Gran Vía! The ones with the blue umbrellas, the ones who sing you the routes, the ones who bring out the smiles... Dare to discover 🧐 the best stops at the most remarkable historical places inside and outside Madrid. Are you ready?... 🏃🏻‍♂️ Discover with us a Madrid full of life, with its iconic water-filled fountains, its round squares, its palaces without kings 😂, and its alleys filled with... dark events 😲 and always... always, always accompanied by our genuine and passionate guides 🦸🏻‍♂️, who will undoubtedly give their all to make your experience as juicy as possible 😋 And as no tour is the same as another... Our routes 🗺️ are: fun, entertaining, simple, surprising! Our guides 🦸🏻‍♂️ are: familiar, endearing, crazy, and polite! Our style is: reliable, authentic, original, and fun... Let's go! Just what a quality time should be. VIAJES GRAN VÍA... LIVE 🕍 FEEL 💃🏻 DISCOVER 🗺️

Free booking and cancellation

Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

Just when you think you've seen it all, Madrid surprises you again with its dazzling architecture, marvelous fountains, and monumental buildings.

In the Madrid of the Bourbons or "Madrid of the Enlightment", we will discover the modernization of the city from the period of Carlos III , and how the Enlightenment affected this iconic city.

During the visit we will be able to learn about the history of emblematic monuments such as the Congress of Deputies, the Prado Museum or the Puerta de Alcalá.

In addition, we will observe the wonders of Paisaje de la Luz, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE .

It will certainly be an unforgettable experience.

We are waiting for you... discover Madrid of the Enlightment with us!

POINTS OF INTEREST:

- PUERTA DEL SOL

- SAN FERNANDO ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

- CANALEJAS SQUARE

- CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES

- NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN

- PASEO DEL PRADO

- EXTERIORS OF THE PRADO AND THYSSEN MUSEUM

- 2ND OF MAY MONUMENT

- CIBELES FOUNTAIN

- TELECOMMUNICATIONS PALACE

- BANK OF SPAIN

- PUERTA DE ALCALÁ

Recommendations: Comfortable shoes.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Prta del Sol, 5, 28013 Madrid, Spain

PUERTA DEL SOL, 5 (In front of the tourist information office) The guide carries a blue umbrella marked "Viajes Gran Vía"

Outside visit

Sun Gate

Outside visit

San Fernando Fine Art Royal Academy

Outside visit

Canalejas Square

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).