Madrid, El Escorial & Toledo - Cultural & Classical Tours - Destinations Group & School Travel

Recommended Visits

Madrid

• Royal Palace (built by the Bourbon Kings)
• Cathedral
• Plaza Mayor (galleried square)
• Prado Museum (one of the most famous museums in the world)
• Reina Sofi a Art Centre (houses Picasso’s Guernica)
• Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (good collection of old masters and 20thC art)
• Cibeles Fountain
• Retiro Park

Toledo

• Cathedral (built in the 13thC and houses El Greco’s ‘Twelve Apostles’)
• El Greco’s House Museum (see some of his other works)
• Jewish Quarter (synagogue of Santa Maria La Blanca)
• Architecture (different styles of architecture, refl ecting the many cultures which have been dominant in Toledo)

El Escorial & The Valley of the Fallen

• A palatial monastery built for Phillip ll where he observed frugal austerity. The Church and Library are richly sculpted and frescoed, a stark contrast to the simplicity of his own private apartments
• The Valley of the Fallen, a memorial to those who died during the Spanish Civil War

Meal Swap

• Dinner at the Hard Rock Café, Madrid

Theme Parks

• Warner Bros. Theme Park

Fully Guided Tour

• Your tour is fully guided in Spain

• Recommended visits
• Royal Palace
• Cathedral
• Plaza Mayor
• Prado Museum
• Reina Sofia Art Centre
• Thyseen-Bornemisza Museum
• Cibeles Foutain
• Retiro Park
• Toledo
• Cathedral
• El Grecos House & Museum
• Jewish Quarter
• Architecture
• A palatial monastery built for …
• The Valley of the Fallen memorial
• Warner Bros. Theme Park