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Madrid Itineraries





Madrid Itineraries
 
Our tour begins at the Teatro Real (17) built by Queen Isabel II and remodeled and inaugurated in 1997 as the opera house. Nearby is the Plaza de la Encarnación, which is linked to the Plaza de Oriente, where the 17th century Monasterio de la Encarnación (18) (Monastery of the Incarnation) is found.

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Our itinerary begins in a popular area. The Puerta de Toledo (30) (Toledo Archway) is located in the old quarter of Madrid called La Latina, which preserves the traditional flavor of the old part of the city. The archway was a project of King José Bonaparte and was built between 1817 and 1827.

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  The fountain in the Plaza de Cibeles (35), surrounded by some of the city’s most important monuments, has become an important symbol of Madrid.
On the northwest corner of the Calle Alcalá, half hidden by shrubbery, we have a view of the Cuartel General del Ejército (36) (Military

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We start our tour at the Plaza Mayor (1) (Main Square), which takes its name at the start of the 16th century. Juan de Herrera was commissioned to remodel the old square of Arrabal, but construction wasn’t begun until 1617 under the direction of Juan Gómez de Mora by order of Felipe III.

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