Toledo Half-Day or Full-Day Tour from Madrid
Overview
- Toledo tour or Toledo and Madrid combo tour from Madrid
- See the World Heritage-listed 13th-century Cathedral of Toledo
- Admire masterpieces by El Greco, including The Burial of the Count of Orgaz in the church of St. Tome
- Enjoy a guided walking tour through Toledo's atmospheric cobbled backstreets
- Visit the Cathedral of Toldeo on the full-day tour only
- Opt for a Madrid and Toledo combo tour for a full-day overview of both cities
Gaze at the medieval castle, with its towering turrets reminiscent of fairy tales, and admire the ancient majesty of Santa Maria La Blanca Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in Europe. Then, feast your eyes on some of El Greco’s most influential artworks in the Church of St Tome. Gaze at the meticulous brushstrokes in The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, and then head to the Monastery of Saint John of the Kings for a tour.
Stroll amid the courtyard cloisters and royal coats of arms in the religious structure and then head to the house of local sculptor Victorio Macho to see the eponymous museum dedicated to his impressive sculptures.
Choose the full-day tour to enhance your experience of Toledo. See the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Cathedral of Toledo, a 13th-century structure declared Spain’s finest example of Gothic architecture, and take a guided tour of the interior. Enjoy a panoramic tour of all of the city’s significant sights, and opt to enjoy a traditional lunch of Spanish specialties. Please see the Itinerary section for a sample menu.
If you opt for the Toledo and Madrid combo tour, you'll begin the morning with a half-day tour of Madrid, stopping at highlights such as the Royal Palace, the Prado Museum, Ventas Bullring, or Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, with a complimentary drink at the Hard Rock Café. Continue afterward with a half-day tour of Toledo, including entry to the Church of St. Tome, the Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca, and the Mosque of El Cristo de la Luz.
Itinerary
- Vegetable stew
- Veal with green beans and french fry potatoes
- Vanilla ice cream with fruit salad
- Appetizers and Castilian tapas
- Roasted lamb with vegetables
- Truffle cake with ice cream
- Wine, mineral water and coffee
Reviews
Viator Traveler's Reviews
Wow, I would give this tour 6 stars if I could! First off, the company was very organize and we left on time.
Our tour guide, Elisa, was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! She was extremely knowledgable, friendly, approachable, and organized you could tell that this was her profession, and she enjoys it! She speaks at the perfect pace for everyone to understand, and her English is fluent and understandable despite her accent. She doesn't walk to fast, and always looks back to make sure everyone is there.
Elisa took us to 5 monuments, all of which are religious first was a church, then the cathedral 2nd largest in Spain, then we saw the most famous El Greco painting, next was a mosque and finally a monastery. The cathedral was HUGE, and the monastery was beautiful. Elisa enhanced this experience by explaining so many beautiful details of these places. After, we went to eat at a beautiful scenic restaurant a little up in the mountains, and then Elisa took us to a factory where they explained some sort of metalwork this factory was attached to a gift shop which was nice. We had ample time to explore everything. Elisa kept us exactly on schedule, and nothing felt rushed.
Toledo itself is very much a small town. No fast food, only traditional restaurants. Make sure you buy some marzipan, because that is one of the things they are famous for! The town is beautiful and has so much history! Toledo is a must-see if you are visiting Madrid!
I can't express enough how great Elisa was. I would definitely take any tour that she did.
Beautiful city. Booked Full Day Tour without Lunch advertised approximately 9 hours with Viator but conducted by Julia Travels the travel time from Madrid to Toledo is about 1 hour each way. Once you get to Toledo, the walking tour starts and last approximately 2 hours, this part of the tour is excellent. Then, if you booked the tour with no lunch you have approximately 1.5 hours free time on your own for eating and shopping. If you book the tour with lunch they take you to a restaurant for lunch.
Next they take you to tour of a craft factory where they make swords and jewelry, there you will see a craftsman heat up steel and beat with a hammer to shape the sword edge approximately 5 minutes, you move to another room where there is a second craftsman making jewelry Another 5 minutes and the rest of the 1.5 hours allotted for the craft factory tour is at their gift shop. By the way, this was not advertised in their tour description. In my opinion this part of the tour is a waste of time and it is just to fill the full day, it would have been better to let you have free time to roam around the city.
The tour guide was very excellent, professional and spoke perfect English and Spanish. The description in the full day tour is misleading.
Bottom line if you remove the craft factory tour, it is same as a half a day tour. Toledo deserved a full day.
This tour is great, you hit all the majors sites in Toledo and the guide is very knowledgable. I had the higher level lunch included in the tour and it was awful... Stale bread, meat with lots of bones and cheap appetizers. My advise is to skip the lunch and do lunch on your own. You will have a better experience.
Morning tour of Madrid was on a bus entirely. You couldn't see anything and it was a bilingual tour so half spanish, half english, made it difficult to tune in and out to what guide was saying. We left the tour early it was awful. Afternoon in Toledo could have been interesting but our same guide from the Madrid AM tour was less than enthusiastic, she couldn't wait for the day to end, that was obvious.