Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Burgos, Spain

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 7.4 km
Ascend 126 m
Descend 147 m

Explore Burgos in Spain with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BurgosIndividual Sights in Burgos

Sight 1: Iglesia de San Esteban

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Iglesia de San Esteban is a former Catholic church in Burgos, Spain, on the eastern perimeters of Burgos Castle. It was essentially built between the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century. It now houses the Museo del Retablo.

Wikipedia: San Esteban, Burgos (EN)

22 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Museo del Retablo

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Museo del Retablo

The Altarpiece Museum in Burgos is installed in the Church of San Esteban, without cult today, and belongs to the archbishopric of Burgos. It brings together a collection of altarpieces from the 15th century to the 18th century from various locations in the province of Burgos. It also offers a sample of religious goldsmithing.

Wikipedia: Museo del Retablo (Burgos) (ES)

157 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Iglesia de San Nicolás de Bari

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Iglesia de San Nicolás de Bari is a Catholic church on Fernán González street in Burgos, Spain, located next to the Camino de Santiago, behind the Cathedral of Burgos. It is mainly known for having one of the largest altarpieces in Spain and the only one carved in limestone.

Wikipedia: San Nicolás de Bari, Burgos (EN)

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Arco de Fernán González

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The Arch of Fernán González is a large triumphal arch in the Herrerian style located in the city of Burgos, Spain.

Wikipedia: Arco de Fernán González (ES)

506 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Consulado del Mar

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The Consulate of the Sea of Burgos may refer to:The Consulate of Burgos, a mercantile institution of the wool trade founded in 1494. To the neoclassical building, headquarters of the Consulate located on the Paseo del Espolón. To the Provincial Academy of Drawing of Burgos, located in that building.

Wikipedia: Consulado del Mar (Burgos) (ES)

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Iglesia de la Divina Pastora

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The Chapel of the Divine Pastora is a Catholic cult of the city of Burgos.

Wikipedia: Capilla de la Divina Pastora (Burgos) (ES)

248 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Iglesia de San Lorenzo

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Iglesia de San Lorenzo

Iglesia de San Lorenzo el Real is a Baroque church in Burgos, Spain. It is located on Calle Almirante Bonifaz. San Lorenzo was originally a Jesuit church, built between 1684 and 1694 to replace an earlier building of more modest proportions. The work was financed and sponsored by Francisca de San Vítores and erected by Bernabé de Hazas and Francisco del Pontón. After the expulsion of the Jesuits in the late eighteenth century, the church became a parish church. Since its creation in 1945, the church has been the seat of the Brotherhood of Coronación de Espinas y de Cristo Rey.

Wikipedia: San Lorenzo el Real, Burgos (EN)

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Museo del Libro Fadrique de Basilea y Museo del Cid

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Museo del Libro Fadrique de Basilea y Museo del Cid

The Fadrique Book Museum in Basel, also known simply as the Book Museum, was a museum space located in the Spanish city of Burgos. Its structure and works made it unique in the national territory. The Museo del Cid was located in the same building. As of June 2022, its collections are housed in the Book Museum located in the Archive of the Adelantamiento de Castilla, located in the town of Covarrubias (Burgos).

Wikipedia: Museo del Libro Fadrique de Basilea (ES)

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Teatro Principal

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The Teatro Principal de Burgos is a building from the Elizabethan era located at the beginning of the Paseo del Espolón, next to the palace of the Provincial Council. Construction began in 1843 by the architect Bernardino Martínez de Velasco, under the direction of Francisco de Angoitia, and was inaugurated in 1858. From its inauguration until 1956 it hosted a large number of concerts and shows. In the same building was the so-called Recreation Hall. After the 1997 renovation, carried out under the direction of the architect José María Pérez González ('Peridis'), the building recovered its dance, theatre and music activity, managed by the Municipal Institute of Culture of the City of Burgos.

Wikipedia: Teatro Principal (Burgos) (ES)

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Estatua del Cid

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The Monument to El Cid Campeador is an equestrian statue located in the city of Burgos, Spain, and represents Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian military leader who came to dominate the Levant of the Iberian Peninsula at the head of his own mesnada at the end of the 11th century. It is the work of the famous sculptor Juan Cristóbal González Quesada, and was inaugurated by General Franco on July 23, 1955.

Wikipedia: Monumento al Cid Campeador (Burgos) (ES)

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Martín Antolínez

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The Cidian Cycle is a set of eight sculptures made by Joaquín Lucarini and placed on the bridge of San Pablo, in the city of Burgos.

Wikipedia: Ciclo cidiano (ES)

386 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Muralla de Burgos

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Muralla de Burgos

The wall of Burgos is a defensive fence that surrounds part of the historic center of the Spanish city of Burgos. Its current structure dates back to the late Middle Ages. From the eighteenth century onwards it began to be progressively demolished at certain points, but several important sections and gates have been preserved, as well as some towers and isolated canvases.

Wikipedia: Muralla de Burgos (ES)

117 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Iglesia de San Lesmes

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Iglesia de San Lesmes

Iglesia de San Lesmes Abad is a Roman Catholic church in Burgos, Spain.

Wikipedia: San Lesmes Abad (EN)

1449 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 14: Iglesia de San Fernando Rey

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The parish church of San Fernando Rey is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Burgos.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Fernando Rey (Burgos) (ES)

528 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán

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The parish church of Domingo de Guzmán is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Burgos.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Burgos) (ES)

503 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 16: Carro de combate

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The Panzer I was a light tank produced by Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Its name is short for Panzerkampfwagen I, abbreviated as PzKpfw I. The tank's official German ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 101.

Wikipedia: Panzer I (EN)

1007 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 17: Iglesia de San Pablo

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The parish church of San Pablo Apostol is a Roman Catholic church built in the 20th century in Burgos.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Pablo Apóstol (Burgos) (ES)

425 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 18: Iglesia de Santa María la Real y Antigua de Gamonal

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Iglesia de Santa María la Real y Antigua de Gamonal

Iglesia de Santa María la Real y Antigua de Gamonal is a church in Burgos, Spain. The Gothic structure dates to the 14th century, although there is evidence of an earlier church dating back to the eleventh century, when King Alfonso VI moved his seat from the destroyed city of Oca of the Auca diocese in 1075. It became a Bien de Interés Cultural listed building on 3 June 1931.

Wikipedia: Santa María la Real y Antigua de Gamonal (EN)

497 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 19: Iglesia del Espíritu Santo

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The parish church of the Holy Spirit is a Catholic church built in the 20th century in Burgos.

Wikipedia: Iglesia del Espíritu Santo (Burgos) (ES)

666 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 20: Iglesia del Salvador

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The parish church of El Salvador is a Catholic church built in the 20th century in Burgos.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de El Salvador (Burgos) (ES)

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