Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #11 in Madrid, Spain
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5.9 km
174 m
Explore Madrid 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 MadridIndividual Sights in MadridSight 1: Parque de las Vistillas
The gardens of Las Vistillas or simply the shores are a recoleto urban park of the Spanish city of Madrid located on the top and slopes of the old hill of the Campillo de las Vistillas, on a natural balcon To the north by the old channel of the San Pedro stream, on which Segovia street was projected. The southern limit is marked by the Calle del Rosario and the Eastern the road axis formed by the street of Bailén and the San Francisco race.
Sight 2: Parroquia Virgen de la Paloma y San Pedro el Real
The church of La Paloma is the popular name given to the church of the parish of San Pedro el Real, a Catholic temple located in the Spanish city of Madrid, on Calle de la Paloma. It is part of the religious celebrations of the verbena de la Paloma.
Sight 3: Museo de Artes y Tradiciones Populares. Centro Cultural La Corrala
The La Corrala Cultural Centre, home to the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, has been located since 2012 in a corrala on Calle Carlos Arniches, numbers 3 and 5, next to the Rastro de Madrid, in the Spanish capital. As an original project of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, its objectives are to promote the creativity and scientific innovation capacity of this university institution throughout Madrid. It is directed by the collective La Corrala with a long tradition of cultural management in Madrid, which previously directed installations such as the Sala Cadarso and reopened the Sala Olimpia as a theatre space in September 1979.
Sight 4: Galerías Piquer
The Piquer galleries is a group of antique stores located on the street of La Ribera de Curtidores where it is celebrated every Sunday and festive, the Madrid market called: Trace. The center was designed by the Spanish architect José de Azpiroz and Azpiroz in 1950. The initial denomination was: Isla de Cuba galleries, but the popularity of the inauguration by Mayor José Moreno Torres in the company of the Spanish actress and tonadillera Concha Piquer galleries were the one that remained in the popular denomination.
Sight 5: Plaza del Campillo del Mundo Nuevo
The Plaza del Campillo del Mundo Nuevo is an irregular urban space located in the Embajadores neighborhood of Madrid (Spain), very close to the Puerta de Toledo. It is joined to the north by the streets of Arganzuela, Mira el Río Baja, Carlos Arniches and Mira el Sol, and is bounded to the south by the Ronda de Toledo. Historically, it can be considered the southern border of the Rastro market.
Sight 6: Puerta de Toledo
The Puerta de Toledo is a gate located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1996. Construction began in 1812, but was not completed until 1827.
Sight 7: Jardín del Rastro
The Madrid Gas Factory was an industrial facility for the production of gas for lighting that existed in the capital of Spain, in the current district of Arganzuela, between the mid-19th century and the 1960s.
Sight 8: Madrid Río
Madrid Río is an urban park in the Spanish capital Madrid, built along an urban stretch of the Manzanares River following the burial of the M-30 bypass road in this area. It is the result of a project led by the architect Ginés Garrido, who won the international ideas competition organised by the Madrid City Council in 2005 to redevelop the area.
Sight 9: Ermita de San Isidro
The hermitage of San Isidro is a hermitage located in the Carabanchel district of the Spanish city of Madrid. Dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Isidro Labrador, it is located on the Paseo de la Ermita del Santo, at the end of the Paseo del Quince de Mayo.
Sight 10: Parque de San Isidro
San Isidro Park, also popularly known as the Pradera de San Isidro, is a large green area in the city of Madrid, located in the San Isidro neighborhood of the Carabanchel district.
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