Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Valladolid, Spain
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Experience Valladolid in Spain in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in ValladolidIndividual Sights in ValladolidSight 1: Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
The Church of San Juan Bautista is a Roman Catholic church located in the Spanish city of Valladolid.
Sight 2: Iglesia de Santa María la Real de las Huelgas
The Monastery of Santa María la Real de las Huelgas is one of the original monasteries of Cistercian nuns in Spain. It is located within the city of Valladolid in the Duero region.
Wikipedia: Monastery of Santa María la Real de las Huelgas, Valladolid (EN)
Sight 3: Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena
The Church of Santa María Magdalena is a Roman Catholic parish church in Valladolid. It is located on Calle Colón, in front of the Columbus House Museum and next to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Valladolid and the Monastery of Las Huelgas Reales.
Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena (Valladolid) (ES)
Sight 4: Casa Museo de Colón
Christopher Columbus Museum is a museum in Valladolid in western Spain built in 1968. Outside is a statue of the Santa María.
Sight 5: Calle de Juan Mambrilla
Sight 6: Fachada de la Universidad de Valladolid
The façade of the University of Valladolid of Spain was built between 1716 and 1718 in the Baroque style. The architect Fray Pedro de la Visitacion supervised the construction. The façade was part of a project to enlarge the buildings of the university.
Sight 7: Plaza de la Universidad
The Plaza de la Universidad is one of the main squares in the city center of Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León, Spain. Historically known as Plaza de Santa María, it was renamed at the beginning of the twentieth century because it is the façade of the university, now the Faculty of Law of the University of Valladolid.
Sight 8: Iglesia del Santuario
The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Great Promise is a Catholic temple of expiatory character consecrated to the cult of the Sacred Heart of Jesus located in the city of Valladolid, community of Castilla y León, Spain. Its architecture is baroque in style and its variegated interior furniture responds to different styles and periods.
Sight 9: Palacio de los Escudero - Herrera
The Escudero-Herrera Palace is a Renaissance building, built in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, located on Fray Luis de León Street in Valladolid, Spain. Since 1922 it has belonged to the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, as well as the palace of the Villagómez, acquired by the latter several years later and both being adjoining.
Wikipedia: Palacio de los Escudero-Herrera (Valladolid) (ES)
Sight 10: Pasaje Gutiérrez
Pasaje Gutiérrez is a covered shopping arcade in the city of Valladolid inaugurated in 1886, located between Fray Luis de León and Castelar streets. This type of gallery arose in Paris as a result of the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century. They were conceived as passageways that served as communication between busy streets and intended to expand space for commerce. In Spain, the Gutiérrez passage, together with the Lodares passage in Albacete and the Ciclón passage in Zaragoza, are the only 3 remaining examples of this type of gallery.
Sight 11: Iglesia del Salvador
The Church of the Holy Savior, or simply the Savior, is a Catholic parish church located in the Spanish city of Valladolid, capital of the province of the same name, Castile and León.
Sight 12: Iglesia de San Felipe Neri
The church of San Felipe Neri is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Valladolid, located on the street of the same name. It is not a parish church but was conceived as an oratory for the newly created congregation of San Felipe Neri of secular priests.
Sight 13: Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol
The church of Santiago Apóstol is a Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Valladolid. Located on the Valladolid street of the same name, it was built in different stages and styles between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is the headquarters of the Brotherhood of the Seven Words.
Sight 14: Teatro Zorrilla
The Zorrilla Theatre in Valladolid, the work of the architect Joaquín Ruiz Sierra, is a theatre, located in the Plaza Mayor in the same space where the disappeared Convent of San Francisco was located. Its main façade is not individualized and is concealed, in the square, within the buildings uniformed by the color and architectural appearance of housing. Access is through the arcades and its rear façade overlooks Calle Constitución.
Sight 15: Plaza Mayor
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The Plaza Mayor is a central plaza in the city of Valladolid, Spain. It is located only a few blocks away from another famous plaza, the Plaza Zorrilla.
Sight 16: Sala de Exposiciones Iglesia de la Pasión
The Church of the Passion is a Catholic temple in the Churrigueresque Baroque style, its construction began in 1577, it was the first penitential church in Valladolid. It is currently an exhibition hall located in the centre of Valladolid. It was originally a church built to be the headquarters of the Penitential Confraternity of the Sacred Passion of Christ. The church was closed to religious worship in the 19th century. It was declared a National Monument on March 10, 1928.
Sight 17: Iglesia de San Lorenzo
The church of San Lorenzo is a temple located in Valladolid. The Virgin of San Lorenzo is the patron saint of the city of Valladolid and her feast day is celebrated on September 8.
Sight 18: Museo del Monasterio de San Joaquín y Santa Ana
The Museum of the Monastery of San Joaquín y Santa Ana is a museum of sacred art that is located in the church of the Royal Monastery of San Joaquín y Santa Ana in Valladolid, Spain. It includes valuable pieces of Spanish Baroque sculpture, while the church treasures three youthful canvases by Goya, the only paintings by the Aragonese painter preserved in Castilla y León.
Wikipedia: Museo del Monasterio de San Joaquín y Santa Ana (ES), Website
Sight 19: Teatro Lope de Vega
The Lope de Vega Theatre is a theatre in Valladolid, Spain, situated on María de Molina street. It was inaugurated in 1861, designed by the architect Jerónimo de la Gándara.
Sight 20: Sala de Exposiciones Iglesia de las Francesas
The Convent of the French is a Catholic temple located in the center of Valladolid since the fifteenth century. Currently only the cloister rehabilitated as a shopping center is preserved, and the church that today is the Municipal Exhibition Hall, all inside a block of flats built in the seventies of the twentieth century.
Sight 21: Monumento a los Cazadores de Alcántara
The Monument to the Hunters of Alcántara is located on the Paseo de Zorrilla in Valladolid, in front of the main door of the building of the Cavalry Academy of Valladolid. The sculptural ensemble is the work of Mariano Benlliure and was inaugurated on June 25, 1931.
Sight 22: Iglesia de San Ildefonso
The Church of San Ildefonso is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Valladolid, Spain
Sight 23: Casa Museo de Cervantes
The Cervantes' House is a museum in Valladolid, Spain, devoted to Miguel de Cervantes. The museum is located in the house that was Cervantes's home. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.
Sight 24: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz
The Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace is a modern temple located in the Plaza de España in Valladolid that belongs to the Capuchin Order.
Sight 25: Iglesia de San Andrés
The Church of San Andrés de Valladolid is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Diocese of Valladolid. Located in the Plaza de San Andrés, near the commercial Calle Mantería, it is one of the largest churches in the city. It is the reference of the neighborhood that surrounds it, San Andrés-Caño Argales, which takes the same name as the church. In this church is located the Royal Penitential Brotherhood of the Holy Christ Stripped, Christ on the Way to Calvary and Our Lady of Bitterness.
Sight 26: Monumento a Cristóbal Colón
The Monument to Columbus is an instance of public art in Valladolid, Spain. Located on the centre of the namesake Plaza de Colón, in the southeastern corner of the Campo Grande, the monument is dedicated to Christopher Columbus.
Sight 27: San Juan de Letrán
The church of San Juan de Letrán is a church located in Valladolid, built between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and well known for its baroque façade.
Sight 28: Museo Oriental
The Oriental Museum of Valladolid is a museum located inside the convent of the Augustinian Filipinos in the city of Valladolid (Spain), and is considered by some sources to be the best of its kind in Spain.
Sight 29: Sagrada Familia
The church of the Sagrada Familia is a modern temple located in Valladolid. It is located at 11 Capuchin Street, near the Pisuerga River.
Wikipedia: Parroquia de la Sagrada Familia (Valladolid) (ES)
Sight 30: Iglesia de San Pascual Bailón
The church of San Pascual Bailón is a modern temple located in Valladolid. It is located in the Huerta del Rey neighborhood
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