Madrid Barrio de las Letras Self-Guided Audio Walk: Lope de Vega's House, Cervantes's Grave and Plaza de Santa Ana
60 minutes
About this experience
Two of Spain's greatest writers, Cervantes and Lope de Vega, lived and died within a few streets of each other in Madrid. Their quarter is now the Barrio de las Letras, and it has three layers: the real Golden Age, the 1800s that set out to remember it, and the brass quotations set in its paving after 2002. Start at an iron-framed theater in the old playhouse street, pass the Ateneo, and see Cervantes in bronze before the Congress lions, cast from captured cannon. Visit the church where Madrid queues every Friday, the convent where Cervantes was buried, and Lope de Vega's house. Stand where Cervantes died, read Don Quixote's first line underfoot, and compare a palace doorway with its 1874 copy. End in the Plaza de Santa Ana, before a theater on a playhouse site of the 1580s. Ten stops, about 1.4 km and 60 minutes, flat and step-free, at your own pace, in English. Interiors are not included.
What's included
Walk from the Teatro de la Comedia past the Ateneo, the Congress lions, Lope de Vega's house and Cervantes's grave, over Calle de las Huertas' brass quotations to a palace doorway, its copy and the Plaza de Santa Ana.
Good to know
Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.