Madrid Gran Vía Self-Guided Audio Walk: Metrópolis, Telefónica, Callao and Plaza de España
60 minutes
About this experience
Madrid cut the Gran Vía through its old streets from 1910, in three stretches, the later two wider than the first. Its buildings climbed with it, from a French insurer's dome to the city's first skyscraper to the two towers that close the street. Start with the Metrópolis dome seen whole down Calle de Alcalá, then the Círculo de Bellas Artes, rejected for its height and built anyway. Step into a quiet street behind a church whose back the avenue cut away, and look up at the Telefónica tower beside a granite copy of a Metro pavilion, cut from the original quarries. Walk down past a department store on the Paris model, Callao's curved Carrión building and its neon sign, a block with a theater hidden inside, and the Coliseum. Finish in the Plaza de España with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Eleven stops, about 1.8 km and 60 minutes, step-free and mostly downhill, at your own pace, in English. Rooftop terraces are not included.
What's included
From the Metrópolis dome past the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the Telefónica tower, Callao's neon and the Coliseum to the Edificio España and the Cervantes monument in the Plaza de España.
Good to know
Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.