🏨 Royal Monastery of El Escorial + Toledo Half Day Afternoon Tour Activity

Royal Monastery of El Escorial + Toledo Half Day Afternoon Tour

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From $101.63

102 reviews (3.81)

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 10 hours

Departs: spain, spain

TicketType: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

Pay less and get more on this Madrid Super Saver tour, which combines a visit to El Escorial Monastery with a half-day tour of Toledo. Spend the morning at El Escorial monastery and the Valley of the Fallen monument, erected in memory of the millions who died in the Spanish Civil War. Gain insights from your guide, who will accompany you all day, into the significance of these landmarks, which reflect the Spanish monarchy, church and 20th-century conflict. In the afternoon, you’ll travel to Toledo, Spain's medieval capital and a treasure trove of architecture and El Greco art. The best part? By combining these two half-day tours, you’ll enjoy a 10% discount compared to purchasing the tours separately.

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Entrance to Church of St. Tomé

Entrance to Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes

Entrance to Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca

Entrance to the Royal Monastery of El Escorial

Entrance to the Valley of the Fallen and the Basilica

Individual radioguided system

Local guide

What's Not Included

Food and drinks, unless specified

Gratuities

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 5
CHILD: Age: 6 - 15
ADULT: Age: 16 - 64
SENIOR: Age: 65 - 99

Additional Info

Face masks required for guides in public areas
Failure to show up at the established check-in time may entail losing the tour.
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants aged 5 years and under are free of charge, provided they do not occupy a seat
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Please, note that guiding inside the Basilica of the Valley is not allowed.
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
The duration of the tour includes the round trip to the destination

Face masks required for guides in public areas
Failure to show up at the established check-in time may entail losing the tour.
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants aged 5 years and under are free of charge, provided they do not occupy a seat
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Please, note that guiding inside the Basilica of the Valley is not allowed.
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
The duration of the tour includes the round trip to the destination

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial

We will start our visit at El Escorial, symbol of the Spanish power in the XVI century that commemorates the battle of St. Quentin. It is also mausoleum for Charles V. Due to the symmetry and balance of its construction, according to the humanist Renaissance style, for years it had been considered for years the eighth wonder of the world. The visit includes the Habsburg Palace, the Kings and Princes Mausoleum, the Chapter House and the Basilica.

1 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Valley of the Fallen

Located 9 km away from El Escorial, this enormous monument was built between 1940 and 1959 to honor the fallen during the Spanish Civil War. The basilica is carved into the mountain at 1350 meters of altitude, where an impressive 150 meters high cross places itself over the magnificent landscape of Madrid’s mountain range.

1 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Catedral Primada

We will apreciate the Cathedral from the outside

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Iglesia de Santo Tome

You will be able to visit "The Burial of the Lord of Orgaz", masterpiece of El Greco inside the church

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Synagogue of Saint Mary the White

You will be able to visit the interior

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes

Enjoy the interior of the monastery

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Damasquinados Suarez

Once these visits are finished we will go to a demonstration of the famous technique of damascened (Inlay of precious metals in steel). Once finished the demonstration you have free time to buy something if you want.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Reviews

Great visit

kaden l, 15-05-2018

I was not really expecting this to be such a beautiful place, I was just researching this for a project, until I visited, this place is amazing.

Well worth seeing the monestary

pictuto, 26-07-2018

I was pleasantly surprised by this tour although it helped to have a professional guide take us and explain all aspects of the monastery and its history. To take in all that history was almost overwhelming at times but well worth the visit.

Both locations are fantastic but in...

alr, 25-10-2017

Both locations are fantastic but in future I would do the tours separately. Toledo is a gorgeous BUT it is a quite

a challenge to climb it especially when you are trying to keep up with the guide.

I was really impressed with the way the local ground operator, Julia Travel, handled all the people meeting at the

office at the same time for various tours.

Lunch was included in our tour, in-between the two tours. It was a nice little restaurant and the food was good,

only wish we had had enough to time to enjoy it. We had to rush through it and constantly remind our servers that

we had a tour to catch. Luckily the office was just down the block, but we still barely made it.

Royal Monastery El Escorial + Toledo half day

LiangMeng_L, 16-10-2018

There is much could be explored for Toledo as full day, instead of half day tour. Also, not much time given for shopping...i believed there are much to know about the culture during the 13th century in this ancient city Toledo.

Missed it, the first half anyway.

Bud_B, 31-05-2019

Okay, the tour may have been great. We wouldn't know. We missed the departure time for the morning trip. Yes, it was our fault. Good old Google Maps told us the distance to the departure area from our hotel was ten minutes and we did get an Uber about 30 minutes before the departure time, but the Uber driver drove around in circles for 40 minutes, apologizing along the way, but by the time we finely got to the tour place, the bus had left, 10 minutes earlier.. Viator's answer? Too bad. I get it. I'm sure this happens all the time and the people working for tour guide agency has more important things to do than fret over wayward Uber drivers or clients.

Anyway, the 2nd half of the tour, the one to Toledo, was on a different bus that left in the afternoon. We camped out at the departure point for several hours to be sure not to miss it (there were several delightful street cafes within view of the departure site, so we were comfortable). The 2nd half was magnificent. Toledo was beautiful. The guide charming, funny and informative. This would have gotten our highest 5 star review except for the missed bus in the morning and the I don't give a darn attitude of the tour clerk.

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