Toledo Semana Santa 2012 Con niños
From 04/04/2012 to 04/04/2012
Owner: Juan1
To visit
Cathedral of Toledo
La Catedral de Toledo, también conocida como Catedral Primada de Toledo, es la sede de la archidiócesis de la ciudad. De estilo gótico, su construcción empezó en el siglo XIII, bajo el reinado de Fernando III el Santo. Situada en la torre de la catedral se encuentra una campana que tiene mucha historia. Popularmente es conocida como “la...
- Price: 10.00 €
- Address: Calle Cardenal Cisneros, S/N
- How to get there: On foot, a 4 minutes walk from Plaza de Zocodover or a 6 minutes walk from El Alcázar of Toledo
Cristo de la Luz Mosque
Although it dates back to the year 999, the Cristo de la Luz Mosque is preserved practically intact. It is the most important sample of Islamic art in Toledo and a unique example of the survival of the art of Al-Andalus. The Kufic inscription on the main facade indicates that the mosque was raised in the 1st century by the architect Musa Ibn...
- Price: 2.50 €
- Address: Calle Carmelitas descalzas, 10
- How to get there: On foot, 6 minutes away from the Cathedral of Toledo
El Alcázar
El Alcázar is one of the leading attractions in the city and a symbol of Toledo. Its origins date back to Roman times, although it was rebuilt in the 16th century. It is located at the top end of the city, in a strategic point of Toledo. The east and west facades were given a simple treatment back when they were built, while the main facade...
- Price: 5.00 €
- Address: Cuesta Carlos V, S/N
- How to get there: On foot, a 6 minutes walk from the Cathedral of Toledo
El Greco Museum
The El Greco Museum is a must-see when in Toledo. One of the most important painters of the late Renaissance, Doménikos Theotokópoulos, popularly known as El Greco, spent a great deal of his life in the city. Apart from the works of the Crete-born painter and his private collection, you will also discover first-hand the house where it is said...
- Price: 3.00 €
- Address: Paseo del Tránsito, s/n
- How to get there: On foot, in front of the Sephardic Museum
Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes
The Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes is one of the most valuable Isabelline Gothic-style buildings in Spain and the most important one erected by the Catholic Monarchs. Inside you can visit the St John of the Kings Courtyard, a perfect place to unwind from the hustle of the city. Curious fact: on the exterior facade you can see the chains of...
- Price: 2.50 €
- Address: Calle Reyes católicos, 17
- How to get there: On foot, some meters away from the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca
Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos
The Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, also known as the Convent of Santo Domingo el Antiguo, was the first one to be founded in Toledo. Its Renaissance architecture stands out for the simplicity of its shapes. The most interesting thing about the monastery is unquestionably the fact that this is where El Greco’s crypt is. It is a must-see...
- Price: 2.00 €
- Address: Plaza de Santo Domingo el Antiguo s/n
- How to get there: On foot, a 5 minutes walk from the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes
Plaza de Zocodover
Plaza de Zocodover was for many years the starting point of the city, from where all the streets began. Its unusual name comes from Arabic and means “Market of the Beasts”, and it is where the Arabs set up their markets. It was also the place chosen to hold bull races and the ‘greasy pole’ competitions organized on local festivity days....
- Free entrance
- Address: Plaza de Zocodover
- How to get there: A 4 minutes walk from the Cathedral of Toledo
Puerta de Bisagra
The Puerta de Bisagra, of Muslim origin, is the entrance gate to the ancient city of Toledo. Although it looks like one immense stone piece, it is made up of two pieces, which give rise to two gates. The old gate was built in the 11th and 12th centuries, during the Muslim occupation, while the new gate, which was placed on top of the original...
- Free entrance
- Address: Calle de Alfonso VI
- How to get there: On foot, a 8 minutes walk from Plaza Zocodover
Sephardic Museum
The Sephardic Museum is located in the Samuel ha-Levi Synagogue, better known as the Synagogue of El Transito, and one of the most important examples of Hispano-Jewish art. The museum comprises five rooms that show the historical, religious, and local customs and mores of the Jewish past in Spain, as well as those of the Sephardic Jews, who...
- Price: 2.40 €
- Address: Calle Samuel Leví, S/N
- How to get there: On foot, in front of El Greco Museum
Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca
The Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca is located in the heart of the city’s old Jewish quarter. It was built in the late 12th century and received its name when it became a church of the Order of Calatrava in the 15th century. Inside it is composed of five naves, separated by horseshoe arches resting on pillars, of which the capitals are of...
- Price: 2.50 €
- Address: C/ Reyes Católicos, 4
- How to get there: On foot, a few meters away from the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes
Food
Apotheca
Apotheca is an ideal place for tasting in Toledo's downtown the best local cuisine with hints of fresh market designed for all groups and any group celebration.
The restaurant offers a menu prepared on the basis of the traditional cuisine of Toledo merged with the cuisine and supplemented with personal touches of the cooks, which provide...
- Price: 35.00 €
- Address: Callej
As de Espadas
As de Espadas is a popular restaurant employee in a historic building in Toledo, next to the train station. Their recipes are inspired by traditional La Mancha cuisine however are made with a touch of innovation at the hands of their experienced chef Marcos Torres.
The restaurant owes part of its fame to the special care of the quality and...
- Price: 50.00 €
- Address: Paseo de la Rosa, 64
El Palacete
The Restaurant El Palacete is located in the old town of Toledo, a Spanish-Moorish building dating XI century declared a Cultural and National Monument. Its quality food is found in the Islamic palace oldest and best preserved in Spain.
These features makes from El Palacete a unique restaurant to enjoy meat, fish and tapas with style accompanied...
- Price: 18.00 €
- Address: Soledad, 2
La Naviera
La Naviera is a restaurant located in downtown Toledo, near the Cathedral of Santo Tomé, ideal for enjoying the exquisite flavors of fish and seafood in a typical environment of the Mediterranean coast.
The restaurant has long-standing staff responsible for preparing the best dishes of seafood to be found in Toledo. But it doesn't only include...
- Price: 15.00 €
- Address: Campana, 8
Madre Tierra
Madre Tierra Restaurant, located next to Plaza de San Justo Toledo, combines a modern decor in a more traditional, with stone walls and wooden beams.
Madre Tierra's first vegetarian restaurant in Toledo, develops a kitchen that is not used any chemical additives. Every raw material that it is used it comes directly from the Earth, with no...
- Price: 20.00 €
- Address: Bajada de la Triper
Quixote
Quixote Restaurant in the hotel Hilton Buenvista Toledo, plunges into the cuisine of Castilla la Mancha, blending the tradition of typical regional recipes, with the latest techniques in the kitchen market. A real trip for the senses and the palate, where flavors and textures to discover, easily recognizable, bringing us to an epoque of...
- Price: 30.00 €
- Address: Concilios de Toledo, 1
Toledana
The Toledana restaurant of the Hotel Hilton Buenavista Toledo is a lightweight alternative to the restaurant Quixote. Decorated in elegant Toledo style, presents a choice of snacks, appetizers and traditional "Hilton Classics". From Monday to Sunday has the Salad Bar at lunch, a colorful array of salads and Pata Negra sausages and Manchego...
- Price: 18.00 €
- Address: Concilios de Toledo, 1