Essence of Toledo: Private Tour with a Local Archaeologist

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Alejandro Díaz Tejada, official tour guide, founder of Imagine Toledo — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Train station, Toledo — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

You will enjoy a complete, close and very entertaining private guided tour with Alejandro Tejada, an archaeologist born and raised in Toledo, a tour guide and passionate about his city. You will marvel at the main treasures of Toledo and also some corners far from the usual tourism, lonely alleys and squares surrounded by silence and medieval charm.

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At a glance

Duration: 2 h 45 min
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English, Spanish
Operated by: Imagine Toledo Exclusive Tours

What is included

Included

Included: Official tour guide, born in Toledo, specialist in archeology
Included: Access to the archaeological remains of the ancient Roman baths
Included: 10% discount on entrance to the cathedral
Included: Pick up at the train station, if the client so wishes
Included: Private and exclusive access to the Well of Salvador (S.XII)
Included: Tasting of the best marzipan in Toledo. Delicious sweet with origins in the 13th century
Included: Pick up at the hotel, if the client so wishes

Not included

Not included: Tickets to the cathedral, Santo Tomé and Synagogue (€16 per person)
Not included: Taxi rides from the train station

Itinerary

Plaza De Zocodover

5 min Admission included

Starting point in the main square of the city
Las Termas Romanas de la Plaza de Amador de los Rios

10 min Admission included

Access to the archaeological remains of the Roman baths of Toletvm, from the 1st century. Closed on Mondays.
Catedral Primada

50 min Admission not included

The richest and most opulent of the Spanish cathedrals. We explore its treasures and traditions: main altar, choir, sacristy, chapter house, cloister, custody of the Corpus
Museo de los Concilios y de la Cultura Visigoda

15 min

Located in the spectacular church of San Román, a jewel of the Toledo Mudejar style. The most beautiful and unique church in the city. Closed on Mondays.
Sinagoga del Transito

20 min Admission not included

Beautiful medieval synagogue, a paradigm of coexistence between Jews, Christians and Muslims. Essential
Iglesia de Santo Tome

15 min Admission not included

In the church of Santo Tomé, El Greco's masterpiece is exhibited: The Burial of the Lord of Orgaz. An authentic symphony of color and expression, a jewel of universal painting that very few cities in the world can boast of. Your visit is absolutely essential and it is always better to enjoy it and understand it from the hand of a local historian.

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

We can pick up customers at the train station itself
The guide will be at the Arco de la Sangre, right under the big clock (Very easy to find)

End point

Completion in front of the Transit Synagogue

Pickup points

Pick up at the Toledo train station. The guide awaits you on the platform with a sign with your name written on it.

Using your ticket

You will exchange your ticket at the starting point of the route. In the Plaza de Zocodover, in the Arco de la Sangre (under the clock). Also at the train station or at your own hotel in case the guide picks you up there.