Madrid To Toledo Excursions
Daily excursions to Toledo are available from Madrid travelling by private
vehicle with chauffeur or by luxury coach.
Toledo was the capital of medieval Spain until 1560 and to this day remains one
of the country’s greatest cities where the Jewish, Moorish and Christian
cultures once lived together in relative harmony. Nowadays Toledo is a living
museum of synagogues, mosques and churches which provide outstanding
architectural diversity throughout the city.
Among the most famous sights of Toledo is the quite spectacular Gothic cathedral
which, having taken over 250 years to complete, displays magnificent
architecture from the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
The imposing Alcazár (fortress) has played an active part in the city’s history
and has been destroyed on a number of occasions, the most recent being in 1936
during the Republican siege of Franco’s forces.
Artistically, Toledo is famous for the paintings of El Greco who settled there
in 1577 and whose works are scattered around the city. His masterpiece El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz (The Burial of Count Orgaz) can be seen in the
Iglesia de Santo Tomé.
In 1986 Toledo was declared a monument of world interest to humanity by UNESCO.
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