Toledo Things to Do

This 14th century Mudejar (Spanish-Moorish) arch stands in the courtyard of a private house, where the painter Alvarez de Sotomayor lived, opposite the apse of Sant Justo church. The arch is decorated in plasterwork with plant... more

A cigarral is a private estate in Toledo located on the area surrounding the city on the other side of the river. It perhaps owes its name to the many singing cicadas (cigarras in Spanish) found in summertime, and consists of a... more

San Martin bridge was built in 1203 to replace a previous bridge made out of wooden boats that was destroyed by floods. It too was partially demolished in the fourteenth century when the city was under siege during civil war in... more

It is located on San Blas hill next to the San Servando Castle and across the Tajo River from the Alcázar. Although the building is newly built (mid-20th century), the Academia de Infantería was founded in Toledo in 1846. Among... more

You'll find the Iglesia de San Idelfonso close to the Palacio de Lorenzana. It's also known as the "Jesuits' church" because it was built by this religious order and as "San Juan Bautista" because it used to be the parish churc... more

An architectural jewel of the Spanish Gothic style whose outstanding features are the cloisters and the arched galleries. The ground floor houses numerous sculptures along with some fine carved stone reliefs depicting images of... more

The San Cipriano Church is tucked away on the outskirts of the old quarter near the Cortes de Castilla la Mancha. Built in the 17th century in Mudéjar style, it incorporates both Christian and Arabic features and stands on the... more

To get to the little chapel called the Ermita de la Virgen del Valle you have to take the Carretera del Valle road past all the pretty country houses on the banks of the river that offers lovely views of the surrounding country... more

This hermitage is located in the city's fertile lowland area next to the ruins of the Basilica de Santa Leocadia and the Circo Romano. It's a brick-built Romanesque-Mudejar chapel. Only the semicircular apse and the chancel rem... more

An arch-shaped passageway bridges the 800m gap between the palace and the Cathedral. The palace was given by King Alfonso VIII to Archbishop Don Rodrigo Jimenez de Rada. It has been much modified over the years by order of diff... more