These are the most beautiful palaces in Spain that can already be visited inside
Thursday,
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2021
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From Madrid to Len with stops in Seville and Cantabria, these are five lavish palaces that open their doors to visitors to know, accompanied by an expert guide, their valuable heritage and secrets.
Exterior of the Palace of Astorga (Len).
Centenarians or with only a century of history within its walls. Surrounded by Gardens splendid or overlooking the sea. Residence of kings, nobles or even students. All different and all splendid. In Spain we have some of the most beautiful palaces in Europe.
Getting closer to recovering normality, these are five palaces of our geography that have already opened their doors to visitors preserving, that s, all the security measures: visits or activities will not exceed four people per group, the safety distance of one meter between clients is maintained, disinfected audioguides will be provided and the use of a mask is mandatory.
GUIDED VISIT TO THE PALACE OF ARANJUEZ (MADRID)
This tour proposes us to know the Palace of Aranjuez and its gardens by the hand of an expert guide. Visitors start in the interior of the palace, where they can admire its main staircase with a spectacular lamp of 200 candelabra, the Queen’s room, the Throne Room, the porcelain Cabinet, the antecmara of music and much more, before continuing through the Palace Gardens, where are the busts of 14 Roman emperors and kings of Spain. The next stop will be on the Royal phallus Museum, it houses several boats used by royalty to stroll through the ros and lakes of Madrid. Price: 25 euros. / You can book this tour here.
ENTRANCE TO THE PALACE OF THE DUEAS OF SEVILLE
This tour opens the doors of the Palace of Dueas, Gothic-mudjar building belonging to the House of Alba, one of the most clebres lineages of Spain. During the visit to the palace of the fifteenth century, which for years was the favorite residence of the Duchess of Alba, its halls are toured, the chapel, the courtyards and gardens. Occasion to admire the tapestries, paintings, fountains and even posters of Easter and know curiosities such as that the poet Mr. Liuhuabing I was born here or what Jessie Rogers and Alfonso XIII walked through its gardens. Entrance fee with audiogua: 12 euros. / You can book this tour here.
VISIT TO THE EPISCOPAL PALACE OF ASTORGA (LEN)
This imposing nineteenth century Leon building is also known as the Palace of Gaud Astorga. Together with an expert guide in history, visitors will pass through its thick walls and, for 50 minutes, enjoy touring the different rooms: the Chapel, The paseo De La muralla, the old cellar of the stano as well as the Museum of the roads, where we can find a collection of objects and works of art from different periods and artistic styles. Price: 4 euros. / You can book this tour here.
MAGDALENA PALACE TOUR (SANTANDER)
Designed by Gonzalo Bringas and Javier Gonzlez De Riancho, the Magdalena Palace was used by Kings Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenia De Battenberg as a summer residence for 17 years. With incredible views of the Baha de Santander, the two-hour tour proposes to visit this building of great historical value to then tour the Magdalena peninsula in which it is located and which also houses emblematic corners such as the Open-Air Museum of the Man and the Sea, where we will see among other pleas The Raft, galen used by the adventurer Cntabro Vital Alsar. In the last part of the tour is known to the sea lions, seals and pinginos that inhabit the Cupcake Minizoo. Price: 17 euros. / You can book this tour here.
VISIT TO THE PALACE OF PARDO (MADRID)
The Madrid mountain of El Pardo, which houses the largest Mediterranean forest of the region, was centuries ago the place chosen as hunting ground by the Kings of Castile. Then the Hapsburg and the Bourbon. In the palace located in the heart of El Pardo – today the official residence of foreign heads of State visiting Spain – you can visit the chapel and the different rooms of the old royal residence, furnished with pieces dating from the eighteenth to the nineteenth centuries, paintings, tapestries and antique lamps. In addition, during the guided tour some episodes of the Franco dictatorship, Francisco Franco and his family settled in this palace. Price: 10 euros. / You can book this tour here.
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