Almendralejo Guided Tour

Discover the City of Romanticism and stroll through the streets that inspired Espronceda and Carolina Coronado with this guided tour of Almendralejo.

Almendralejo Guided Tour

We'll meet at the selected time at the main entrance of the Plaza de Toros to begin this guided tour of Almendralejo, capital of the Extremadura region of Tierra de Barros.

We'll start by marveling at the exterior of the Plaza de Toros, built in the 19th century in the Neo-Mudéjar style. It is notable for being the only one in Spain that houses a wine cellar.

From this point, we'll enter the historic center of Almendralejo to learn about the history of this Badajoz city founded by the Order of Santiago after the reign of Al Andalus. We'll visit the Gothic Church of Nuestra Señora de la Purificación, stopping in front of its Plateresque façade and Herrerian-style tower. We'll also see the Crucified Christ of Juan de Ávalos and the modern replica of the main altarpiece, destroyed during the Civil War.

Then we'll go to the Monsalud Palace, one of the most emblematic buildings of Almendralejo, linked to the writer José de Espronceda.

We will conclude the tour with a visit to the Teatro Carolina Coronado, a modernist theater dedicated to this Almendralejo-born poet. The tour lasts a total of three hours.