At dusk, when the sun sets over Madrid, specters from the past stretch like long shadows, veiling the city with stories of hatred and persecution. On this evening tour, a lantern will guide your way through the cobbled alleys and squares of the “Madrid of the Habsburgs”, passing by churches, monasteries, and places where jails and gallows once stood. As you explore the most infamous corners of the city, you will learn gruesome historical facts, hear legends and chilling ghost stories, told by the voice of an elegant narrator, who will also share the most intimate, atrocious, and untold aspects of the Spanish Inquisition, that Holy Tribunal that so often led to a knock at the door under the cover of darkness…

What is included

Professional actor in period costume Walking Tour along hidden corners of Madrid City Center. The most famouse stories of Madrid

Itinerary

The tour starts from the Orpheus fountain in Plaza de la Provincia (a few meters away from Plaza Mayor). The tour guide will take you crossing Plaza Mayor, Plaza de la Villa, passing by narrow alleyways, until reaching Plaza de la Cruz Verde, infamous place for many stories of the Spanish Inquisition. The tour cotinue to the Royal Palace and finally to the former tribunal of the Spanish Inquisition.