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Hey! I am David Alba, certified guide and former student of this house.
We will travel to the Spanish Golden Age to discover Cardinal Cisneros’ dream, creating the First University City of Europe. Place where geniuses like Lope de Vega, Quevedo or Calderón de la Barca studied. We will see from the hooliganism of the students of yesteryear to the solemnity of the real events.
️ What will we visit? "Entrance fees included to the University"
· Convent of “Malaga” (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters) : Departure point. · El Parador and the Student Hostel. · St. Peter and Paul Street. · Calle Libreros : The great publisher of the University · Facade of the University of Alcalá. · The Chapel of...
Highlights
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Includes Access to the University
Meeting Points
Departure
Área de Prehistoria - UAH
You will find me next to the Access Door of the Convent of “Malaga” (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters). And you'll easily recognize me because I'm wearing a card around my neck with the name Discover with David!
Return
Colegio San Ildefonso. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
Tour University of Alcalá
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About
Hey! I am David Alba, certified guide and former student of this house.
We will travel to the Spanish Golden Age to discover Cardinal Cisneros’ dream, creating the First University City of Europe. Place where geniuses like Lope de Vega, Quevedo or Calderón de la Barca studied. We will see from the hooliganism of the students of yesteryear to the solemnity of the real events.
️ What will we visit? "Entrance fees included to the University"
· Convent of “Malaga” (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters) : Departure point. · El Parador and the Student Hostel. · St. Peter and Paul Street. · Calle Libreros : The great publisher of the University · Facade of the University of Alcalá. · The Chapel of...
Highlights
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Includes Access to the University
Meeting Points
Departure
Área de Prehistoria - UAH
You will find me next to the Access Door of the Convent of “Malaga” (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters). And you'll easily recognize me because I'm wearing a card around my neck with the name Discover with David!
Return
Colegio San Ildefonso. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
Itinerary
1
College of Málaga. Faculty of Arts - UAH
We will make the introduction to the Tour and also see its history as Santa Ursula Street and Calle Escritorios.
5 minutes
2
Restaurante Hostería del Estudiante
We will make a visual stop at the old College of San Jerónimo. We will see how a place of study and prayer has become a reference of luxury and gastronomy.
5 minutes
3
Parador de Alcalá de Henares
We will make a visual stop at the old College of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
5 minutes
4
Calle San Pedro y San Pablo
There are no palaces here, there are Minor Colleges here. You will understand the difference between the rich and the “solemnity poor.”
5 minutes
5
Calle Libreros
The name says it all. The old information highway of the 16th century. Here were the printing presses that gave birth to the Golden Age. We will feel the hustle and bustle that precedes the big square.
10 minutes
6
Colegio San Ildefonso. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
After we surround her, we stand in front of her. It's not just a pretty wall, it's an open book carved in stone.
10 minutes
7
Capilla de San Ildefonso - UAH
A Cisneros-style treasure where the tomb of the Cardinal rests (a marble masterpiece of Carrara).
10 minutes
8
Patio De Santo Tomas De Villanueva
Pure elegance and the administrative heart of today's university.
10 minutes
9
Patio Filosofos o de Continuos
Here you breathe the atmosphere of the ancient “City of God” and the bustle of classical student life.
10 minutes
10
Patio Trilingue
Old minor college of San Jerónimo.
5 minutes
11
Paraninfo
The Grand Final. We will enter the most famous classroom in the world, under its impressive Mudéjar coffering.
