Free Walking tour Toledo Esencial

The original and only free walking tour in English in Toledo! A general overview tour including some highlights of the city. A myriad of anecdotes, legends and hidden spots will surprise you in this 2-hour tour. We will lead you from one end of the old town to the other, making easier your later experience in the city.

Zocodover Square, the heart of Toledo, is our meeting point. We know its name is a little bit uncommon. Would you like to discover its origin? Then join us!

We will wander through narrow, winding streets, away from the hustle and bustle of the tourist areas, admiring picturesque convents and churches from the Middle Ages, exploring part of the memorable Jewish Quarter and discovering the secrets of the stunning Cathedral.

Toledo is also known as the ‘city of three cultures’, a place where in the Middle Ages– legend has it – Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities peacefully coexisted. In this tour we will explain the actual extent of ‘convivencia’ apart from learning more about the mysterious Spanish Inquisition and its connection with witchcraft. Did you know there used to be a School of Magic in Toledo? Or maybe it was the School of Translators?

Come with us to hear about these stories and more: the origin of marzipan, Toledan steel, our typical dishes and much more curiosities!