Corral de Comedias of Almagro

The Corral de Comedias in Almagro opened in 1628 in the Plaza Mayor and is the only Golden Age theatre to have survived intact to this day and still put on performances. You go in at number 18 on the square and find an open-air courtyard surrounded by wooden galleries, with the stage at the far end. It is small: the visit takes half an hour, but it is worth choosing which one carefully.

Self-guided, with a leaflet and QR code

The self-guided visit costs €6.50, with no booking, at the ticket desk. The reduced price, €4.50, is for over-65s and pensioners, children aged 8 to 12, people with disabilities, large families and unemployed people; under-8s go in free with an adult. You are given a paper leaflet with the history of the corral, and at the entrance a QR code downloads an audio guide in five languages. With it you tour the courtyard and galleries at your own pace.

The tour where they perform

The dramatised tour works best with children and with anyone who is not especially interested in architecture. Guide-actors perform a short piece of classical theatre, with humour and audience participation, over 45 minutes. In 2026 there are sessions at weekends from 10 April to 21 June and from 1 August to 8 December: Fridays at 19:00, Saturdays at 13:00 and 19:00 and Sundays at 13:00; from 2 October, the evening session moves to 18:00. It costs €9 (€6.50 reduced) and tickets are sold only at the ticket desk on the same day, from 10:00: there are no online sales, so arrive early if you want the Saturday midday session.

If you want the context of the city, the guided tour of historic Almagro lasts two hours and includes the corral and two other monuments.

Visiting hours

Tuesday to Thursday, 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 19:00; Fridays, 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 17:30; Saturdays, 10:00 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 17:30; Sundays, 10:00 to 12:30 and 16:00 to 18:00. In the spring and summer season (3 April to 29 September) the afternoons run until 20:00 on weekdays and until 18:30 on Fridays and Saturdays. Mondays do not appear in the timetable. Last entry is a quarter of an hour before closing.

When you cannot visit

During performances and special events the corral is closed to visitors. During the school classical theatre season, Monday to Friday, there are no visits from 11:30 to 14:00, and on some specific days there is a school session at 11:30. If you go on a weekday, go first thing or in the afternoon. In July, during the International Classical Theatre Festival, the programme comes first: check the dates beforehand.

Seeing the corral empty and seeing it with an audience are two different experiences: if you can, combine the visit with a classical theatre performance. The Sunday of Corral, aubergines and Calatrava fits the midday dramatised tour together with lunch and Calatrava la Nueva castle.