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Day itinerary · 41.07° N · 2.64° W
You park by the castle and walk down: Parador courtyard, Santiago and the Casa del Doncel in the morning, a roast at midday and the cathedral with the Doncel's tomb in the afternoon.
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The plan
Any part can be swapped for another without spoiling the day.
via the A-2, turn-off at km 104
Coffee at the Parador and down Calle Mayor
Joint ticket, €4 · Sunday morning only
Roast to order · booking
Calle del Portal Mayor, 2, 19250 Sigüenza · +34 949 393 233
€8 with the Diocesan Museum
In Madrid around 19:30
Adds up the activities and meals in the plan at their published prices; travel and accommodation not included.
The route
Sigüenza is walked from top to bottom, and on a Sunday the order works itself out: the Casa del Doncel and the church of Santiago only open in the morning, and the cathedral, at weekends, does not close at midday. So you park next to the castle, walk down through the medieval town before lunch and leave the cathedral for the afternoon.
9:00 · Departure. From Madrid, along the A-2 to kilometre 104 and 25 km along the CM-1101; from Guadalajara, about 55 minutes. Park at the end of Calle Valencia, next to the castle: it is open and free.
10:30 · Castle and Calle Mayor. A coffee in the Parador café, which is open to all, and a walk down by Plazuela de la Cárcel and Plazuela de San Vicente.
11:30 · Santiago and the Casa del Doncel. With the €4 joint ticket you see the Romanesque church of Santiago, with its Romanesque interpretation centre, and the knight's house; La Plazuela, the third on the pass, is closed on Sunday afternoons.
13:30 · Lunch. At the Asador Medieval, next to the Plaza Mayor: lamb, suckling pig or kid. Order the roast when you book.
16:00 · Cathedral. The tomb of the Doncel, the knight who reads reclining, and the Diocesan Museum, on the other side of the square: €8 with an audio guide. The museum opens from 16:00 to 19:00.
18:00 · Return.
If you prefer to have it told to you, the Sigüenza Visitas Guiadas guided visit leaves at 11:00 from the castle gate and lasts an hour and three quarters, for €12; children do not pay. With children, the tourist office on the Plaza Mayor hands out a children's map, but on Sundays it closes at 14:00: go by in the morning.
Where to eat
Lunch is half the plan: book before you set off.
What to order: The Doña Blanca menu (€35.50) with Sigüenza migas and suckling pig; à la carte, oven-roast shoulder of milk-fed lamb (€31.50) and costrada seguntina for dessert
What to order: The tradition and flavour menu (€42.70) with the roe deer pâté en croûte and the boned lamb; à la carte, the wild boar meatballs in pepitoria (€19.80)
What to order: The Esencia y Sabor menu (€92) if it is your first time; the Gastronómico (€128) for a long meal; add the board of six cheeses (€15)
Map
With where to park at each one.
Getting there
When to go
In spring and autumn. In winter it is very cold at over a thousand metres, but the cathedral does not close at midday at weekends. In summer, the afternoons are cool.
Tips
The suckling pig and the kid are prepared to order.
Sigüenza is more than a thousand metres up.
That way the whole day is downhill.
Questions
Yes: Saturdays and Sundays, from 10:30 to 19:30 without closing.
It is in the cathedral: €8 with the Diocesan Museum and audio guide.
At the end of Calle Valencia, next to the castle, free.
Yes, on a regional train from Madrid-Chamartín.
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