Casa del Doncel, La Plazuela and the church of Santiago

A joint ticket of €4, for a self-guided visit, opens three buildings in the upper part of Sigüenza: the Casa del Doncel, the Gothic house of the family of the knight whose tomb is in the cathedral; the Centro de Arte La Plazuela, with the Antonio Pérez collection; and the Romanesque church of Santiago, which houses the province's Romanesque interpretation centre. All three are in medieval Sigüenza, between the castle and the cathedral, a few minutes' walk from each other.

The three buildings

The Casa del Doncel presides over the Plazuela de San Vicente, also called the Plaza del Doncel, on the Travesaña Alta. It was the family home of Martín Vázquez de Arce, the young knight of the Order of Santiago who died in the war of Granada and whose funerary statue is the jewel of the cathedral. Seeing where he lived helps you understand the tomb. On the same Travesaña is the Romanesque church of San Vicente, with a distinctive doorway.

The Centro de Arte La Plazuela is one of the venues of the Antonio Pérez Foundation, whose main centre is in Cuenca, and is in the Plazuela de la Cárcel, the one overlooked by the city's old town hall. It holds part of the collector's contemporary art collection. If you only want to see that, the foundation charges €3 for general admission.

The Romanesque church of Santiago is on Calle Mayor. Inside is the provincial interpretation centre for Romanesque art, which explains the churches in this style scattered across Guadalajara.

Hours: careful, they do not coincide

The Casa del Doncel opens in the mornings, from 10:00 to 14:00, and closes Monday and Tuesday. La Plazuela opens in the afternoons and closes Monday, Tuesday and Sunday afternoon: from October to April, 16:00 to 18:00 (Fridays until 20:00 and Saturdays until 19:00); from May to September, 17:00 to 19:00, with the same extension on Fridays and Saturdays. Santiago opens on Friday afternoons, all day Saturday and Sunday mornings: from October to April, Fridays 16:30 to 19:30, Saturdays 11:30 to 14:00 and 16:30 to 19:30, and Sundays 11:30 to 14:00; from May to September, the afternoons run from 17:00 to 20:00.

In practice, only on Friday and Saturday can you see all three on the same day: the Casa del Doncel in the morning and La Plazuela and Santiago in the afternoon; on Saturday, Santiago also opens in the morning. On Sunday morning the Casa del Doncel and Santiago coincide. Hours change with the season: confirm them at the tourist office, in the Plaza Mayor.

How to fit it in

Allow an hour and a half for all three. You can go up from the Plaza Mayor along Calle Mayor, go into Santiago, continue to the Plazuela de la Cárcel and the Plaza del Doncel and finish at the castle, which is now a Parador. It is the same route as the walk from the Plaza Mayor to the castle. If you prefer to have it explained to you, the guided monument tour passes by the Casa del Doncel and goes into Santiago. And do not leave without seeing the tomb in the cathedral.