Full tour of Cáceres, with tickets and tasting

Four doors that open with the same ticket

The monumental city of Cáceres can be walked on your own and for free, but the places worth seeing inside charge a separate entrance fee and have different hours. This Activa Tours tour solves it in two and a half hours: an official guide takes you on foot through the walled city and goes into four places with you, with tickets already paid. It is €19.50 per person, all included, and ends with a tasting of local products.

The route, from the Plaza Mayor to the Foro de los Balbos

It starts from the Activa Tours office, at unit 38 on the Plaza Mayor. First you climb the Bujaco Tower, one of the three towers that preside over the square, with its small interpretation centre on the city's history and the viewpoint above. Then you cross the Arco de la Estrella, the entrance to the medieval part, to Plaza de Santa María, and enter the co-cathedral, where Romanesque, Gothic and Mudéjar mix.

From there to Plaza de San Jorge, to see inside the church of San Francisco Javier, the one with two white towers, with the 18th-century canvas of the high altarpiece. The fourth ticket is the Cáceres Museum, in the Veletas palace, where you go down to the Arab cistern. The end goes through the old Jewish quarter, reaches the Baluarte de los Pozos tower, a remnant of the Almohad alcázar, and finishes at the Foro de los Balbos and the town hall.

The order may change depending on each building's opening hours or the number of visitors that day.

What to know before booking

You book on the Activa Tours website by choosing the day on its calendar. If you have doubts, the phone number is 924 110 888. The tour is in Spanish only; for other languages you have to ask separately. Look for the guide dressed in pink at the starting point.

It is not suitable for reduced mobility: there are cobbled slopes, stairs in the tower and the descent to the cistern. It is two and a half hours on foot, with stops: think about it if you go with small children.

Cancellation is free up to 48 hours before, with a full refund or change of date. Within those 48 hours there is no refund, but a change of date is allowed. If you do not turn up, everything is lost.

Who it is for and who it is not

It is the most efficient way to see Cáceres if you only have a morning or an afternoon and it is your first time. If you already know the city or prefer to go at your own pace, buy the tickets separately and add what the tour leaves out, such as the Golfines de Abajo palace or the Helga de Alvear museum.