# Sunday in Mérida: Roman theatre, a free museum and the Alcazaba Theatre and amphitheatre at 9:30 with the joint ticket, the National Museum of Roman Art free on Sundays, a charcoal grill beside the Alcazaba and an afternoon from the bridge to the aqueduct. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/merida/itineraries/roman-theatre-museum-and-alcazaba ## El día - 08:40 · Salida: 45 min by car (from Badajoz via the A-5, about 60 km) - 09:30 · Mérida Roman theatre and amphitheatre (buy the joint ticket · €17, under-13s free) - 2 min on foot - 11:15 · National Museum of Roman Art (free on Sunday, 10:00 to 15:00) - 10 min on foot - 13:00 · Temple of Diana and Forum Portico (on the way to Plaza de España) - 8 min on foot - 13:45 · Tuétano (holm oak grill · €€ · booking; open on Sunday 12:00 to 0:00) · Tuétano, €€ - 3 min on foot - 16:00 · Arab alcazaba and Roman bridge over the Guadiana (enter with the joint ticket · in winter, access until 18:00) - 15 min on foot - 17:15 · Los Milagros Aqueduct and Albarregas park (in the last light, free) - 18:15 · Vuelta (you reach Badajoz around 19:15) Mérida is fifty minutes from Badajoz and less than an hour from Cáceres: one Sunday is enough for the whole of Roman Mérida without rushing. The trick is to start at 9:30 at the theatre, buy the joint ticket and take advantage of the National Museum of Roman Art being free on Sunday mornings. ## The day, hour by hour 8:40 · Set off. From Badajoz it is about 60 km on the A-5. From Cáceres, about 75 km on the A-66; from Seville, over two hours, so leave earlier. Park on arrival and do not move the car until you head home. 9:30 · Theatre and amphitheatre. At this hour there are few people. Buy the joint ticket, €17: it also includes the Alcazaba, the Casa del Mitreo, the circus and the rest. Under-13s with their family do not pay. An hour and a half for the two sites. 11:15 · National Museum of Roman Art. Right opposite, in Moneo's building. On Sundays it is free and opens from 10:00 to 15:00. Go down to the crypt to see the Roman road under the museum. 13:00 · Temple of Diana and Forum Portico. On the way to the Plaza de España, the temple's columns in the middle of a block of houses. 13:45 · Lunch at Tuétano. Holm-oak charcoal grill beside the Alcazaba, with Roman remains under a glass floor. Open on Sundays from 12:00 to midnight; book on 924 830 716. 16:00 · Alcazaba and Roman bridge. Go in with the joint ticket, go down to the cistern and cross the Guadiana on foot over the bridge. In winter, access closes at 18:00. 17:15 · Los Milagros Aqueduct. A quarter of an hour on foot, with the last light on the pillars. 18:15 · Head home. You reach Badajoz around a quarter past seven. ## With children The amphitheatre and the Roman circus are what they like most, and they do not pay: under-13s enter the joint ticket sites free with their family, and under-18s the museum. If they are tired in the middle of the afternoon, swap the aqueduct for the circus, which is on the same ticket. Watch out for the narrow stairway to the Alcazaba cistern. ## Cómo llegar ### By car From Badajoz on the A-5, from Cáceres and Seville on the A-66. Park on arrival and do everything on foot. ### Without a car Renfe Media Distancia trains run from Badajoz, Cáceres and Seville, and the station is a quarter of an hour on foot from the theatre. Check the Sunday timetable before you leave. ## Consejos ### Book lunch On Sundays at midday the centre fills up. ### Keep the joint ticket They ask for it at each monument. ## Cuándo no ir A Sunday in July or August at midday in the theatre: stone and sun. On those days, monuments first thing and the museum during the hot hours. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How much does the day in Mérida cost? The joint ticket, €17 per adult, and the museum is free on Sundays. With lunch, between €40 and €60 per person. ### Can you do it with children? Yes. Under-13s do not pay the joint ticket and under-18s do not pay for the museum. ### What happens if it rains? The museum is indoors and the theatre can be seen all the same. Leave the aqueduct for another day. ### Is the Roman museum open on Sundays? Yes, from 10:00 to 15:00, and free.