Guided Tour of the Medieval Town and the Route of the Discoverers

This is Turismo Trujillo's morning tour, run by the guide company whose office is under the arcades of the Plaza Mayor. They call it "Trujillo Escenario Medieval y Ruta de los Descubridores" (Medieval Trujillo and the Route of the Discoverers) and it has an advantage over going on your own: the price includes four tickets and an official guide who takes you up through the medieval town explaining who lived behind each coat of arms.

Starting point: unit 20 under the arcades

It leaves every day at 10:30 from the Turismo Trujillo office, in unit 20 of the Plaza Mayor, next to the lottery office. It is not the municipal tourist office, which is in the same square: note the number so you do not wait at the wrong door.

The first part is the Plaza Mayor itself, with Pizarro's equestrian statue, the church of San Martín and the palaces of the lineages that grew rich from the conquest of America. Then you cross the wall and go all the way round the medieval town, within the walls, up to the top of the hill.

The four tickets included in the price

• The castle and its cisterns. The granite fortress occupies the summit of Trujillo and holds two cisterns from the Muslim alcazaba on which it was built. On your own, admission costs €2. It has its own page: Trujillo Castle.
• The Pizarro House-Museum. The family home of the conqueror of Peru, a Gothic manor house in Plaza de Santa María, with his childhood home on the ground floor and his life on the upper one. More at the Pizarro House-Museum.
• The church of Santiago, Romanesque, in the medieval town.
• The Discoverers' Interpretation Centre, the stop that gives its name to the second half of the tour.

Prices, a minimum of four and how to book

Adults pay €18, young people aged 12 to 14 pay €10 and under-11s go in free. The listing does not say what 11-year-olds or ages 15 to 17 pay: ask when you book. The tour runs with a minimum of four people, and for groups, companies and schools there is an exclusive service at a separate rate.

You book on its website, at the office itself, by email at [email protected] or by phone, on 927 320 510. The company does not publish the length or the cancellation conditions, so it is worth asking about both, especially if you have a table booked afterwards.

The climb to the alcazaba

From the square to the castle you climb steep, stone streets. With a pushchair it is hard going, and if someone with you has difficulty walking it is worth speaking to the company first.

On the way down, the Mesón La Troya is in the same square and opens at 13:15, without reservations. If you are left wanting more castle, the same company runs the sunset visit, which climbs in the last light but without tickets included.