Excursions to monuments and cities near the capital of Spain
Signing up for day trips from Madrid through the suburbs of the Spanish capital is an excellent option for making the most of your holiday in the city. We offer you the possibility to go on our trips, which include guided tours to places near the capital, treasures like Toledo, Aranjuez, Avila, Segovia, El Escorial or the Valley of the Fallen. All of these destinations are quite interesting. Find out for yourself!
Get the prices of each one of these guided tours, which are always done in comfortable buses for short journeys on the road. We will clearly show you the schedule of each of our itineraries and of the places to which we’ll have to take the bus. From there, we will enjoy a day discovering the charms of Madrid’s suburbs, thanks to the presence of our guide, who will accompany you both at the destination of each trip and on the journey there.
Why should you embark on any of our trips to the outskirts of Madrid? It’s very simple: there’s much to see and our tours will definitely surprise you.
Tours from Madrid that families will enjoy
All of our trips from Madrid take place during one day. Throughout the day, sufficient time is available to tour places quite different from the capital, like Avila or Segovia. The first is famous for its long medieval walls and the Santa Teresa de Jesus. And the second is world-famous for its Roman aqueduct and the spectacular Alcazar.
Another interesting destination for a trip from Madrid is the city of Toledo. This city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it’s worth going on the peaceful guided tour that we offer you through its streets and to its monuments. It’s the best way to discover the City of Three Cultures.
The attractive places to see on a day trip from Madrid don’t stop there. It’s also possible to go to two quite distinct places that embody the far-off and more recent histories of Spain. Trips and guided tours to Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial and to the Valley of the Fallen are also available.
And equally interesting is to go on a trip to Aranjuez in order to see the palaces, museum and gardens in the beautiful Comunidad de Madrid, located very close to the capital and thus easy to go to on a day trip from Madrid.
That’s to say, we offer various destinations for these trips, which always include a guided tour to the most attractive and unforgettable places to see during your holiday in Madrid.
Avila
Salamanca
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Segovia
Toledo
Valley of the Fallen
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Tour Reviews
You walk a lot so its best to wear comfortable shoes. Segovia is beautiful, and you get some time to eat while seeing the aqueduct. I highly recommend it.
A must. If youre in Madrid, visiting Segovia and Ávila is definitely worth it. They are a World Heritage Site after all. Highly recommended.
We really liked it. The guide was amazing, we had a great day visiting Avila and Segovia.
Could be improved. The route is beautiful, but the explanations of the historical background of the points we visited couldve been better.
Fantastic. We really enjoyed both cities and all their monuments.
A great way to see Toledo. The bus is comfortable, the tour around the city is very complete and the guide’s information was very interesting.
Worth it. This city is pure history. The most interesting sites were the cathedral and the synagogue.
It was worth it. We were satisfied both with the guide and the tour’s organization. For those who weren’t used to walking, the steep streets were a bit harsh, but that’s also part of Toledo’s charm
Very complete. Starting with a panoramic view of the city form the viewpoint was great, to then visit the most emblematic places.
A charming city. Thanks to the guide we were able to discover Toledo as it was when it was the capital of the kingdom in the 16th century. Fantastic.
The good quality offered via the advertisement and information shown by Julia through Shortplans was as advertised.
Toledo is very beautiful. The bad thing about the guide who took us is that he always raced along. I missed many informative details
Not suitable for people with low mobility. My parents are over 80 years old and they had a hard time walking around some parts of the route. I understand that if it hadn’t been for that, the tour would have been good.
Excellent. Everything was perfect during our morning excursion to Toledo, congratulations for the organization.
Very comfortable bus and a professional guide. It was bad luck that the cathedral was closed for the Corpus Christi festival, but at the same time they offered us a panoramic tour of the city and other cultural areas that we weren’t expecting.
Great tour. It gives you enough time to visit both cities’ landmarks in a single day and the guide’s information was great.
Highly recommended. It gave us time to see almost everything that Segovia and Toledo have to offer, and the guide gave us very complete information.
2 stunning cities. We always wanted to see Toledo and Segovia but by visiting them with an expert guide we got to admire every place we went to.
Amazing. I went with my husband and my older daughters and we enjoyed every moment of the tour and of all the monuments and places of interest.
100% recommended. The history, the monuments, the tour, the guide, everything was awesome.
Fantastic tour. It gave us enough time to see both cities which are so full of history and art.
Good. The overall tour was very good, but I think the guide could’ve shown us more things in Avila.
Worth it. We loved being able to visit the most interesting places of Salamanca and Avila in a single day departing from Madrid. Estefania, the guide, was very attentive and gave us very good explanations of the places we visited.
Incredible places. We saw many historical places that we were able to appreciate even more due to the guide’s explanations. The tour was long but felt short because of everything we saw.
Worth it. The information provided by the guide Estefania was very good and the places we visited were incredible.
The Escorial is a monastery that’s definitely worth visiting. The best thing is that it gives you time to do other things in the afternoon in Madrid or anywhere you want.
The tour in general is wonderful but I was not happy to have to wait all the time for the explanations to be translated into one or two or more languages.
Small group and everything was well organized. Both the monastery and the Valley of the Fallen were fabulous thanks to the history behind them.
Well put together by Julia and the team. In just a few hours they were able to share the essence and historical importance of the area.
You’ll soak up a ton of Spanish history. I loved it but I have to say that the guide could have been friendlier and was too dry for my taste.