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Merida: City Highlights Walking Tour
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 3h 30m
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
Overview
- Discover the history of Merida
- Explore Plaza de España and the Co-Cathedral of Santa María la Mayor
- Visit the archaeological complex of Morerías
Activity location
- Mérida
- Mérida, Extremadura, Spain
Meeting/Redemption Point
- C/ José Ramón Mélida, 32, 06800 Mérida, Badajoz, España | activa tours office
- Mérida, Extremadura, Spain
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Merida: City Highlights Walking Tour
- 3h 30m
- Spanish
What's included, what's not
- Entrance to the Morerías Campus, entrance to the Arab Alcazaba, entrance to the amphitheater house, entrance to the theater and to the Roman amphitheater. Radio guides to be connected to the guide at all times.
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
Know before you book
- Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments
What you can expect
Our first stop will be the Puerta de la Villa, where we will take the opportunity to present this city historically at the point where one of its four monumental gates was and thus be able to contextualize what we are going to discover during this complete route.
We will begin by moving towards the Plaza de España, where the Co-Cathedral of Santa María la Mayor is located . This temple will allow us to approach the period in which Mérida was reconquered by the troops of Alfonso IX in 1230.
From there we will go to the archaeological complex of Morerías (Entrance included) where we will find the longest section of wall preserved today and where the manifestation of the passage of different civilizations is latent, providing important information about the urban change at that point in the city.
We will continue along the banks of the Guadiana until we reach the Arab Alcazaba (Entrance included) admiring along the way the wonderful two-thousand-year-old Roman Bridge , the longest in the Iberian Peninsula. From inside the Alcazaba we will be able to see the remains of the walls in addition to the Arab wall itself , we will also descend to the cistern , one of the best preserved in the Iberian Peninsula. Currently we can observe the excavation work, which is carried out in this enclosure, bringing to light an important sample of a Roman villa.
Once again we will return to the center of the city to contemplate the vestiges of the Roman forum: the Temple of Diana and the Portico of the Forum, powerful samples of the splendor of Augusta Emerita.
Next, we will enter the Casa del Amphitheater (admission included) , where we will observe some traces of the wall and mosaics with different themes . You will also have the opportunity to see what was a Roman necropolis . Look out for the peculiar mausoleums!
The visit will end in the complex formed by the Roman Theater and Amphitheater (admission included) , monumental symbols of the capital of Extremadura. We will learn what those gladiator fights were like in the amphitheater, culminating in the theater admiring its majestic stage front.
Location
Activity location
- Mérida
- Mérida, Extremadura, Spain
Meeting/Redemption Point
- C/ José Ramón Mélida, 32, 06800 Mérida, Badajoz, España | activa tours office
- Mérida, Extremadura, Spain