This medieval market in Madrid is one of the best in Europe and is returning this fall to make us feel like Cervantes.

Alcalá de Henares is not only one of the most beautiful cities in the Community of Madrid, but also Cervantino Market, one of the most impressive medieval markets in Europe each version adds more than 300,000 visitors.

declaration World Heritage City Named by UNESCO in 1998, Alcalá de Henares is the ideal place to experience medieval times firsthand and remember the Golden Age with historical reenactments, parades, bards and merchants. A plan for the weekend.

Alcalá de Henares Cervantes Market

The Alcalá de Henares Medieval Market is the largest in Spain and Europe, with more than 350 craft stalls, gastronomic products and workshops, and has been held under the name Mercado Cervantino for years.

from 7 to 12 OctoberReturning from the post-pandemic period, we will be able to stroll through the historic center of the city and enjoy not only the craft stalls, but also new activities such as the Cervantine sewing workshop, where we will learn to sew period costumes.

We will also be able to experience Knights tournaments in the Walled Enclosure of the Archbishopric Palace and encounter iconic characters such as Blanca Luna, Princesa Micomicona, Rinconete y Cortadillo, Dulcinea, Preciosa or Vidriera that will meet on this market. This evokes the Century of Prayer.

Also a period costume contest for the public (we love this Dressing up beyond Halloween), a magnificent street parade called “El Celoso Extremeño”.

this Cervantino Market’s complete program It can be consulted on the town hall’s website and is attached to all the municipality’s activities. Cervantes Week in Alcalá de Henares Return of the Cervantes train, with the Ancient Music Competition in Gilitos, the Alcalá gastronomic competition or the public reading of Don Quixote in the Corral de Comedias.

We can get the opportunity to do it. Escape to the outskirts of Madrid (free with Cercanías) Y spend the weekend amongst lovers and a unique medieval atmosphere. We have the opportunity to stay at the Miguel de Cervantes Hotel in Alcalá de Henares, steps from the historic center and the Cervantes Birthplace Museum and Antezana Hospital, which have free rooms for that weekend from 7-9 October. of the 265 euros.

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