Sacred Places of Madrid
Madrid · Spain
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Walk through the spiritual heart of the city to experience its most revered sanctuaries. You will encounter a diverse range of architectural styles, from towering cathedrals to intimate parish churches. This journey reveals the deep religious devotion woven into the fabric of Madrid's streets.
The walk
Stops 1–6 of 8. The rest are in the app.
Iglesia de la Santa Cruz
A neogothic survivor built on the ruins of a Dominican convent and a history of catastrophic fires.
Basilica of San Miguel
A Baroque masterpiece built for an eight-year-old archbishop to mark the arrival of the Bourbon dynasty.
Almudena Cathedral
Catedral de Santa María la Real de la Almudena is a Christian church in Madrid, Spain.
Church of San Ginés de Arlés
A resilient survivor of fires and collapses, founded by Burgundian knights in the twelfth century.
Iglesia de San Antonio de los Alemanes
Iglesia de San Antonio de los Alemanes is a Christian church in Madrid, Spain.
Iglesia de San Antón
A former leper hospital church that now guards the bones of Saint Valentine.
Stop 7
Stop 8
- 2 more stops in the app
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
More walks in Madrid
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How a walk works
2 more stops in the app
This page shows the first 6 of 8 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.