Complete Mérida with Tickets

Description

Discover the history of Augusta Emerita, one of the most important cities of the Roman Empire in Roman Hispania, capital of one of its three provinces, Lusitania. It was declared a World Heritage City by UNESCO in 1993.

Enjoy this guided walking tour with us for approximately three and a half hours. Our meeting point, in our office, at Calle Jose Ramon Melida, 32 (Museum Street)

Our first stop will be the Puerta de la Villa, where we will take the opportunity to historically present this city at the point where one of its four monumental doors 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 (Entry included) where we will find the longest stretch 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. city.

We will continue along the banks of the Guadiana until we reach the Arab Alcazaba (Entry 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 carried out in this area, bringing to light an important sample of a Roman villa.

Once again we will return to the city center to contemplate the vestiges of the Roman forum: the Temple of Diana and the Portico of the Forum, powerful examples of the splendor of Augusta Emerita.

Next, we will enter the Amphitheater House (entrance included), where we will observe some traces of walls and mosaics with different themes. You will also have the opportunity to see what was a Roman necropolis. Pay attention to the peculiar mausoleums!

The visit will end in the complex formed by the Roman Theater and Amphitheater (entrance included), monumental symbols of the Extremaduran capital. We will learn what those gladiator fights were like in the amphitheater, culminating in the theater admiring its majestic stage front

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The most complete route to get to know the city. Entries included to the Morerías site, Arab Alcazaba, Casa del Amphitheater, Amphitheater and Roman Theater