Guadamur

Location

13 kilometres from Toledo, we can reach Guadamur by taking the CM-401 from the 'Ciudad de las Tres Culturas’.

Tourist information

Town Hall. Phone: 925291301. It is advisable to book group visits to the Castle and the Treasure of Guarrazar Interpretation Centre.
Montes de Toledo Museum of Artisanry and Popular Customs. Phone: 925 29 13 01.

How to get there

Road transport

The town is of Arabic origin, and its name means 'river of passage’ or 'river of the wall’.
The visitors and inhabitants of the Castle include renowned persons such as Queen Joan and Philip I, Charles V of Germany (Charles I of Spain), and the vigorous Cardinal Cisneros. It is currently undergoing refurbishing works.

Very close to the castle we can see the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Natividad (15th century), in the Mudejar style, inside which there is a Byzantine style painting of Saint Anne and the Virgin Mary as a child (she is the patron saint of the town), and a reproduction of the votive crowns of the Treasure of Guarrazar, made by a local artist.

At the Plaza de Recesvinto we can see the Picota or Roll and the Parish Church of Santa María Magdalena, from the 16th century, with restored sections from the 19th and 20th centuries. The inside features and interesting collection of Visigoth stone reliefs and the Chapel of Cristo de la Piedad, in the neo-Mudejar style.

the Hermitage of San Antón, from the 16th century, is the location of the Montes de Toledo Ethnographic Museum .

Special trips in Guadamur

-Castle-Palace(15th century.
-Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Natividad.
-Parish Church of Santa María Magdalena.
-Hermitage of San Antón (16th century
- Montes de Toledo Ethnographic Museum.
-Roll or Picota (16th century.
-Neo-Mudejar and historical homes .
-Interpretation Centre
'Treasure of Guarrazar’.
-Festivities of Santa María Magdalena.
-Festivities of the Virgen de la Natividad.
Famous fireworks and procession.
-Festivities of the Cristo de la Piedad. Famous fireworks and procession.