Tapas by León

Bar Jamón Jamón

Bar Jamón Jamón

Bar Rebote

Bar Rebote

Basilica of San Isidoro and Pantheon Real

Basilica of San Isidoro and Pantheon Real

It is one of the most outstanding architectural ensembles of the Romanesque style in Spain, for its history, architecture, sculpture, and for the suntuary Romanesque objects that have been preserved. It presents the particularity of having a Royal Pantheon located at the foot of the church, with Romanesque mural painting and exceptional capitals, all of which makes it a unique piece of the Romanesque world of the time. The set was built and magnified during the 11th and 12th centuries. The Pantheon of the Kings of Lion, which is located at the foot of the Basilica of Saint Isidoro of Leon, is the place where during the Middle Ages most of the kings and queens of the kingdom of Lion were buried.

Casa Botines

Casa Botines

The house Botines, or house Fernández y Andrés is a modernist building, located in the city of León, capital of the province homonymous, Spain. Originally a commercial warehouse and private residence, it was built and designed by the Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí between 1891 and 1894, being one of his three works outside of Catalonia, next to the Episcopal Palace of Astorga, also in León and the Capricho of Gaudí de Colillas, in Cantabria.

Cathedral of León

Cathedral of León

Initiated in the 13th century, it is one of the great works of the Gothic style, of French influence. Known with the nickname of Pulchra Leonina, it is located in the heart of the Way of Santiago.

Mesón Don Gutierre

Mesón Don Gutierre

Plaza Mayor

Plaza Mayor

Built in two phases, the first to 1672 and the second to 1677. The square has porticos and arches on stone pillars that support two floors of houses, the first one united by a balcony run and the second one with independent balconies. It was a taurin, place of executions and stage of the fasts of the isabelin court. In this place there was the cry of war against the French in 1810. In this square was taken the pulse of the city until quite recent times.

The route begins with the visit of the Casa Botines, to continue with the Básilica of San Isidoro and Panteón Real. Then the Cathedral of León. Finishing in the Wet Quarter.

Latitude:42.598049·Longitude:-5.569640