Salamanca Monterrey Palace Tickets with Audioguide
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Experience Highlights
Tour one of the most spectacular Plateresque palaces in Spain with your audioguide ticket to the Palacio de Monterrey in the heart of the historic centre of Salamanca. Just present your digital voucher at the ticket office on Calle Prior and the staff will hand you the device in the language of your choice - Spanish, English, French or Italian.
The tour adapts to your pace: the audio guide takes you through halls decorated with Mudejar coffered ceilings, Renaissance courtyards and viewpoints that crown the city of towers. You can choose between two options:
- General visit - noble rooms + access to the Poniente Tower.
- Complete visit - all of the above plus the historic kitchen and the old service cells.
- Book your ticket now and avoid queues at the ticket office.
- Discover Plateresque jewels with expert commentary in your own language.
- Choose the option that best suits your curiosity
What’s included
- Queue-free entrance to the Palace of Monterrey
- Individual audio guide in Spanish, English, French, French or Italian
- Access to the nobiliary rooms and Torre de Poniente
- Full tour: adds historical kitchen and service cells (depending on selected option)
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Keep in mind you need to arrive 10 minutes before start
Step by Step
As soon as you pass through the entrance arch, the audio guide puts the golden age of the 16th century into context: you will see how the family of the Dukes of Alba built this palace to impress kings and clergy in the same university town that was home to Fray Luis de León. The halls open with polychrome coffered ceilings and Flemish tapestries that narrate biblical deeds, while the windows bathe the Plateresque columns in light.
In the Torre de Poniente, the audio guide invites you to look up: grotesque capitals, heraldic coats of arms and gargoyles that watch over the roofs make up a skyline very different from that of the Plaza Mayor. Those who purchase the complete tour will then descend to the monumental kitchen, with walnut cupboards and iron cookers that fed ducal banquets, and to the service cells, spaces that reveal the daily life behind the pomp.
Each room is decorated with original pieces: Castilian bargueños, Talavera ceramics and Italian canvases dialogue with the voice of the audio guide, which alternates historical information with anecdotes about royal receptions, literary gatherings and 20th-century reforms. At the end, you can return to your favourite rooms or climb back up the tower for a final panoramic view of the Gothic and Baroque cathedrals.
