Alcalá de Henares is not only one of the most beautiful cities in the Community of Madrid, it is also the enclave of Cervantino Market, one of the most impressive medieval markets in Europe each edition adds more than 300,000 visitors.
declared World Heritage City by UNESCO in 1998, Alcalá de Henares is the ideal place to experience medieval times first-hand and remember the Golden Age with historical re-enactments, parades, troubadours and merchants. A plan for the weekend.
The Cervantes Market of Alcalá de Henares
The Medieval Market of Alcalá de Henares is the largest in Spain and Europe with more than 350 craft stalls, gastronomic products and workshops, and has been held for years under the name of Mercado Cervantino.
From October 7 to 12on his return after the pandemic, we will be able to stroll through the historic center of the city and enjoy not only its craft stalls, but also new activities such as a Cervantine sewing workshop with which we will learn to sew period costumes.
We will also be able to experience the Knights tournaments in the Walled Enclosure of the Archbishop’s Palace, and we will come across iconic characters such as Blanca Luna, Princesa Micomicona, Rinconete y Cortadillo, Dulcinea, Preciosa or Vidriera, who will meet in this market that evokes the Century of Prayed.
There is also a period costume contest for the public (we love that dress up beyond Halloween), a spectacular street parade called “El Celoso Extremeño”.
The complete program of the Cervantino Market can be consulted on the website of the town hall, and is added to all the activities of the Cervantes Week in Alcalá de Henares along with the return of the Cervantes train, the Ancient Music Contest in Gilitos, the gastronomic Alcalá contest or the public reading of Don Quixote in the Corral de Comedias.
We can take the opportunity to make a Getaway to the outskirts of Madrid (free with Cercanías) Y spend the weekend among minstrels and a unique medieval atmosphere. We can take the opportunity to stay at the Miguel de Cervantes Hotel in Alcalá de Henares, in the historic center and a few steps from the Cervantes Birthplace Museum and Antezana Hospital, which have free rooms for that weekend from October 7 to 9 with a price of 265 euros.
Double room at Hotel Miguel de Cervantes in Alcalá de Henares from 265 euros from October 7 to 9
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Photos | Cervantes Market
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