Alcalá de Henares
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Alcalá de Henares is a city in Madrid in Spain. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Trains run from Madrid to Alcalá at Atocha Station.
Buses leave from Madrid to Alcalá at Avenida de América.
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Alcalá has a bus service that costs 1 euro per ride. The historic center is compact and can be explored on foot.
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La Universidad de Alcalá: The university was founded in 1499 by Cardenal Cisneros and was the center of academic excellence in Spain, particularly in the 16th and 17th centuries. The famous facade is an excellent example of the estilo plateresco (plateresque style). The University is also the site where the Cervantes Literary Prize is presented by the King annually on April 23.
El Museo Casa Natal de Cervantes: See the house where the famous author of El Ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha lived. The museum recreates life in 16th century Spain and includes a room of manuscripts from around the world.
La Catedral-Magistral: One of only two magisterial cathedrals in Europe. Inside one can visit la Cripta de los Santos Niños, the tomb of persecuted Catholic children.
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Take a stroll around La Plaza de Cervantes, a great place for people-watching, and the center of the city's historic sector. The plaza is lined with many restaurants and shops.
Look up to the rooftops and you will see storks nesting high above.
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Alcalá is not the place to find dozens of stores teeming with tourist goods. That being said, typical products of the region include ceramics and jewelry.
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Your Spanish experience is not complete until you've had tapas, which are small appetizers served along with your drink.
Alcalá is known for its almendras, a sugar-coated almond candy. You can get them at El Convento de San Clarisas de San Diego, a cloistered abbey where the nuns make the candies with nothing but "almonds, sugar and love."
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A bus ride away is the excavation of the Roman village Complutum.
Alcalá is a half hour train ride away from Atocha, Madrid's main train station.
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