![]() ![]() There are two tourist information centres: one in Plaza de los Santos Niños (near the Cathedral) and another in Capilla del Oidor (the place with a tower in Plaza de Cervantes).Īlcalá is placed in a flat field on the right side of Henares River, while the left side is a natural space with high hills. Alcalá is easily visited as a day-trip from Madrid, and because it's so close to Madrid Barajas Airport it makes a good first or last night stop on a tour of northern Spain. It's a university and religious centre, and famous people linked to the town include Miguel Cervantes (baptized and almost certainly born here), author of Don Quixote, Cardinal Cisneros (refounder of the University of Alcalá, the current Complutense University of Madrid) and Katherine of Aragon (born here), first wife of England's King Henry VIII. Its attractive medieval centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is full of interesting old buildings. ![]() Alcalá de Henares is a city 30 km northeast of Madrid.
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