Guadalajara

Our next destination was Zaragoza, however we stopped in Guadalajara (about 30 minutes outside Madrid) for the day. We did a walking tour of the city visiting Alcazar Real (an Arabic castle from the 11th century), Iglesia de los Remedios, and Palacio del Infantado (Palace of the dukes of the Infantado, now home to a free history museum that was worth the stop). Guadalajara is a small city easy to get around on foot, and is home to some very interesting architecture left over from when the country was under Arabic rule between the 8th and 13th centuries. The city happened to be having a children’s fair on the day of our visit, so we gave JP and Syd some time to play in the bouncy bounce and ride the train – a move that paid off since they slept the remaining two hours to Zaragoza.