Toledo

What to do in Toledo

Plans, activities and things to see in Toledo

About Toledo

Toledo combines exceptional historical heritage with outdoor activities on the Tagus river and in the Montes de Toledo. The Tagus as it flows through the city offers kayaking and canoeing routes between granite cliffs and medieval mills. Eighty kilometres to the southwest, Parque Nacional de Cabañeros (40,000 ha of Mediterranean forest) provides hiking and wildlife watching with red deer, imperial eagles and lynx. MTB routes cross the plains of La Mancha and the river corridors of the Tagus and...

Highlights

  • • Kayaking and canoeing through the Tagus gorge at Toledo
  • • Hiking and wildlife watching in Parque Nacional de Cabañeros (40,000 ha)
  • • MTB routes across the plains of La Mancha and river corridors
  • • Climbing and via ferrata on the granite cliffs of the Tagus

Best time to visit

March to May and September to November for Tagus kayaking and hiking; September–October for the red deer rut in Cabañeros.

Practical tips

For Tagus kayaking, the section between Puente de San Martín and Los Cigarrales (5 km) is the most accessible and scenic: book with return transfer from Toledo city included.