"Descubre Madrid" is a program of guided walking visits that offers two free of charge tours specially designed for people with visual and/or hearing impairments. A different way to get to know the charms of the capital.

The Patronato de Turismo de Madrid (City Tourist Board) together with the ONCE (Nacional Organization for the Blind) and the FESORCAM (Deaf People Organization in Madrid ) propose two guided tours specially designed for people with visual and/or hearing impairments. Groups of a maximum of fifteen people are accompanied by specialized guides and will be attended by an official interpreter of the Spanish Sign Language (LSE), in addition the guide will use a megaphone for those who might have hearing rest. One of these two visits is "El Ayuntamiento por dentro" ("The City Hall: a view from the inside")

Coming dates for this tour : December the 17 th
(both for deaf/hearing impaired people and blind/visually impaired persons)
Meeting Point: Casa de la Villa. Plaza de la Villa, 5
Time: At 11.00.

"Madrid Literario" ("Literature and MADRID "), one of the most demanded visits in the program Discover Madrid , is the second of the tours that are now available for deaf/hearing impaired people as well as to the blind/visually impaired persons. The groups will walk accompanied by an interpreter of Spanish language of signs. The content of the route has been adapted and groups of visually impaired persons will be accompanied by an extra guide.

Coming Dates:
3rd December.
(Blind and visually impaired people)
10 th December.
(Deaf/hearing impaired people)
Meeting Point : Prince, 25
(Teatro Español: main entrance)
Time : 11,00 hours

From the meeting point , the Teatro español, the tour takes us to the Plaza de Santa Ana , and next to the statue of Calderón a stop will be made while the guide tells us about the importance of the theatre in the Madrilenian society, and how the first "corralas" were built and how they were organized. This district, one of most centric of the capital, is known too as the District of the Musas, the District of the Letters or the District of the Parnaso and there were the main "patios de comedias" (first venues where drama were played), predecessors of the theatres. The route continues by Huertas street, witness of the life of writers such as Galdós, Góngora, Quevedo or Bécquer, the Leon street and the street Lope de Vega, ending in the Cervantes street (one can see the last house where the author of the Quijote lived, close to the one where Lope de Vega, his greater rival, lived).

During the month of December the visit named as " Madrid of the Austrias " will be available too for blind/visually impaired people: this tour takes place the second Saturday every month. The third Saturday of the month this visit is carried out for deaf/hearing impaired people. In both cases, the meeting/starting point is at the Madrid Tourism Centre, located in Plaza Mayor, at 11.00.

All these visits/tours specially designed for people with communication impairments might be arranged/booked on other dates/times from the scheduled ones, but in this case, special charges will be applied.

Bookings/information: 

Blind/visually impaired people:
Dirección Territorial de la ONCE
Unidad de Cultura, Empleo y Tiflotecnología
C/ Prim, 3
Tel: (+34) 91 532 50 00
E-mail: culdepom@munimadrid.es

Deaf/hearing impaired people:
Federación de Sordos de la Comunidad de Madrid
(FESORCAM).
C/ Ferrer del Río, 33
Tel: (+34) 91 725 37 57
www.fesorcam.org E-mail: cultura@fesorcam.org

Madrid Tourist Board
www.munimadrid.es E-mail: descubremadrid@munimadrid.es

Rebecca Arce

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