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By Museo de las Ferias - Archivo Simón Ruiz
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Price is AU$16 per adult
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Overview

    • Discover Spain's only museum dedicated to 16th-century trade
    • Discover the Simón Ruiz Archive, declared "Memory of the World" by UNESCO
    • Enjoy a guided visit led by the museum's technical staff
    • Admire works of art, objects, and original documents

Activity location

    • Valladolid
    • Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • C. San Martín, 26, 47400 Medina del Campo, Valladolid, España | Visitors will be greeted by the tour guide at the museum entrance.
    • Medina del Campo, Castilla y León, Spain

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    General individual admission to the Museum of Fairs - Simón Ruiz Archive (5 euros per person) / No guided visit if there is not a sufficiently large group
  • Inclusions
    Option 1. General guided visit by museum staff (for groups of 10 or more, 5 euros per person)
  • Inclusions
    Option 2. Guided visit to the Simón Ruiz Archive, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in its "Memory of the World" programme (for groups of 5 people or more, 10 euros per person)
  • Inclusions
    Option 3. Guided visit of the collection of artworks on display at the museum (from groups of 5 people, 10 euros per person)
  • Exclusions
    The general individual admission ticket does not include a guided visit unless there is a sufficiently large group
  • Exclusions
    Guided visits are available for groups of 10 or more people (OPTION 1)
  • Exclusions
    Guided visits are available for groups of at least 5 people (OPTIONS 2 and 3)

Know before you book

    • Not allowed: Bachelor & hen party groups, Backpacks, Bare feet, Drones, Flash photography, Food, Intoxication, Jumping, Littering, Luggage or large bags, Making noise, Oversize luggage, Party groups, Pets, Pets (assistance dogs allowed), Scooter, Selfie sticks, Skateboards, Skates, Smoking indoors, Touching the exhibits, Tripods, Umbrellas, Unaccompanied minors, Vaping, Walking sticks, Weapons or sharp objects

What you can expect

  • The museum is located in the old church of San Martín, a Renaissance building more than 500 years old that hides surprises in its architecture.
    Enjoy listening to your expert tour guide and learn about the international fairs that took place in Medina del Campo during the 15th and 16th centuries, a meeting place for merchants and money changers that turned the town into one of the most important economic hubs in Europe.
    Discover the extraordinary Simón Ruiz Archive, declared World Heritage by UNESCO in its “Memory of the World” programme, with thousands of documents of the commercial and financial activity of an important merchant and businessman of the sixteenth century, who was related to figures of the stature of King Philip II, St. Teresa of Jesus or Miguel de Cervantes.
    It travels through time by means of incredible historical-artistic works of different origins, also with merchandise and singular works of that time.

Location

Activity location

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    • Valladolid
    • Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • C. San Martín, 26, 47400 Medina del Campo, Valladolid, España | Visitors will be greeted by the tour guide at the museum entrance.
    • Medina del Campo, Castilla y León, Spain