An escape to the Roman Empire

The Roman city of Complutum was founded in the 1st century B.C., and it was during the reign of Emperor Augustus that an urban development project was carried out, drawing on the deep knowledge of urban planning possessed by the Greeks and Romans. To explore the Roman heritage of ancient Complutum that is open to the public, we recommend the Alcalá Romana Step by Step. This 6.5-km route takes approximately 8 hours to complete and includes stops at sites such as The Roman House of Hippolytus, the Forum and Regio II of Complutum—a display of the forum’s remains— the civil basilica, the thermal baths, and the market; the Roman House of the Griffins, a stately urban residence that houses an extremely important collection of mural paintings considered the finest collection of Roman murals on the Iberian Peninsula; the Magistral Cathedral, which includes a climb up its tower; the Regional Archaeological Museum, where you can see everything from paleontological fossils to artifacts from the Industrial Revolution; and the Roman Villa of El Val.