🇪🇸 Day Trip to Alcalá de Henares: Cervantes’ Hometown

"Where Don Quixote first dreamed of windmills" 🏠🌾 🚂 Easy Escape from Madrid Atocha → Alcalá: 1hr by cercanías (perfect half-day trip!) Walkable charm: Cobbled streets + spring-green plazas 📚 Must-Sees University of Alcalá (1499) Only UNESCO-listed university in Spain 🎓 €6 ticket includes guided tour (we failed at Spanish laughs 😅) Cervantes Birthplace Museum Free! Peek into the writer’s childhood home (*quill pens & 16th-century vibes*) Photo op: Don Quixote & Sancho statues outside 📸 🍃 Why Go? Golden hour magic in Plaza de Cervantes Bookworm bliss: First editions in the historic lecture halls "All of Madrid’s culture, none of the crowds" #MadridDayTrips #LiteraryPilgrimage