Calle Comercio

The Calle Comercio

The Toledo audio-guided tour has you walk the Calle Comercio, the most commercial street of the city, ideal for discovering its specialities.

Between marzipan and swords

Lined with major fashion brands and souvenir shops, the Calle Comercio is the occasion to discover two specialities of Toledo as unique as they are opposed: marzipan and swords. On the sweet side, these treats made of almonds and sugar are said, according to legend, to have been born in the convent of San Clemente: besieged by Muslim troops and deprived of flour, the city had reserves of sugar and almonds, which the nuns crushed to make these "loaves of mass". On the side of the warrior tradition, Toledo has for centuries forged blades reputed among the best in the world. It is the ideal place to taste and bring back a little of the Toledan craftsmanship.

What there is to see

The Calle Comercio offers a lively walk between shops, where one tastes the famous marzipan and admires the know-how of the swordsmiths of Toledo. It is the occasion to bring back a gourmet or craft souvenir and to grasp the local art of living. A lively street, in the heart of the old town, between tradition and modernity.

Practical information

The Calle Comercio is in the heart of the old town of Toledo, connecting the Plaza de Zocodover to the cathedral. A commercial street, it can be walked freely on foot at all hours; its shops follow their own hours.

What specialities to discover on the Calle Comercio?

Marzipan, treats of almonds and sugar, and the swords of Toledo, whose blades are reputed among the best in the world.

Where would the marzipan of Toledo come from?

According to legend, from the convent of San Clemente, where the nuns are said to have invented it with their reserves of sugar and almonds during a siege.