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Salamanca Travel Guide: Where to go?
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Museums in Salamanca:
Know more about the culture of Salamanca through the Museums, (city history, unamuno museum, convent of St. Clara, bullfighting museum...)
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Excursions from Salamanca:
From Salamanca, the visitor has the chance to travel to the South of the province via one of the oldest lines of communication in the Iberian Peninsula, the so-called Ruta de la Plata (Silver Route).
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Itineraries:
The magic of stones
In these parts the Villamayor stone, rich in iron oxide, easy to work when newly quarried yet as hard as marble when dry, will make church, shell motif, spire, capital or coat of arms. Should the stonesmason so desire, the stones will become pure filigree and will seem to have emerged from a slversmith's anvil, be it in the form of some mythical arabesque.
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Mansions and monasteries
If the stones of Salamanca cast their spell on the previous itineray, they will not only continue to do so now but will indeed conjure up knights and saints, nobility and clergy, swords and cross.
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Baroque and Renaissance
A merked resurgence of beauty: mansion, church and convent continue to alternate, yet the magic now tems from the contrast in architectural styles.
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A stroll down and around Calle Zamora
Salamanca is art in stone and bustling streets, business activity and the boisterousness of youth, dynamism, vitality and the good-natured disposition of its townsfolk.
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Cities & Towns:
Salamanca
The province of Salamanca (population 363.000), situated in the South-west corner of Castile & León on the borders with Extremadura and Portugal, covers an area of 12.336 sq. km. Lying on Spain's Northern Plateau (meseta) it forms part of the Duero river system where the Palaezoic soils, poorly suited to cultivation...
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Ciudad Rodrigo
Perched atop a rocky rise on the right bank of the River Águeda, the first Neolithic settlers found it an ideal place to live.
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Béjar
The main town in the district, long famous for its capes, woollens and blankets, it has now become the local industrial and administrative centre.
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La Alberca
This is the district's best-known town and was the first of Spain's country villages to be declared a National Historical Monument.
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Valle de Las Batuecas
From La Alberca, the traveller should make a point of visiting the Batuecas Valley, one of the best areas to enjoy the region's fauna and flora to the full.
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