The entire city is a UNESCO world heritage site – the entire city! There isn’t a single modern structure to be found within the city walls. If you could transport a Toledan from 500 years ago and drop him or her off in Plaza de Zocodover, the time traveler could find his or her way […]
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When walking around Toledo, don’t blink, because you might miss another church. The number of churches in Toledo is a point of city pride and integral to its history. For the visitor, the sheer number of churches, 15 active, can be, dare I say, dispiriting. Include temples, synagogues, old mosques and ruins of other assorted
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Toledo can be a tricky dining scene to navigate. Tourists looking for the nearest thing, college students looking for the cheapest thing and government officials looking for the most reliable thing makes for any interesting tangle of dissimilar interests. There’s also the fact that many places observe the siesta and close for several hours in
“My name is Doménikos Theotokópoulos, but everybody calls me El Greco.” You know you have a cool nickname when you’re still referred to it 500 years after your death. El Greco, was in fact born in Greece, on the island of Crete. From there he spent time in Venice and Rome on the heels
Toledo is a medieval walled city on a hill. The three major modes of transportation to Toledo will only get you so far. The bus terminus, train station and public parking are all located below the historic city center, to the north and northeast. All this is to say, you will get a look at
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