Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Provincial tourist office
( 925 25 93 00;
www.diputoledo.es
;
Subida de la Granja;
10am-5pm Mon-Sat, 10am-3pm Sun)
Getting There & Away
For most major destinations, you'll need to backtrack to Madrid.
BUS
From Toledo's
bus station
(Avenida de Castilla La Mancha)
, buses depart for
Madrid every half-hour from 6am to 10pm daily (less on Sundays).
TRAIN
The high-speed AVE service runs every hour or so to Madrid (€9.90, 30
minutes).
Getting Around
A
remonte peatonal
(escalator; 7am-10pm Mon-Fri, 8am-2am Sat, 8am-10pm
Sun)
, which starts near the Puerta de Alfonso VI and ends near the Monasterio de
Santo Domingo El Antiguo, is a good way to avoid the steep uphill climb to reach
the historic quarter of town.
Salamanca
POP 155,619
This is a city of rare architectural splendour, awash with golden sandstone overlaid
with Latin inscriptions in ochre, and with an extraordinary virtuosity of plateresque
and Renaissance styles. The monumental highlights are many, with the exceptional
Plaza Mayor (illuminated to stunning effect at night) an unforgettable highlight.
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