Salamanca

And then, lunch

In Salamanca in the western part of Spain, we had planned to do some more sightseeing, but we spent more time at Casa Lis than expected, so we rushed to the Salamanca University…

Salamanca

Beautiful Casa Lis

After seeing the cathedral in Salamanca, a university town in western Spain, we found a building called Casa Lis nearby. This is Museo de Art Nouveau y Art Deco (Museum of Art Nouveau…

Salamanca

New and old cathedrals

The second day in Salamanca, a town in the western part of Spain, was devoted to sightseeing. It was past 10am when we went out, but the sun was still low at this…

Salamanca

About disappointing hotel and our night walk

The hotel we stayed in Salamanca in Spain was a four-star hotel named Catalonia Plaza Mayor Salamanca. The location is excellent, right behind the Plaza Mayor, a beautiful square in the centre of…

Salamanca

A majestic square and what we ate there

The landmark of Salamanca, a university town in western Spain, is the central square, Plaza Mayor. According to our guidebook, it is ‘the most beautiful central square in Spain’. We also decided to…

Salamanca

Delicious food that looks bad for you

I continue talking about our journey in Spain during the year-end and New Year holidays. The next day, we left Extremadura and went to Salamanca by bus. Salamanca is a university town described…

Zafra

Spain, Zafra

These are our photos taken in Zafra, Spain in 2022.

Zafra

Our priority was lunch

We only stayed one night in Zafra, a town in the western part of Spain, and returned to Caceres in the afternoon of this day. We had a reservation for the 3:35pm bus,…

Zafra

Alcázar is now a hotel

Next in Zafra, a town in western Spain, we went to Alcázar. Alcázar means a castle or a fort, and our guidebook describes it as a “castle”, but it seems more appropriate to…