Today I traveled 60 miles from Madrid to Toledo on the high speed train (300km/hr or 186 mi/hr). When I took a taxi to the hotel, I had a glance of Toledo. At that moment I knew that I would fall in love in the Medieval town with a lot of Moorish style buildings.
Toledo's train station
After checking into the hotel, I went downtown. Wow! Toledo is a very neat place and a very small town. It is a beautiful city, it reminds me to Guanajuato for its pretty, old buildings, and narrow streets. Toledo is a city surrounded by the Tagus River, except by the north, which there is a wall that was built to protect Toledo from invasions (when it was built, Toledo was the capital of Spain).
Main Street in Toledo, Spain
While downtown, I took a 40 min tour bus that took me around the city, following the Tagus River, with an exceptional view of the protected city, and through some awesome places with important buildings.
View of Toledo across the Tagus River, Spain
Tagus River, Toledo, Spain
After the tour by bus, I went to the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo, to a synagogue built in the 12th century by moors for their own religion purposes, but the Jews took over the place when the moors where expelled from Spain and, finally, the synagogue was taken by the Catholics and converted into a church, and today it is just a tourist destination. After the synagogue, I passed by Greco’s house, by the so-called Jews neighborhood (however, there are no longer any Jews in Toledo), and while walking to the bus station to return to the hotel, I came across an exposition called “Tools of Torture of the Inquisition” in a tiny, tiny place.
Cathedral in Toledo, Spain
Synagogue in Toledo, Spain
Greco's house, Toledo, Spain
Old Jewish neighborhood in Toledo, Spain
Finally, after walking two thirds of the city and being on my feet all day, I am sitting in the terrace of a restaurant located in the Zocodover Plaza, the major square in Toledo, eating a Spanish style Lasagna. I am so done for the day!
Streets of Toledo, Spain
Streets of Toledo, Spain
