Sunday buses in Salamanca were infrequent, so we walked both ways, along a path and paved paseo by the river Tormes, covering about 10 miles
Salamanca centre is architecturally beautiful with buildings of a honey coloured stone.
We visited the cathedral (massive, OTT and ostentatiously wealthy ) the museum of Art Nouveau and Art Deco,( lalique , miniatures , Toulouse Lautrec exhibition, fantastic stained glass roof (no photographs allowed sadly) but a big highlight and had a coffee in the main square. The cathedral , University and old quarter are very scrunched up together so taking external photos was tricky .The honey coloured stone is beautiful . I salivated at the sight of empanadas in the bakers shop window.Even the fruit and veg market hall had stained glass windows . An interesting city to explore, with a pedestrianised river route . Beautiful walk home along the river as the sun was setting .
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Here's a picture of the river on our way home.
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