Searching for Quixote in southern Spain self-driving Raiders

Spain, South

There are a lot of mark Quixote's record of Toledo City, "footprint", the inner door also erected his statue.

The night into the dream city

Two thousand years ago,RomeToledo candidates in the Iberian Peninsula, as the rule of the center.

I must also choose here as the beginning of the story, because not only is the ToledoSelf-drivingTrip to the starting point, the most important is, the Spanish fascinating cultures started from this.

Toledo to show people a small town look, stick to the Tagus River around the tower on the hill, it is famous for its old imperial capital after thousands of years of. It was a cultural and religious center, the hustle and bustle of large crowds and aggregation, and now can not find a can accommodate parallel road vehicles. In charge of the city's people like galloping-horse lantern transform, ultimately create is a multicultural dream town. Today is the Toledo Mancha capital and capital of Toledo, is only has 56000 town. Although the city area is not large, but it has a long history, well-preserved cultural heritage and unique handmade works of art is well known in the world.

We entered the city is in the middle of the night, deserted streets, have gone through the Millennium pebbles reflecting the lights dim light. Forget to sleep, stop the car and pick up the backpack into the still in the sleeping city, every day visitors will block jostle one another on the way here, only in silence, I found that those who can figure.

One thing was the most correct, is to choose a house next to the edge of the city hotel, hillside town is really drivers. All the way to have the following characteristics: width almost at the same time, barely one vehicle, tilted nearly 45 degrees, pebble bouncing down the road slippery, and you never know what the next corner will appear.

Witnessed the historical changes of the Cathedral of Toledo int.

Follow the footsteps of Greco

Greco (El Groco) painted a picture of "Toledo scenery", there was a tree-lined River underneath, around the mountain built city, the cathedral spire is its center, the scene today is still visible, the Tagus River still flows, this is only tens of meters wide the river from west to east across most of Spain and Portugal, and into the Atlantic in lisbon.

Early in the morning along the edge of the city bypass, the Tagus River on the Tara bridge arkon ancient dignified, this from the Rome times has continued to the ancient bridge witnessed the scene of Spanish history countless effect.

1500 years ago, a princess a Visigoth is from the castle I stood like a magnificent bridge, from the Pyrenees mountains on the other side of the Frankish Kingdom, but don't want to be her husband alive strangled, in return for a few cities in the transaction. After the former king of the Visigoths to his son married a French princess, is also the niece of the murderer, it is this through Alcorn Tara bridge into the city's women have changed the whole kingdom. Results the same miserable, meet on the battleground between father and son, the prince was defeated beheaded.

In this beautiful city, too much entangled in the reign of terror is not a wonderful thing, I prefer in this city in Spain's most important one of the artists in the footsteps of Greco to a walking tour, inventory must see attractions.

Greco grew up in Toledo's most famous painter, and Toledo, also has almost replacedGreeceThe island of Crete, became his hometown. Through the former residence of Greco, the grand Sao Tome church should not be missed, Greco's masterpiece "funeral" Olga, count on display here, painting not only focuses on the St. Augustine and Stephen appearance, the scene also hide Greco himself, his son and Cervantes. Greco died in Toledo, the oldest of Santo Domingo monastery crypt in his early works, but also to accompany him.

The center of the city is the Cathedral of Toledo, Fernando Sans was built in 1226, this city a troubled history are reflected in this church constantly renovation, now here is the center of the Spanish catholic. The sacristy also can find Greco. Well, I'm in the early to open the door to the restaurant stop, take a few only wine boiled quail plus a almond cake, waiting for the cathedral door.

Tips

Arrive

FromMadridBaraja International Airport to Toledo, travel 88.7 kilometers, car 1 hours.

Hotel

If the train from Madrid, Toledo but half an hour (high speed train Spanish), general tourists are in Madrid for the base, the day come, go back in the evening, because of this, avoid the crowds, on this night was a good choice, can enjoy the human tide retreat, the night of a thousand years the ancient glory and desolate. Hotel Santa Isabel was established in 1388, was Santa Isabel convent buildings, itself has a long history.

Address: Calle de Santa Isabel, 24, 45002 Toledo