The Ancient University City of Salamanca, Spain, Salamanca, Spain

Oh, Salamanca – how I misjudged you. This ancient university town was only supposed to be a layover city on our drive from Seville to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. I was not expecting it to be as lovely and dynamic a city as I (we) found it to be. Alas.

Well, if you’ve been following this blog, you’d know that my daughter and I embarked on an eight-city tour of Spain back in December (you can catch up on the cities and photographs at the end of this post). In my last post, I presented a series of images from our time spent in the beautiful city of Seville. Our next stop was a 4+ hour drive north to Salamanca where we would lay our heads for the night before proceeding on to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia – another 4+ hour drive.

Now I knew Salamanca was no slouch city. I mean, its historic center had been designated a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. What I wasn’t expecting was how dynamic and charming this city turned out to be. And by the time we were back in our rental car heading up to Galicia, I was kicking myself hard for not allowing another day in this lovely city. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).