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Highlights Salamanca
Joined 2022
If you want to get a good overview of Salamanca and then explore it all yourself, this tour is made for you. We will see the most important monuments, giving you a good general idea of the city. We will visit the Plaza Mayor, Clerecía, Casa de las Conchas (shell house), the University with its 2 patios, the Sky of Salamanca (15th century painting) to finish with the 2 Cathedrals (old cathedral and new cathedral). We will entre the cathedral and the historical building of the univerity.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Main square or at your hotel
Main square
Starting of at one of the main reasons that Salamanca is proclamed world heritage city. And as I call it, our living room
Shell house, university of Pontificia and clerecia
Emblematic building covered with more than 200 shells, if open we will go inside to see it´s patio. Right in front the church of Clerecia and the private university of Pontificia. Really astonishing all toghether.
Old and new Cathedral
Here is where the university of Salamanca started, in this building of the 12th century in old romaseque style and in the beginning also used to defend the cit. The new cathedral is from the 16th century with gothic, renaissance and baroc style. Beautifull patio which belongs to the public university ad when open we will visit the 15th. century painting called "The sky of Salamanca"
Patio de escuela menores.
Beautifull patio which belongs to the public university ad when open we will visit the 15th. century painting called "The sky of Salamanca"
Patio de escuela mayores
Here you will get surprised by how the stone can be carved. Observing the plateresque facade of the historical building of the univeristy
Historical building of the university
Salamanca has the oldest univerity of Spain. It has been a very important influnece in spanish history. Go and see how the classrooms were in the 15th. century. See what the student had/has to do to become a good student by following the story which is told at the staricase and have a look at the 3rd most important library of Spain.
endindg point at the Plaza de Anaya
We will end at the plaza in front of the new cathedral.
Ending Point
Plaza de Anaya or at your hotel
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee
Entrance to monuments 5€ kathedrals (for both of them in total) adn 5€ university building.
Tour Important Information
Entrance fees are NOT inlcuded (5€ for the cathedrals and 5€ for the university building)
The tour is accesible for wheelchairs.
I am flexible.
If you want me to meet you at your hotel, that can be arranged.
The inner city of Salamanca is all pedestrian zone
Important message from the supplier
I can guide also in Segovia and Avila if you pay my transport fee.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2022
About Tour Guide Martoke W.
Hello, my name is Martoke and since 2012 working as a guide in Salamanca and surroundings with lots of enthusiasm . Born in the Netherlands and since1992 living in Salamanca.
With permission of the Junta de Castilla y León to work in this beautiful environment. My studies are tourism and my passion is history. This makes it really enjoyable to work in this area. My moto is: “A tour without anecdotes and humor is not a tour”. Fortunately, this region provides for all this and more.
Come to know the heart of Spain with me.
