Toledo, Spain and Canary Islands Travel Blogs

About time to visit Toledo.
Mar 25, 2007 (11 photos)

... (who stays longer than a weekend) list of "must go there" places. It took me more than a year in the capital before I managed to go and see Toledo for myself, and I must say I really liked the city. A place to go back to when friends are visiting I guess. ...

Don Quixote Country
Apr 19, 2007 (8 photos)

... in Madrid any longer than it took us to go through the Prado. It just seemed too big and confusing and we're simply Barcelona people I guess. So off to Toledo. Here we found the best campground - El Greco. We broke camp late on the morning of the 19th as ...

Avila, Segovia and Toledo
Mar 21, 2006 (14 photos)

... found our way back onto the ring road but in a breathtaking act of stupidity I somehow directed Margaret back into maze of old Toledo and we had to endure the nightmare all over again. By an amazing piece of good luck one of the tourist-infested streets ...

Tir na nOg
Apr 3, 2008 (1 photos)

... a right hand wheel before this week...today, i did...right past the Hertz official. Then, we got out and swapped over!! Dark when we arrived in Toledo (Seat of Presidency for UNESCO cities - 71 km south of Madrid), not much to see at night time. Popped ...

Toledo
Oct 17, 2005 (4 photos)

Toledo is a very pretty small medieval city on a hill, surrounded by vast dry landscapes, with the added bonus of being able to stay in one of the historic buildings that look out over the river into town, or the other way round. The winding streets in ...

More Moorsville
Nov 25, 2007 (117 photos)

... the gardens were overgrown, but the layout was so similar to Granada or Sevilla or or or any Moorish gardens in Spain. We decided to finish off Toledo by walking the rest of the walls, and as I said before about not being in Spain, these walls just made ...

Jews and Muslims and Christians, Oh My!
Oct 24, 2004 (5 photos)

Toledo is a town that almost became the capital of Spain and suffered more than its fair share during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). About 70 km south of Madrid, it's a popular tourist spot because of its interesting history. Toledo was first settled ...

Toledo
Mar 30, 2008

Toledo

Holy Toledo!
Oct 26, 2006 (2 photos)

... hour away from Madrid via the new express train. This was another city our cousin Jen told us we had to visit and we had a great time there. Toledo is a very old city whose history I won't delve into because it is far too long (I am sure Wikipedia has ...

Day Trip to Toledo
Sep 14, 2009 (14 photos)

... in a little sanctuary/habitat thing for a while and played our mini Chess game (Andre won). We finally got on the next train and headed for Toledo! When we got there we had the option of taking the "brutal" 30-minute hike up to the main part of the town ...

Oooooh Toledo, Don't Let Her Go
Feb 2, 2008 (16 photos)

... are extremely narrow, it doesn't mean that cars are     prohibited from driving them. 5. The paper wrapper in which Toledo's famous mazapan (marzipan) comes, doesn't taste as good as the actual       candy.

Don Quijote
Nov 27, 2006 (6 photos)

... sagen, zum Glück studier ich VWL ;-)), sondern freu mich auf die kommende Zeit, obwohl's mir schon ein bisschen schwer fallen wird Toledo zu verlassen, und wieder in ein "normales" (Studenten-)Leben zurück zu kehren. Es ist ja noch nicht aller Tage Abend ( ...

more museums and alot of history
Aug 31, 2006 (5 photos)

... . the prado was very impressive, and i was lucky to be around during a temporary picasso exhibition which great. toledo is oozing with history, and it was very exciting stepping through the city gates and being insided the old town walls! lots more ...

Ein letztes HOLA aus Toledo
Feb 1, 2007

... hat auch einiges zu bieten. Vor allem die riesige Medina (Altstadt) mit ihren über 1000 Gässchen ist sehenswert. Ich dachte Toledo sei bereits ein Labyrinth, doch Fés übertrifft dies noch bei weitem und wenn man nicht mit einem Guide unterwegs ist, verläuft ...

Hotel Sol, Toledo
Sep 24, 2006 (14 photos)

Today I cycled from Madrid to Toledo.  It didn't rain, so that was good.  I took the back roads and stopped at a small town called Lominchar for lunch.  I had a custard pastry, half a bag of ring-shaped maize crisps, a Kinder Bueno and a ...

Arrived in my new home
Sep 2, 2006 (10 photos)

... ist es viel besser beschrieben, als ich es kann. Ich erzähle euch dann lieber einmal vom Nachtleben in Toledo.:-) Jedenfalls fing meine Zimmersuche dann am Dienstag erst richtig an Ich riss von allen Anschlagbrettern und Strassenlaternen Zettelchen mit ...

Holy Toledo! - Madrid/Toledo - Day 4
Apr 14, 2009 (8 photos)

... were closed.  The city is also packed with tourist, which can also take away from the experience.  Toledo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a beautiful and ancient city with a very interesting history (http://www.toledo.world-guides.com/).  I stopped into a ...

de Madrid a Toledo
Feb 29, 2008 (10 photos)

... en un solo dia, asi que nos preparamos con pan, jamon serrano y queso, para no tener que gastar muhco dinero. Llegando a TOledo decidimos caminar en lugar de tomar el autobus como la mayoria de los uqe llegaron a la estacion del tren, y comenzamos ...

Short term stay Apartments for rent in Toledo
Oct 24, 2009

... short term stays during a business trip? I found the local guide europapart.eu has a wide selection of privately owned studios, villas, homes and apartments for rental in reasonable rate. read more on this http://www.europapart.eu/apartment_in_Toledo.html

Spain, Spain, Spain
Jun 7, 2006

... for one, found the payphone he sent me to, called a taxi and told him where we were. Aye carumba, but we finally made it back to Toledo where there were busses and cars and places to eat. And on our way to eat Dave got shat on by a bird. I felt bad, but I ...

day 3
Sep 8, 2005

... pretty neat. we thought getting there was tough but once we got to the city the roads were so windy that we lost our sense of direction and when we planned to leave we got lost for 2hrs. oh and let me tell you all the roads are windy and hilly so em and ...

When Shmuel ha-Levi was a Hasid: Day 2 in Toledo
Aug 19, 2008 (6 photos)

... to Spanish Jewish history into an active bet midrash. We also brought up the history of anti-semitism in Spain and how, right there in Toledo, was born the idea of limpieza de sangre, purity of blood laws that excluded "new Christians" (recent converts ...

Where´s the cool?
Sep 18, 2009

... in the middle of the most famous, most notorious fiesta in all of the world.  My friends, I attended the one and only...Toledo Police Fiesta.  Whooooooooo!  Basically, it was just a bunch of cops displaying all their different units, their ...

Stately tourist town
May 1, 2007

... means somewhat pricey obligatory reservations (despite the Eurailpass), but it sure makes for a brief, cozy trip. Toledo is definitely among Spain's more attractively-set cities. Situated on a steep hill practically surrounded by the Tajo River, it's ...

Toledo day excursion
Feb 18, 2006

Recently took a small day excursion with some friends to Toledo, what used to be Spain's capital up until the 1500's or so. It's about an hour away by bus, south of Madrid and though we could've gone through the school, we were more fitted to go wander ...

Toledo
Jul 11, 2006 (11 photos)

... city of three cultures. up until 1492 when the catholic king and queen came to power in spain, christians, muslims and jews all lived together in toledo. so today you can still see the islamic influences everywhere - arched doorways and intricate tiling ...

Besuchszeit
Nov 5, 2006 (5 photos)

Buenas. Die Zeit hier vergeht wie im Flug und ich komme einfach nicht dazu meinen Blog up to date zu halten, aber eigentlich ist das ja ein gutes Zeichen. Tut mir einfach Leid für die, die ein bisschen öfter von mir hören wollen. Die letzten paar ...

Despues las clases
Sep 17, 2006 (7 photos)

... habe. Letzte Woche wollte ich zwar nach Ciudad Real, doch dann fuhr kein Bus. Dafür war ein Autorennen in Toledo. Es waren gewöhnliche Strassenautos, die zu Rennwagen umgebaut wurden. War noch interessant und super laut. Auf dem Nachhauseweg konnte ich noch ...

Holy Toledo
Mar 28, 2007 (2 photos)

Daytrip from Madrid, crazy narrow streets and good views of this old town.

Toledo
Jun 27, 2008 (25 photos)

... to me.   Who knows?   Anyways, we walked around for a bit afterwards.  The streets of Toledo are very small and made of cobblestones and half of them weren't shown on the map ISA gave us.  In general, I ...