Travel Blogs from Trujillo, Spain and Canary Islands
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Conquistadors
... Trujillo As we drove along, typical of what we had seen, above on a hillside loomed another town, and this town was named Trujillo. There are many things that it's famous for, but none so more than Francisco Pizarro. He was one of 2500 ...
Trujillo: Cradle of the Conquistadores
... headed to the New World to make fortunes in the 1500s and 1600s. Those men's wealth was brought back to decorate Trujillo, and families began feuding by building bigger and grander houses during the Renaissance era. As a result, the town still ...
Saturday - Touring Trujillo
... up for a three day visit to the Extremadura region. First stop was the wonderful town of Trujillo, another place with Roman walls, many small palaces, convents and churches. It's the birthplace of Pizarro, the founder of Peru. For the next 3 ...
Escapada de fin de semana
En un arranque de locura por querer usar su coche en carretera Sulev, Caro y yo fuimos un domingo a conocer y a comer en ...
The wall
As we were only two and a half hour drive to Trujillo ,knowing that Lindy Thomsen and Chris were still in the UK ,we booked accommidation for the night and set off from Evora . What a pleasant surprise , I had imagined Spain to be hot and dusty . The ...
Trujillo!
... , I found it interesting for the first 20 minutes, but after an hour in the boiling heat (the sun is so strong in Trujillo and everywhere north of there, as I later learned) I just wanted to find some shade and sit down. Sorry for my poor ...
Lisbon to Trujillo, Spain
... energy, and nearby beaches... what more can you want? We are travelling four hours from Lisbon to the small town of Trujillo, Spain. Although we loved both the beaches of Lagos and the city of Lisbon, we were sooooo happy to hear Spanish ...
Flamenco wannabe
... waiting at the desk and they are each getting the same "full service". We go out to get a bite to eat and are very pleasantly surprised. Trujillo is rich in history and is very beautiful. Apparently Pisarro, who conquered Peru had a home here at some ...
TERRA DE CONQUISTADORES
Era final de tarde e de longre já avistavamos as luzes de Trujillo. Trata-se de uma fortaleza árabe que foi construida para defender o avanço cristão durante a reconquista, atualmente com uma bela iluminação da as boas vindas. Outra atração da ...
Extremadura
... beginning to emerge from a long, long sleep. It has always been one of the poorest and emptiest corners of Spain, and the conquistadores were just the first in a long line of Extremadurian exiles who have been forced to find a better life elsewhere. ...
This is what I was expecting.....
It only took 45 minutes to drive from Caceres to Trujillo. The Lonely Planets description of Trujillo is that it is like a medieval movie set and I had to admit when you were wondering through the streets, especially when you found that it was only the ...
Trujillo / Extremadura
Spent a couple of days in Trujillo and walked around the old town, also drove out into the countryside to some of the surrounding villages. Went to a fantastic bar right on the top of a hill, after driving round trying to find houses for sale. Nice ...
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