Hotel Real Toledo
Real del Arrabal, 4 Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, 45003, Spain and Canary Islands
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Hello, Toledo!
... the hostel.
When I got back, I rested for a bit upstairs and then borrowed Jose’s computer to *try* for the third time to book my ticket home, this time using the Spanish Expedia site. I went upstairs and was reading, it was about 6:30 and I couldn’t be bothered to go out and trudge up any more hills in the heat. A young woman from Los Angeles entered the dorm and she was really friendly so we got to chatting about all things travel (seriously, I’m so ...
Wednesday - Touring Toledo
... café (sol por papa y con leche por mama), cheese sandwiches and huevos envueltos (I think!).
After siesta we took a wonderful tour around the town with a local guide, visiting the places of worship of the 3 religion that contributed to the history of the city: the monestario, the old mosque, and the synagogue. Claire was glued to the tour guide and listening to each ...
Toledo (not Ohio)
... to handle. Anyway, we made it back to Madrid very tired. Another highlight was that I spent a lot of the day talking to a girl from Madrid who was on the trip (in Spanish), and she taught me a lot of new vocab. That pretty much completes my weekend besides a movie on Sunday night. Oh, by the way I met up with a friend visiting from Sevilla and we went to a 7 story (yes I counted them) discoteca until 6 in the morning. That's all.
Milan and Venice this ...
Toledo and Home
... was closed, unavailable, or profoundly different from the description in the guidebook – but it was probably my best day in Spain.
First we worked our way north out of town, down off Toledo’s hill, through the charming maze. Toledo’s best surviving Moorish temple was surrounded by scaffolding and busy guys with wheelbarrows, so we were unable to get more than a glimpse of it. We popped out of the medieval walls at the base of the hill, at a park ...
Toledo: City of Three Faiths
... without words. The whole city, including the main Cathedral and the wall surrounding the base of the city are visible and make for an excellent photo. We board the buses once again and drive into Toledo to begin our tour.
We begin the tour with an older church, a very small church, that was converted into a synagogue. Within the synagogue, there was only one Star of David (the symbol of Judaism) present, and even at ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Real De Toledo



