Holy Toledo!

November 24th, 2015

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Today we rode the Renfe train to the town of Toledo. The journey takes exactly 33 minutes from Madrid. The beautiful Toledo railroad station:

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Toledo is a medieval walled city on top of a high hill immortalized in El Greco’s painting which can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC.  The entire city is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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We took a taxi up to the center of the city and aimlessly walked through the labyrinth of narrow alleyways. The sun came out for a short time. It was nice to wander with just a few off-season tourists.

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The 13th century Catedral Primada Santa Maria de Toledo: DSC_1469

The main tourist destination is Zocodover Square:
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Then we started our descent down the road to the railroad station. Below is my version of a view of Toledo. :-)DSC_1541

 

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