Toledo, Spain

[hkskyline]

1. I didn't do too much planning when I landed in Madrid the day before. I was told by my friend I had to visit Toledo and Segovia, and I randomly picked Toledo first. Upon sighting a map of the town, I grabbed a photo to help with my bearings later.

2. Like other European cities, nice architecture awaits, and the photo-taking frenzy began.

7. Brilliant sunshine illuminated the skies. I also enjoyed clear days prior in Lisbon, and the great weather extended into Spain.

11. Hmm ... blue tiles are also popular here?

15. I don't usually eat much when I'm on a frenzy trip. A frenzy trip is one where I budget too much and there is not enough time. This means most of my trips are like that. With only 3 days in Spain, it was quite hopeless to cover Madrid, Toledo, and Segovia. So I could only look at the food to fill up.

19. Alcazar is still closed to the public, but it is so huge it cannot be missed from most vantage points in and around Toledo.

21. You can see very far in this beautiful weather.

24. Now let's immerse in the streets and alleys to take a closer look :

51. I'm still hungry.

52. Quite a lot of tourists were exploring Toledo like me, but most were on the main walkways and didn't venture much into the unknown alleys.

More Toledo in the next part!

 

[ganjavih]

Love the tile work in that pension... is that where you stayed?

 

[Long Island Mike]

Toledo,Spain - Nice old Spanish architecture!

HK: When I saw this topic I thought "Holy Toledo!" but it looks like a quite interesting place-a far cry from its namesake in Ohio!
Toledo does not even compare in character to Toledo!
LI MIKE

 

[Mongo]

I love Toledo. About 15 years ago, I stayed for 6 nights there, spending the days walking all over the city and taking photos. Even that length of time was too little to see everything I had wanted to see, I could have stayed another week without running out of sights to see.

I would scan some of the best photos for upload, but I have no idea where that (physical) photo album went.

 

[Prometheus The Supremo]

holy toledo!

 

[hkskyline]

Love the tile work in that pension... is that where you stayed?

I actually stayed in Madrid and only made a day trip there.

 

[Urban Shocker]

The funky blue tile Assumption ( Mary is taken up into heaven, the angels rejoice ... ) is presumably in the Museo de Santa Cruz along with the El Greco painting of the same subject? I think they also have a Ribera of The Holy Family - a St. Jerome by him is at the AGO, in the same gallery as all those other Italian religious paintings, and the Bernini Corpus.

 

[Benc7]

I found Toledo a fascinating city and your photos do it good service. My friends and I wandered off the main tourist areas, promptly got lost, and walked for a couple of hours trying to get back to the Cathedral that we could see but couldn't seem to actually get to; those streets are treacherous. My feet hurt like hell (cobblestones are hell to walk on for any length of time) but I'll always be happy we took that wrong turn.

 

[Urban Shocker]

(cobblestones are hell to walk on for any length of time)

Hint: take your heels off.

 

[hkskyline]

58. Exploring the alleys of Toledo gets quite interesting.

 

[Towered]

Where is everybody?