Indian Chief Travel Guides

Toledo

Tourists in droves? Yes. With reason? Sin duda, as the Spanish like to say. Toledo was the cradle of indoctrination for Spain long before the Catholics ever thought of Madrid as a capital. It is a bulwarked city and perhaps the most effective example to be found in the country, the color of dry straw growing atop a giant, mangled piece of rock. Streets are harrowingly narrow and only one major road allows vehicular access to the upper-city. What this means is that the sights – of mixed styles attributed to the Christians, Islams and Hebrews that shared the city and earned its nickname, “the City of the Three Cultures” – are packed into a small area. Stretch the legs for some up and downhill walks, save room for Toledo’s delicious marzipan, and make way for the pushy tourists that, for some reason, seem to want to beat you to the sights.