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Toledo has its origin in the Bronze Age, when a settlement was founded on the so-called Cerro de Bú. The city was conquered by the Romans in 192 BC, after arduous battles. They rebuilt it and called it Toletum. After the first incursions of the barbarians the city was fortified, but its walls fell down to the Visigoths, who turned it into capital and archbishopric of the Hispanic Kingdom in the 5th century.

It was conquered again in 711 by Muslims, becoming an important kingdom of independent taifa until it passed into Christian hands, in 1085.

As you can see, Toledo is a land that has been inhabited and conquered by very different cultures, and all of them have left their mark.

What to see in Toledo?

Santo Domingo el Antiguo, a beautiful Mudejar Convent from the 11th century.
Museo de los Concilios y la Cultura Visigoda, located in the Church of San Román, it consists of a trip back on the time when Toledo was the capital of the Visigoth kingdoms.
Museo Sefardí, in Sinagoga del Tránsito. It is one of the must visit places to understand the Jewish Toledo.
Iglesia de los Jesuítas, famous because of its views.
Iglesia del Real Colegio de Doncellas Nobles.
Iglesia del Salvador.
The 4 city gates  and their impressive walls.
El Greco Museum.
A city tour towards the Renaissance square of Zocodover

 We recommend you to buy the “Tourist Bracelet” (€ 10), that will allow you to visit some of the most emblematic places in Toledo at an affordable price.

Around Toledo
 
Toledo is much more than a Visigothic capital city, it is a fascinating land.
From our accommodation in Olías del Rey, we recommend one day trips to…

Barrancas de Calaña y Castrejón the so-called Canyon of the Colorado, which has formed the Tajo River in the clay lands of this area.

Orgaz, with an interesting historical and cultural heritage.

Guadamur Castle.

Vela Maqueda Castle.

Toboso, land of Dulcinea, whose surroundings are beautiful landscapes with the famous mills of Don Quijote

Mills: Alcázar de San Juan, Consuegra, Campo de Criptana, Mota del Cuervo, Herencia…

Escalona Mudejar Castle.

The beautiful villages of Tembleque and Oropesa

Built by the Catholic Monarchs in 1476, it is considered one of the finest examples of Elizabethan Gothic, also called plateresque. We highlight:

The Cloister, of fine execution and great beauty on its lower floor, and with Mudejar coffered ceilings on the upper floor, where the symbols of Isabel and Fernando abound. A funny note: there is a scene of a monk in an embarrassing situation, it seems, a small revenge of the sculptor with someone!

The church, with a rich decoration on the ribbed vault and the main chapel.

It is a synagogue of undoubted beauty because of its beautiful white arches, lobed and with rich decorations of Almohad influence, which form a forest of columns and arches on whose roof the Star of David is formed, and for its beautiful 32 pilasters, with its capitals, none equal to each other.
A must visit for travelers arriving in Toledo that allows us to glimpse that melting pot of three cultures that lived in the city: Christians, Jews and Muslims.