Tuesday 2 September 2008

Six roads out

There are basically six roads out of Ciudad Rodrigo. One goes to the Hurdes, one to Extramadura, one to Salamanca, one to Portugal, one to Lumbrales and one to Bejar. The Sierra de Francia (see the last post) is on the road to Bejar.

Salamanca is about 90kms from Ciudad Rodrigo but, because of the motorway, it's actually faster to get there than it is to, say, San Martín de Castañar. Salamanca is an important city even though, population wise, it's quite small. A big university and eclesiastical centre with some extremely impressive buildings.

Surprisingly lots of tourists head for Salamanca and then come on to Ciudad Rodrigo rather than doing it the other way around!

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