Caceres: A Medivial Marvel

Caceres was declared a World Heritage City by UNESCO in 1986 because of the city's blend of Roman, Islamic, Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance styles, fruit of the many battles fought here throughout history. An amazing 30 towers from the Muslim period still stand in Caceres, of which the Torre del Bujaco is the most famous.

Caceres is the capital city of the Region of Extremadura, one of Spain's poorest regions in terms of per capita, but richest in terms of historical heritage, gastronomy, wines and unspoilt nature.

I would like to say that we strolled around the historical quarters at our leisure admiring the numerous buildings, towers, palaces and plazas, most very well conserved or recently restored, dating from the Middle Ages and Rennaisance; but the truth is it ws more of a sprint as our tour guide only allowed us 45 minutes and that was to have lunch too. We chose to forgo lunch,but Norm did grab a quick beer, and Nancy a small tapa of ham which we shared 4-ways with our new friends, Lorraine & Mike, then sprinted for our bus just in time!

The adventure continues!

más tarde,

N & N