Extremadura: A Natural Paradise in Europe

Extremadura: A Natural Paradise in Europe

You may wonder why I put a video about Extremadura in my webpage about Salamanca and the Castilian Leon region. But the reason is simple, it is really a beautiful paradise for wildlife in Spain. Bird watchers paradise and track lovers. You can eat your heart out here,...
Experiences of a local tour guide

Experiences of a local tour guide

Sometimes this job gives you very nice surprises. Last week I had a tour with a Dutch group and with this group a camera team of the Dutch television. The program is called “We are almost there” The program is more about the people in the group. How they manage to...
Lots of traditions in Salamanca

Lots of traditions in Salamanca

First one of all, of course Holy week. After 2 years of not being able to celebrate holy week the way they used to, well it looked like the whole of Spain was eager to celebrate. Also here in Salamanca where Holy week has the title of “International interesting for...
The keys from the city (III)

The keys from the city (III)

Church of Saint Christopher Here I am again with the program of the Salamanca tourist information office “the keys from the city”. This time I went to visit the church of Saint Christopher, a beautiful Romanesque church. Sadly enough it is closed most of the time. ...
Popular embroidery in the Sierra de Francia.

Popular embroidery in the Sierra de Francia.

A little history. In the Sierra, before the expulsion, there were many Jews and Arabs in this area and later they became a large population of converted people. Trade was very traditional in many of these towns. This is why you can see a lot of oriental influence in...