As I had a few days to spare in and around Madrid, I thought it should be nice to see something different so I made a couple of excursions to cities I haven’t visited before. Salamanca, two hours away to the northwest, is a picturesque and lively city with grand old-style architectural elegance and today serves as an important University-town, with a young population. It is undoubtfully Castilla’s most beautiful city and with the excellent central square (Plaza Mayor) and a grand cathedral, it is definitely worth a visit.
El Escorial on the other hand, is much closer to Madrid and houses an enormous Royal monastery with adjoined gardens. The weekend I visited there were some celebrations in town and everyone brought their animals out (horses, dogs, cats, rabbits etc) as they celebrated the saint of animals.
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