Hotel Cigarral el Bosque Toledo, Toledo

Advantages: A location rich with statiscal, geographical and historical enironment
Disadvantages: Can be quiet boring and no nightlife

...places of worship have now become principal tourist attractions. A tenth century mosque, now known Cristo de la Luz illustrates the brickwork artistry of Muslim craftsmen. It stands in the medina area of the city, where the wealthy Muslims used to live. Thought later transformed into Catholic churches, two medieval synagogues remain, testifying to Toledo’s large Jewish community, which at one time constituted a third of the city’s population. Santa Maria La Blanca is the oldest and its interior, like the mosque above, has ornate multiple columns. A more spacious synagogue, El Transito, now houses a Sephardic museum of Jewish culture. Now construction of Spain’s largest gothic cathedral began in the 13th century and took over 200 years to complete! ~Monuments to Past Glory (Continued)~ The cathedral and other churches in Toledo boast... Read review

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Advantages: Historic, beautiful scenery, feel good place
Disadvantages: None

...Cathedral but sadly it was not open - I was actually quite shattered but there were enough other ''treasures'' to ease my deep disappointment. The Julia Tours guide had a short and quick walking tour planned and it truly did make up for my disappointment at not experiencing the inside of the Cathedral which we did stop and photograph and learn historic factors,since it's building programme from 1226 to 1492. Then it was on through extremely narrow streets, cars came down and we had to press ourselves up against the walls to let them safely pass, this all added to the 'ancientness' you feel when you walk through Toledo. We visited the famous and deemed to be El Greco's best painting: Burial of the Count of Orgaz at the Sante Tome church. Standing 4.8 metres high and 3.6 metres wide, Domenico Thetocopuli (El Greco) actually painted... Read review

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Advantages: Day-trip from Madrid
Disadvantages: Boring, too touristy

...Toledo was a let-down. It had been built up in guidebooks to be a wonderful, beautiful place, but in reality it was quite unattractive, boring and overly-touristic. It wasn't like visiting a town, it was like visiting a museum, with so many other day-tripping tourists wandering around. When I went, in April, the weather didn't help - it was cold and rainy. Miserable. The best part was the bus trip from and to Madrid (which was very cheap and only took an hour!). On a sunny day maybe Toledo is nicer, but I think even still it's just a boring tourist-trap.... Read review

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