Advantages: Historic, beautiful scenery, feel good place Disadvantages: None
A visit to Toledo is memorable for so many different reasons. Other visitors' reactions are most likely similar to mine - so much history, beautiful to walk through while experiencing how preservation of religion has affected architecture in this magnificent Spanish National Monument.
One day recently I joined thousands of other tourists to stroll through the narrow, steep, cobbled streets to glimpse just a little taste of how Toldeo has evolved since it was Spain's capital from Gothic days to 1560.
From the minute I sighted the main gate - Peurta de Bisgra, a ninth century creation - I knew this visit was going to be all it was promised to be by a dear friend who had been there six years earlier and advised, quite rightly, that it was a must when visiting Madrid, 71 kilometres away.
The focus of my visit was to be ...
Writing321 23.10.2005
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Advantages: Important cultural and historical centre Disadvantages: Can be busy in the tourist season
Toledo is ideally located for a day-trip for anyone taking a short city-break in Madrid. After a day or two in the busy-ness of Madrid city centre it is refreshing to go to somewhere so very different, a walled ancient city set in typical Spanish landscape. But take your camera and more film than you’d expect to have to take for as you round every corner there’ll be something that just demand a photograph!
Toledo, is set on a large rocky mound among rather flat, dry countryside. Its medieval buildings tower up over the surrounding landscape and as you get close to the city you can see that it is a walled town, with fortifications surrounding the many towers and spires of its ancient buildings. Visitors arriving on the train, have a short walk from the station and as you round the first bend in the road, you are ...
tomc 17.04.2001
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Advantages: Fast, reliable, smart looking, Disadvantages: Tyres/wheels are not the best at gripping the road, power outlet is not in a very good place
History
We have had our Toledo for 4 months now and upgraded from a 2Ltr petrol Ford Focus. The toledo exceeds all aspects of the focus in both looks, feel and performance. The Toledo is a solidly built car and very robust, you can see at a glance that the safety features are in abundance from the airbags allround to the solid reinforced pillars and high lefel doors.
Reliability/speed
We have found the Toledo to be exceptionally reliable and ready to go when we are. The Toledo is really fast and will get upto speed really fast. Accelaration is fast and makes you sit back as you press the pedal.
Access to the interior
The doors are a bit of a pain but this is also a safety feature. Once you start going the doors automatically lock and so if you stop and want to get out it is not as easy however, it does mean that if you ...
