{"id":20632,"date":"2019-08-20T06:15:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T20:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=20632"},"modified":"2020-07-19T08:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T22:39:51","slug":"salamanca-spain-%f0%9f%87%aa%f0%9f%87%b8-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=20632","title":{"rendered":"Salamanca, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 16th August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: Only by scooter in and out of Salamanca<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Salamanca<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Camping Don Quixote, \u20ac22 all services N40.97538, W05.60448<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 68 days @ \u20ac78 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a long hot drive across the Spanish plains we arrive in Salamanca mid afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We follow the GPS to Camping Don Quijote, the place looks busy, but we find a reasonable spot in the shade and settle in. We don\u2019t normally do campsites but parking in a car-park in a large city without shade on a hot summers day isn\u2019t going to work either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of Salamanca, the icon on our camping sight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The lady at the campsite tells us today the Feast of Assumption day, in Portugal that\u2019s a public holiday, so most things are closed. We get the Kisbeee off the rack anyway and wiz into Salamanca to check parking etc for tomorrow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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So we\u2019re in Salamanca. It\u2019s not a huge city, less than 200,000 people and 25% of those are University student. Salamanca has two of the most famous universities in Europe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Plaza Mayor, without doubt one of the most elegant and beautiful squares in Europe. I love symmetry and other than the adornment above the archway each of the 4 sides are identical.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Panorama version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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