{"id":20680,"date":"2019-08-20T18:15:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T08:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=20680"},"modified":"2020-07-19T08:50:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T22:50:39","slug":"ciudad-rodrigo-spain-%f0%9f%87%aa%f0%9f%87%b8-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=20680","title":{"rendered":"Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 17th August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 171 kms from Salamanca in Spain to Almeida in Portugal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Ciudad Rodrigo and Castelo Mendo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Almeida municipal aire, free with services + E. N40.72910, W06.90147<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 69 days @ \u20ac79 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looks like another hot day ahead so we have the Hymer serviced and waiting at reception to open at 9am. It\u2019s a reasonable long drive back across the arid plains today. We fuel up as the price of diesel is 15p\/litre cheaper in Spain, then drive past around to the Lidl to stock up on this and that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drive back on the A62-E80 is uneventful other than being hot. 30 kms from the frontier we turn off for Ciudad Rodrigo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of Ciudad Rodrigo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see from the map it\u2019s another fortress town guarding the road from Spain to Portugal. As it\u2019s festival time and market day the local traffic is tragic, however we manage to find a parking spot, leaving us a bit of a walk up into the fortress wall and the old town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As we walk up we get a view of the Cathedral.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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