What a beautiful city to explore! Avila is a small city with about 50,000
people living there some within the walls of the city and of course many on the
outside. The city sits about 3700 feet
from the river Adaja and I hear the
winters are quite harsh. It was early
fall when we were there exploring and it was quite lovely. It is an easy city to do on foot as it really
isn’t very big and the main area you will want to explore is all within the
walls.
The walls themselves are so interesting. I have never seen so many walls around cities
before! It is like I am in a movie or
something sometimes. They were built in
the 11th century to fend off the Moors. You can walk the top of them for a great
view or just wander beside them as we did for a surreal experience. There are 88 towers and 9 gated entrances
into the city through these walls. They
are definitely something to see. There
are many shops, restaurants and of course gorgeous churches and a huge
cathedral inside the walls to explore.
There are a variety of foods I feel should be mentioned such as Indian
and Asian not just your typical Spanish cuisine which is a nice change.
If you are at all interested in history or religious saints
than you would probably like to know that Santa Teresa was born here in Avila
in 1515. She was one of Spains patron
saints, a mystic, rebel and writer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_of_%C3%81vila
No comments:
Post a Comment