Well, what can we say – Salamanca is a super place. It is a very old city, not very big, situated on the banks of the Tormes River, and is famous for its beautiful buildings and thriving university. The older, cultural centre is very compact and the outer, newer area has wide, elegant, tree-lined roads – it reminded us of a mini Barcelona. There are several bridges across the river – one dates back to Roman times with nine of the original arches still remaining.

In the city centre is the beautiful main square, Plaza Mayor built in the lovely honey coloured Villa Mayor stone.  The city is dominated by two beautiful cathedrals - one old, one “new” – the newer one is built partially over/on top of the older one making things very confusing for the visitor ! The Medieval Cathedral towers, 100 metres tall, are two of Salamanca’s most important emblems with a history dating back over 900 years.

We had a great day of non-stop walking, coffee in various squares and listening to the brass band in Plaza Mayor, which had a book festival set up in it which rather spoilt the view of the buildings.

There is a bus from right outside the caravan site entrance into the centre – 20 mins €1.05. Have found free wi-fi at our local library – brilliant.

Our next visit to the centre turned out to be very eventful – decided to drive in as it’s only 3k. No problem, straight into the multi storey car park – but on the way out hit the kerb by the pay machine and burst a front tyre. Changed the wheel with the help of a lovely car park attendant and had to go to the Spanish equivalent of Kwik Fit the next day to sort it out. They couldn’t match the other front one so we ended up forking out for two new tyres, better safe than sorry – see photos!

Weather now much better so have decided to stay here until moving to Noja, near Bilbao where the rally is, on Sunday. This is a small, very nice site and we’ll be sorry to leave. Would definitely recommend Salamanca for a short city break.