So here we are in Toledo, the last city on our trip. We left Córdoba on the hi-speed AVE train at 8:56 for Madrid (took 90 minutes) and changed to the AVANT train for the leg to Toledo (30 minutes). Even after travelling all that way we still arrived an hour too early to check-in. Dang those trains are quick.
In our research we found the streets in this UNESCO heritage city to be too narrow for cars to navigate, but nobody told the Toledo taxi drivers that. We were delivered from the station direct to our Hotel door through streets so narrow the proximity sensor in the taxi went off at regular intervals. Pedestrians we encountered along the way sought refuge in doorways, niches and anywhere else that offered an alternative to a grisly death.
The accomodation at the Hospederia de Casa Cisneros is just divine. It is very small, maybe only 5 rooms or so, and that makes it intimate. Our room is on the first floor corner so it has 2 balconies, on on each street. The room is decorated in a Spanish period way with antique furnishings, an enormous comfy bed, exposed ceiling beams and there's a large period tapestry handing over the bed head. We feel like Spanish nobility. And location !!! It is directly opposite the Cathedral.
We'll settle in and get to work in the morning.
Our train from Madrid to Toledo, took a little over 30 minutes.
The picturesque railway station at Toledo.
Remember the old fashioned ticket windows at railway stations?
Our room is just so atmospheric with antiques and tapestries.
The view of the Cathedral from one of our balconies.
Truly, it's just across the street.
The view from our rooftop terrace of the Alcazar and other roofs of Toledo.
Wonderful.
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