Recommended by a French tour guide, and I
would like to have a break before travelling far to Salamanca, these were the
reasons I came to Caceres.
At Caceres bus station, I approached an
elder lady for direction. She started explaining to me unceasingly in Spanish
which I could hardly understand 10% of it, eventually she brought me to the bus
station, we waited for 20min, at last she instructed the bus driver to drop me
somewhere… super helpful.
The mama of the family-run hostel
arranged a room for me despite I paid only for a bed… another plus of the day
:)
I had expected Caceres old town would be
small, but I didn’t expect it was “so” small. A half day trip would be more
than sufficient. The old town is protected by a defensive wall, cobblestones
pavement and the skyline decorated with turrets, spires, gargoyles and storks’
nests. Tourists were countable. At night the yellow floodlight illuminated the
buildings, wandering in the almost deserted silent compound, medieval age was
alive again.
Iglesia de San Francisco Javier, was not interesting, but EUR1
granted the access to climb up the towers was rewarding.
The Museum was small,
but the cistern – underground water reservoir was interesting. Some other
exhibitions were free… I was thinking, the government must be subsidizing quite
substantial amount to maintain and operate this area, the income generated from
the tourism was reckoned negligible.
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| Plaza Mayor, fairly huge for this small town. |
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| Arco de la Estrella, a beautiful arch. |
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| Statue of San Pedro de Alcantara, his toes worn shiny by hands and lips. |
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| Concatedral de Santa Maria. |
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| Another view of Arco de la Estrella. |
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| Iglesia de San Francisco Javier. |
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| Plaza de San Jorge. |
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| Iglesia de San Francisco Javier, view from the towers, a cross. |
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| View of Caceres. |
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| Museo de Caceres, Aljibe (cistern) at underground. |
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| Vine sprawled all over the building. |
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| Plaza Mayor at night. |
