The Private Tour to Ávila and Salamanca is an exclusive and deeply personalised exploration of two of Old Castile's most rewarding and historically layered cities — experienced with a dedicated expert Amigo Tours guide for your group alone in a completely flexible and personalised private itinerary. Ávila's extraordinary UNESCO-listed medieval walls — stretching in a virtually complete circuit of over two and a half kilometres around the entire historic city, with 88 towers and nine monumental gateways preserving an almost perfect example of 11th-century military architecture — provide one of Spain's most immediately impressive and atmospherically powerful opening encounters with medieval Castilian heritage.
Salamanca, the great golden city of the Spanish Renaissance, provides the day's most architecturally resplendent and intellectually vibrant chapter — its extraordinary concentration of Plateresque, Baroque, and Renaissance architecture accumulated around one of Europe's oldest and most prestigious universities creating a cityscape of exceptional beauty and cultural richness. The Plaza Mayor — universally regarded as the finest main square in Spain and one of the most beautiful public spaces in Europe — the New and Old Cathedrals, the ancient university facade with its famous frog concealed within the carved decoration, and the Casa de las Conchas all receive the guide's most detailed and illuminating attention.
