Routes in Salamanca

Salamanca was founded more than 2,700 years ago. It is considered the cradle of Spanish knowledge because it is home to the first Spanish university, the University of Salamanca, founded in 1218. At the time, it was the most prestigious in the West.

Salamanca is a city with great historical and heritage wealth and has become an important tourist centre, especially at a pedagogical level. It is widely visited by academics and students, which has given rise to interesting thematic routes of great popularity.

The first of them is the Route of St. Teresa, which runs through the places where this saint, and also a student, lived in Salamanca. Among them are the University of Salamanca, the Pontifical University, the Cathedral of Salamanca, Main Square, the Convent of St. Stephen, the Convent of St. Clare and, of course, the place that served as the residence of St. Teresa.

The Urban Route is an educational route containing palaces, convents, schools and streets of enormous heritage value—for example, Ramón y Cajal, Prior and Fonseca streets, the Ursulas Museum, the Arzobispal School, the Palace of Monterrey and the Church of the True Cross.

The last route, called the Ancient Shops Route, is an interesting and playful tour of the main markets and shops of great antiquity and tradition in Salamanca. These shops offer an endless array of foods, ingredients and products. Among them are the Soportales de San Antonio, the Mercado Central de Abastos and the Corrillo de la Yerba, among many others.