Ávila, Spain
Plaza de la Catedral, 8,
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+34 920211641
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
I love the beautiful Cathedral. It's very renowned for its wonderful and unique art works.. The entrance pass includes also the visit to the Cathedral museum, a home for magnificent paintings of the middle ages..
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Straight out of history books. One if the best preserved fortified cities I have had the pleasure of visiting. The cathedral was closed as I was there in the evening but around every corner there was a beautiful building to see and photograph. One if my favourite cities in my tours around Spain over the years. Well worth a visit.
Really enjoyed myself. Staff were super kind in letting me store my luggage after I got caught out not realizing my hotel wasn't doing luggage storage because of Covid-19. Bottle fed infant inside cathedral and zero issues either . Audio tour is on mobile phone. Handy but bring your own headphones. 6 admission feels reasonable if you're paying to see it, especially as there is a museum attached.
There are plenty of interesting objects in the cathedral museum. However, the presentation is utterly boring. The audio guides are simply reciting the different saints and bishops portrayed. There is no storytelling and no curious facts. Only polite tributes to the historical clergymen. Surely many of them must have been controversial, brutal or mystical. But we hear nothing about that. I left the place with the feeling that this could have been much more interesting (and actually worthwhile), if the presentation had been more vivid. The current way of presenting it is only relevant to religious people.
Stunning structure that forms part of the city wall defenses and was key to defending the whole town. 6 entry felt expensive compared to the 5 spent to walk the walls, but once inside, there is plenty to see: Lots of stunning carving/marble work from 15th century as well as random bits of art from all periods. Worth noting that on a winter's day, it was absolutely freezing inside!!!
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