Salamanca Favorites

Favorite thing: It always makes me feel sorrow when I pass in Salamanca, going somewhere else - I only visited the city once, slept only one night, and left with the idea that I should come back with more time. No way!

I passed there a dozen times since then, but always with a few hours to arrive somewhere. No! Salamanca deserves to have another planned visit, and I will do it!

Favorite thing: Tourist Offices

* Oficina de Información Turística de Salamanca pic)
Rúa mayor (Casa de las Conchas)
37008 Salamanca
- Tel.: (+34) 923 26 85 71
- Fax: (+34) 923 26 24 92
- E. mail: oficinadeturismodesalamanca@jcyl.es

* Turismo y Comunicación de Salamanca, SAU
Plaza mayor, 32-19, first floor
37002 Salamanca
- Tel.: (+34) 923 27 24 08
- Fax: (+34) 923 27 24 07
- Internet: www.salamanca.es
- E. mail: gerencia@turismodesalamanca.com

* Oficina Municipal de Turismo
Plaza Mayor, 32-19 bajo
37002 Salamanca
- Tel.: (+34) 923 21 83 42 and 902 30 20 02
- Fax: (+34) 923 21 83 42
- Internet: www.salamanca.es
- E. mail: informacion@turismodesalamanca.com

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Favorite thing: The most important and atractive activity I would take someone is the Tuna, specially the tuna of the medical faculty, they not only sing well but they are also very nice. Their songs are based on the Spanish story, specially dedicated to women, so that these songs are very romantic. If anyone goes to Salamanca, please, go to the Plaza Mayor and see the tuna, though they only sing in summer time.

Fondest memory: What I miss most when I am away from Salamanca is the Tuna and its members.

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Favorite thing: My favourite thing about Salamanca is to walk in the streets, specially at night. Though there are always people at midday and at night, to walk at night gives another view of the city, with people walking and having fun, specially in the Plaza Mayor.
The streets are full of history and people, this is the reason why I really like walking in the streets of Salamanca.

Fondest memory: The tunos is the fondest memory of Salamanca. They were very nice and gentle, I felt on cloud nine when I was kissed by them because it is very Spanish to kiss the cheeks, specially men towards women. The tunos are the last romantic men in Spain this is why I felt so comfortable with them, next year I will go back to see them again.

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Favorite thing: La tuna is the most romantic and beautiful thing I saw in Salamanca. It is formed by a group of men singing to women, they play in the streets of Salamanca everyday so I had the opportunity of seeing them when I was on holiday last week. They were very nice and friendly, specially towards women (they like flirting, something normal on Spanish men and women), they were very considerate and allowed me to take pictures with them, the most attractive tuna singer was Domingo, who was in fact, the leader of the group.

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Favorite thing: Salamanca is a city full of interesting places to visit, museums, cathedrals, churches, convents, etc and different things to do. The most amazing thing I have ever seen is to see the tunos sing in the Plaza Mayor, the main point in the city, where people can have a drink while seeing the tunos play their music.
I had the opportunity to hear them singing their songs, in Spanish, obviously.
The tuna has its roots in the X century, when the poor students who wanted to go to University and did not have any money, had to sing in the streets, always to women. The tuna has different sashes with different colours depending on the faculty they study at: the yellow is for the medical faculty, the green for the vet faculty, the red for the law faculty and there are many more different sashes. Apart from this, the tunos always wear a band with different meanings because these bands can represent their wives, their friends or their families, even leader of the tunos I saw in Salamanca wore a band representing the Spanish flag, all depends on the tuno's personal ideas.
Most of the tunos study at University, while some of them are professors or even more, they do not have anything to do with the University. These tunos, who are neither students nor professors,have to pay a small amount of money to be members of the tuna.
The tunos of the medical faculty of Salamanca are the best tunos in Spain, in fact, they are very famous. I saw them in Salamanca and I must admit that I fell in love with them because they not only sang very well but they were also very nice.

Fondest memory: The thing I miss most when I am away from this Spanish city is the tunos of the medical faculty because they sing very well and always sing romantic songs.

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Fondest memory: This is maybe the most beautiful street in Salamanca, with all its trees and the lavender in the middle. Look at the third photo of this tip, where the foliage hides the traffic lights! It was a pleasure to have a walk there.

Favorite thing: What I most liked in the façade of the Universidad de Salamanca was the tondo portraying King Ferdinando and Queen Elisabetha (their names are written under their bodies). Moreover, I was glad to read an inscription in Greek that says The royals to education and this one to the royals.
Anyway, even if you cannot read Greek, you can enjoy the beauty of the two sculptures and of the decorations.