travel42 Port Guide: Salamanca

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Originally a fortified Roman camp, the historic university town of Salamanca, Spain, is an architectural delight with its narrow cobblestoned streets and buildings carved from a unique golden stone.

The town used to be a summer resort for Madrid's wealthiest families (only 130 mi/210 km to the southeast), and it retains an air of propriety.

Plaza Mayor, surrounded by four-story buildings with baroque ironwork, is one of the most beautiful in Spain (and, until 150 years ago, the site of bull...