Monasterio de Sancti Spiritu

Sweet as heaven

Every year I go on holidays to a town near Toro and I always pay some visit to the great nuns there with the family to buy sweet pastries. This year in particular I went alone and tried two new kind I...

Delicious dulces

This is an interesting place to visit and there are guided tours, details at the tourist office at the Alcazar. What I always like to do is to go there and buy some of the almond cakes that are made b...

Out of the way, but worth the visit!

We had a private tour as part of a conference, but make sure you don't miss this monastery! The tapestries are especially impressive - exceeding those we saw in the larger museums of Zamora or Vallad...

Fascinating history.

Who would have thought that this monastery had so much history? The guide only spoke Spanish, however we had the help of an American student on 'Work Experience' to translate for us. The art work on s...

A marvel!

We came by here mainly to check out the sweets made by the nuns, and were amazed by the wonderful tour we were given. It is a remarkable place, filled with history and peace. The architecture is bea...