What is the narrowest street or alley in Toledo?
Not long ago, in one of the many guided tours we do around the city, a tourist asked us an interesting question: what is the narrowest street in Toledo? We know many small alleys in …
Of droughts, great snowfalls and a certain bearded woman in Toledo in 1561 (Curiosities of Toledo, fifth part)
The well-known historian Sebastián de Horozco [1] has left us multiple news and stories of 16th century Toledo that he knew and kicked like nobody else. That century still holds many anecdotes and curiosities about …
Photographs of secret, inaccessible corners in Toledo Cathedral
Toledo is a labyrinthine city that hides great treasures behind enormous walls. Many of them are visible to all, in museums, monuments… Others are private, only accessible at certain times or never… Toledospain has shared …
Curiosities of Toledo, fourth part
Did you know that one of the first bans on smoking was found in Toledo in 1779? Or that not long ago the Toledans bathed in the Tagus; what were the “greedy Tuesdays”? José García …
How to cross the Tagus with the Passenger Boat to go to the Pilgrimage of the Valley
A curious way to cross the Tagus to reach the Pilgrimage of the Valley on May 1st is by means of the Passenger Boat, and it is free!. Below we tell you how to get …
El Greco and its hieroglyphics
Most painters used these so-called ‘hieroglyphics’ in their paintings to let us see certain subjects that in most cases their symbolism was forbidden by the Church or were frowned upon by kings, nobility or even …
This street is from Toledo
It calls much attention to own and strangers, that is to say, to the same toledanos and to the tourists who visit us, when they go walking by the streets of our city and suddenly …
The giant St. Christopher of Toledo Cathedral (San Cristobalón)
Toledo’s cathedral has countless wonders that make it a unique space. But today I would like to focus on a painting that we found on a wall located to the right of the Puerta de …
The interior of Toledo Cathedral, as never before recorded: with a Drone
This month (March 2016) it’s been a year since we recorded and published this very special video of the Cathedral. We remember it and enlarge it with the “how it was done” video. For the …
Things you can only do in Toledo
A few days ago I proposed on social networks a small contest for everyone to elaborate this article that we now share. A brief list of “things” that you can only do in Toledo and …
Toledan Christmas Curiosities
A handful of curiosities and Christmas anecdotes related to the city of Toledo. Happy Holidays to all. In the past, Zocodover was covered with herds of live turkeys, chickens and chickens, baker’s stalls, zambombas, figures …
“The row of the one-armed” Missing and abandoned movie theatres in Toledo
As you know, we are working on the book “Hidden and Secret Toledo” (Hidden and Secret Toledo), but we don’t stop visiting places… We want to share with all of you one of the articles …
Christ of the Blood in Zocodover, Toledo
Many of the visitors (and inhabitants) of Toledo are unaware that on the Arco de la Sangre that gives access to Zocodover there is a small chapel that keeps old traditions and an important Christ …
The Custody of Toledo Cathedral
Defined as one of the greatest jewels of Christianity, the “Custody” of Toledo Cathedral, a tower of more than two meters of gold and silver, runs through the streets of the city during Corpus Christi. …