Camping La Capea

Spectacular and lively Salamanca is famed throughout Spain – and beyond – for its ancient architecture and hillside setting, high above the Tormes river. There's loads to see in the city, but the Camping La Capea team particularly recommends the Catedral Nueva and the Dominican monastery Convento de San Esteban, as well as the world-famed Universidad Civil, the Salamanca university founded in 1218 (it's the oldest university in Spain and the fourth oldest Western university in the world). Another must is the Casa Lis Art Nouveau and Art Deco Museum, home to an extensive collection of sculpture, paintings, art deco and art nouveau pieces, set in a beaut and bright Catalan art nouveau house. There's also the Plaza Mayor or main square, built between 1729 and 1755 and now with the accolade of the most spectacular plaza in all of Spain: potter along and see if you agree. Fab views can be had along the Via de la Plata, Spain's longest pilgrim route, starting from Seville in Andalucia and running northwards through the provinces of Extremadura and Castille and Leon to join with the Camino de Santiago.