Iglesia de Santa Maria la Mayor
A Romanesque-Gothic church near the castle with a 25-panel retablo by Fernando Gallego and a climbable bell tower. The interior charges a small fee but the views from the tower over Plaza Mayor are worth it.
Castle in Trujillo
A 10th-century Moorish fortress on the hilltop above town with panoramic views over the Extremaduran plains. A small fee applies, but the walk up through the old walled quarter is free and part of the experience.
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Other places worth the walk, and what each one costs.
A Romanesque-Gothic church near the castle with a 25-panel retablo by Fernando Gallego and a climbable bell tower. The interior charges a small fee but the views from the tower over Plaza Mayor are worth it.
A grand irregular square surrounded by Renaissance palaces built by conquistadors who returned wealthy from the Americas. Free and atmospheric, it is dominated by the equestrian statue of Francisco Pizarro.
The medieval walled upper town climbing from the Plaza Mayor to the castle, with stone palaces and stork-nested towers. Free to wander and largely untouched by mass tourism, it feels like stepping into 16th-century Spain.
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The whole of Trujillo