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Our site is made by locals and language students, so we should have to know where we're talking about! We strive to provide you reliable, comprehensive and free travel information, all to let you enjoy Salamanca.

Looking for impressive historical architecture, an amazing academic atmosphere and a fabulous nightlife? Go Salamanca!

Introduction

Salamanca is also called ‘The Golden Town’, because of the use of sandstones as building material, what adds a golden glow in sunbeams to Salamanca’s monuments. The city is famous for one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world, hosting 50.000 students a year. More than 30.000 foreigners come to Salamanca every year to improve their Spanish language skills. This makes Salamanca a very cosmopolitan place, where students make new friends who come from all over the world.

Watch this Offical Promotional Video of Salamanca 2002, European Capital of Culture

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The University of Salamanca has strong influence on the atmosphere of the city and brings a boost to life. This city of only 180.000 inhabitants Salamanca astonishes with its richness of cultural and social events. This creates a very special and unusual mixture of bright lights of a big modern city and laziness of a small town.

A great advantage of Salamanca is the spoken language in this area. This is the purest Spanish in the world without any regional accents or dialects. This lets everybody improve his of her Spanish language skills in their normal daily life. That’s one of the reasons why many people choose to learn Spanish in Salamanca. Interesting culture, friendly atmosphere and an awesome nightlife; all this is waiting for you to be discovered.