The province of Salamanca is located in the west of Spain, specifically at 200 km to Madrid. This place of “Castilla y Leon” is characterized by its university life, its historical facts, their academic rhythm, its culture, religious monuments and its rich heritage legacy.
The city is full of tourist attraction; one example of that is the Museum of Salamanca, which is a historical relic because it has an extensive catalog of pieces exhibited owns of archeology, crafts, painting (pictorial works) and metalwork arts.
Salamanca with Iberinbound
Salamanca is well known thanks to the legendary university that has inside. The University of Salamanca is the third oldest university in Europe. Founded in 1218 by the king “Alfonso IX de León”, it has hosted in their classrooms, two of the most representative Spanish figures of the fifteenth century: Christopher Columbus and Miguel de Cervantes. One stand out by sailing the Mediterranean Sea in search of new lands and the other, by nurture the literature world with an immortal story in overtime “Don Quijote de la Mancha”
In this way, the University of Salamanca has a huge significant because in a current academic world, it represents a house of studies with centuries of experience promoting the arts and sciences. The architectural design of the university is also an attractive for lovers of medieval buildings, which has keep intact in despite of the course of the years.
In fact, during the medieval and modern period, the University of Salamanca was financed with royal and pontifical support. With these revenues (and additional incomes) the crown could finance five official faculties: Canon law, law, theology, medicine and arts-philosophy, besides of complementary teachings they have humanities, languages, mathematics and music in their academic program.
Knowing the historical value of this university, Iberinbound and its inbound travel agents offers in their services educational tours for the principal universities in Spain and Portugal. The principal job of a travel agency specialized in groups as Iberinbound is to transmit the cultural and historical power of Spain in their principal cities and especially, in their places of higher learning with guided visits and tours.