Toledo Top Attractions

Catedral (Cathedral)
This is one of Spain's largest and finest cathedrals; don't miss the Sacristy art collection, the polychrome high altar screen, the magnificently carved choir stalls or the bizarre Transparente, where a hole has been cut into the main chapel for extra light.

Calle Cardenal Cisneros
Tel: (925) 222 241.
Website: www.architoledo.org/catedral/Default.htm

Sinagoga de Santa María la Blanca (Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca)
The oldest and biggest of the cities surviving synagogues, this building dates from the 12th century and is a masterpiece of finely carved wall panels and classic white Mudéjar horseshoe arches.

Calle de los Reyes Católicos 4
Tel: (925) 227 257.

Sinagoga del Transito/Museo Sefardi (Synagogue del Transito/Sephardic Museum)
Built in 1466 the side rooms of this synagogue now house a museum of the Jews in Spain, though the main hall with its magnificent friezes and ceiling is what lingers longest in the mind.

Calle Samuel Levi
Tel: (925) 223 665.
Website: www.museosefardi.net

Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes (Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes)
Aside from the cathedral, this is the finest church in the city, intended as the last resting place of the Catholic monarchs and featuring a beautiful cloister.

Calle San Juan de los Reyes 2
Tel: (925) 223 802.

Iglesia de Santo Tomé (St Tomé Church)
The architectural highlight of this 12th-century  church is its fine Mudéjar tower, but the crowds flock here to see El Greco's masterpiece El Entierro del Señor de Orgaz (The Burial of the Count of Orgaz).

Plaza del Conde
Tel: (925) 256 098.
Website: www.santotome.org