Central Spain Voyage Tips and guide

Central Spain (Spanish Zona central de España) is in Spain.

Map of Central Spain

• 40.416944-3.7033331 Madrid — Spain's capital and largest city, it has grand avenues, plazas, buildings and monuments, and world-class art galleries and museums
• 38.87789-6.9706092 Badajoz — it is crowned by the ruins of a Moorish castle, has the powerfully armed fort of San Cristobal, and even its cathedral resembles a fortress, with massive walls
• 39.473056-6.3711113 Cáceres — a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• 42.598889-5.5669444 León — a city on the Way of St. James that has a vast cultural, historical and architectural heritage
• 38.915833-6.3333335 Mérida — its well-preserved Roman ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage site
• 40.965-5.6641676 Salamanca — its historic centre has many Romanesque, Gothic, Moorish, Renaissance and Baroque monuments
• 39.866667-4.0333337 Toledo — a historic city and UNESCO World Heritage site sitting majestically above the Tagus River
• 41.503333-5.7555568 Zamora — has the highest concentration of Romanesque art and architecture in Europe

• 39.396389-4.4872221 Cabañeros National Park — a natural park with woodlands, meadows, rugged hills and wildlife, including Iberian lynxes and imperial eagles. There are hiking trails, dense forests of cork oak and river valleys.
• 40.139722-5.8805562 Valle del Jerte — a rural area, declared Bien de Interés Cultural
• Way of St. James — a traditional pilgrimage and modern hiking route

Central Spain has a very different climate than the coastal areas. Unlike the coasts, which have a typical Mediterranean climate, the inland areas have a continental climate. The summers are very hot, regularly exceeding 35 º C. By contrast, there are very low temperatures in winter. The locals use an old Castillian saying to describe their climate as "nine months of winter and three months of hell".

The winters are often accompanied by heavy snowfall. Although it rarely rains during summer, there is often heavy rainfall in spring and autumn. The annual rainfall exceeds 500mm.