Private Tour

A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Salamanca

Overview

Available languages

English

Dutch

Mobile ticket

On this self-guided walking tour, you will enjoy highlights and humor in the university city of Salamanca—from a guide who has never left. Salamanca may be small, but Spain’s oldest university city has a long history. On this walking tour, Martoke will show you the tiny city’s highlights and share some of its quirky – and often humorous – stories.

I’ll share a few famous anecdotes about the square on this tour, including its bullfighting past. At Palacio de Monterrey (Monterrey’s Palace), I’ll explain how its symmetrical features make it a fine example of Renaissance architecture. When you reach Salamanca Cathedral, you’ll hear astonishing tales of what PhD candidates went through in the early 1300s. At the Convent of San Esteban, you’ll find out how the current Gregorian Calendar foundations were laid right here.

Salamanca may be a small city, but you can’t imagine the history it can tell! Join me, and we’ll discover it together.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Please bring your own smartphone and headphones

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Get unlimited, lifetime use of this tour, before your booking date and after it

The virtual playback option, so you can listen to this tour like an audiobook from anywhere

Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour

Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start

Smartphone and headphones

What To Expect

Plaza Mayor

The tour begins in Plaza Mayor, the vibrant baroque-era market square of Salamanca. While passing by, any purchases or entry fees to attractions within the square are not included in the tour cost.

Admission Not Applicable

Pass by Palacio de Monterrey, admiring its symmetrical features and Renaissance architecture. While walking by, any entry fees or guided tours are not included in the tour cost.

Admission Not Applicable

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A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Salamanca

Reviews

4.44

16 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Perfect companion to tour Salamanca
Genevieve C,
Oct 20, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
We both loved being able to listen independantly while walking. The narrator was very informative. The ability to have a in-time map, and link our location to triggering the guides relevant info was great. Not having to fit in with a set timing or location, not having to stop and start a recordiing or ourselves was so good. The narrators voice was really engging and pleasant to listen to. I wanted to sit down over a drink and talk with them! Thanks for gret way to see one of the most interesting and beautiful cities in Spain.
Perfect walking tour
laurahL5478LQ,
Oct 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Great tour. Explains so much about the local history and associated buildings. Very easy to follow. Highly recommend!
Easy to follow
Nancy T,
Sep 25, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00
Good guide and interesting. Much easier to find your way around than others I’ve used. Took a bit of time to work out how to stop and start but it’s possible.
Excellent tour of a beautiful City
330siobhanh,
Jul 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
An excellent tour, with interesting facts about the key points and an excellent directions function. We prefer self guided as we can move at our own pace and this one was brilliant.
Saunter round Salamanca
David R,
Jun 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Just what we wanted! Good information on main sights in Salamanca (but not too much!) and we could go round at our own pace. Highly recommended if that’s what you e.
Great guide
suemccanny2,
May 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Great guide. Covered everything we needed at our own pace. Could pause for drinks, food and rest at will. Better than a large guided tour. Lots of information and some rather surprising and funny facts!
Find another tour
Jeffrey L,
May 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
The directions to the second location were impossible to find and we searched 30 minutes to find the next location. After 15 minutes listening at the starting point we abandoned the tour as it was not at all clear where to go next. This particular tour was a complete waste of time and money.
Directions lacking, understandable accent.
rene49x,
Mar 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00
It was difficult to stay on track, the directions could have been more detailed. Her accent was understandable as opposed to other guides.
Definitely recommend
UK-Colorado,
Dec 9, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We really enjoyed that this tour downloaded to our phone so we didn't have to use data to take the tour. This method was also much better than QR codes and wifi in museums for preserving phone battery. It was great being able to to a self-paced tour in English. We were able to stop and take breaks along the way. The information provided was amusing and engaging. FYI: you do have to download a separate app (VoiceMap) and agree to that app's terms as well.
engaging and convenient
Araceli A,
Sep 27, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00
I liked the anecdotes about historical characters. This audio tour can start and stop at will. We were able to do part of it yesterday and continue today. The map with the visual of the stop is also very helpful. Wish more tours were like this.