The Middle Ages were a period of war and upheaval throughout Europe. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) was ruled by Germanic Visigoths before being invaded by the Moors from North Africa. There then followed nearly a thousand years of “reconquest” as Spanish armies battled to defeat the Moorish Caliphates.
Today there are dozens of villages and towns across Spain where, with a little imagination, you can step back in time to the Middle Ages. The following are five of my favorites:
1. Toledo
Richard, Traveling Ted
