Photo spot in Toledo

Mirador del Valle

The whole walled city seen from across the river — cathedral, alcázar and the Tagus wrapped round all of it.

About Mirador del Valle

Toledo sits on a granite hill inside a loop of the Tagus, and this viewpoint on the far bank is where you see that fact. The whole city stacks up in one frame — the cathedral spire, the square bulk of the Alcázar, the medieval walls and the river below.

The city faces roughly north from here, so it takes light across its face for most of the day rather than being backlit. Late afternoon warms the stone; after sunset the whole thing is floodlit and the twenty minutes of blue hour give you a completely different photograph.

It is a viewpoint on a road rather than a place you stumble into — four kilometres from the centre, and worth the taxi.

Best time to shoot

The last hour of light, or twenty minutes after sunset when the city lights up

Tips

Four kilometres from the old town along the Carretera de Circunvalación — taxi or car, not a walk. There is a lay-by to park in and it fills at sunset.

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Other spots in Toledo

The old town and Puente de San Martín

Steep stone lanes between the cathedral and the river, ending at a fourteenth-century bridge with towers at both ends.

Puente de Alcántara at blue hour

A Roman-founded stone bridge over the Tagus with the floodlit Alcázar rising behind it and the water holding the reflection.

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Mirador del Valle

About Mirador del Valle

Best time to shoot

Tips

Recent work in Toledo

Photographers who shoot at Mirador del Valle

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Other spots in Toledo

The old town and Puente de San Martín

Puente de Alcántara at blue hour

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