The privileged geographical situation of the city of Badajoz, her it is allowed to be the perfect base to know so much the Autonomous Community of Estremadura, as the similar Portuguese distrity of the Alentejo. An hour she separates this capital of three famous localities, declared Patrimony of the Humanity: Caceres, Merida and Evora.
Caceres, in the High Estremadura with Roman and Arabic precedents, offers the historical medieval only hull in Spain, which allows the tourist to travel a Golden century or to the times of the Conquest of America.
In Merida (capital of the Community extremaña) the indelible fingerprints remain, of the Roman Empire, the Arabs and visigodos. But they are the Roman fingerprints those that give him the character of modal to the former capital of the Lusitan.
In Portugal, to 90 kms. of Badajoz for highway, one finds Evora's city, which in teimpos was the capital of the kingdom luso. Gothic, baroque, Renaissance, they are distributed by his(its) ancient neighborhood, defended in turn by the fortification abaluartada of the century XVII. A city of the beautiful mas of the neighboring country.
And Badajoz, the cardinal old woman of the kings Aftásidas. With its medieval fort and her fortifications bastions. And its river The Guadiana, with wonderful puttings of the Sun. Center of services and commercial exponent of Estremadura and the Alentejo. Polished gastronomy (restaurants and bars of snack). Facilities of playtime and sports. Museums, with a varied offer and subject matters. And in the night, multitude of places of leisure and glasses. And besides the Great Casino of Estremadura.
And the neighbor Elvas to approximately 15 kilometres. Or Estremoz, Portalegre or Vila-Viçosa. All of them in Portugal, noble, proud and extremely hospitable country. Besides, Olivenza (the city mas Portuguese of Spain), Sugar cane crop, Alburquerque and so many so beautiful and showy localities, that for if alone they deserve to use to Badajoz since(as,like) " center of operations in some mini (big) vacations in any epoch of the year.
TURISM FOR EXTREMADURA AND ALENTEJO FROM BADAJOZ
