Antiguo Convento de San Marcos

Antiguo Convento de San Marcos, one of the most iconic monuments of Spain and Europe.

Antiguo Convento de San Marcos is a jewel surrounded by a large pedestrian plaza. The origins of this magnificent monument lie in the 12th century and finished in the 16th century. The impressive and...

Impressive front, but renovation is ongoing

This is about a 15 minute walk from the old town, either a pleasant walk along the river, or a nice walk through late 1800 and early 1900 buildings. This convent has a very long and nice front, well w...

Closed for 'obras'

A 15' walk just to see the (still impressive) front. We obviously didnot prepare enough. No more Parador either, where we wanted to do a nice lunch. Have to come back in a couple of years time ...

Perfect stop on way leaving the city

Stopoped here as I was leaving teh city. Iconic pilgrim statue in front, beautiful museum inside with Knights of Santiago paintings. Well worth the visit.

Antiguo Convento de San Marcos / Leon

Very nice antique building it was an ancien convent and later on a pilgrim hospice; today it's a splendid large parador, I visited the restaurant of the parador and it was very impressive, to recomm...