A renaissance city, Salamanca offers layers of history making this city a UNESCO world heritage site.  The city’s sandstone buildings offer an illuminating golden glow giving Salamance the nickname "La Dorada", meaning the Golden City. Salamanca’s history dates back to the Celtic times. It’s large famous bridge is evidence of  Roman domination, as it was built during the time of Trajan as an important part of the Silver Route. Subsequently, Salamanca saw the times of the Moors who also left some architectural sites and influenced the culture of today. Though Salamanca has a population of about 180,000 offering all the same advantages of a large city, it maintains the charm and intimacy of a small town. This has contributed to making Salamanca a popular city in which to study Spanish as it offers both the charm of an old, small and intimate village yet all the conveniences of a is large and modern city.

 In Salamanca, the inhabitants speak the "purest" Spanish in Spain - Castilian. For this reason Salamanca is enormously popular with people all over the world who want to learn Spanish.

Salamanca has a major university and therefore has those fun activities inherent in a university city. In addition, there are abundant travel opportunities as Madrid and Portugal are just a hop skip and a jump away.

Salamanca is a perfect city for those who want to learn the purest Spanish and go out and have a good time.