Toledo, Spain — City Information
City Facts
- Location
- Province of Castilla-La Mancha on Spain's central mesa (plateau).
- Time Zone
- GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October).
- Electricity
- 220V 50 Hz.
- Average January Temperatures
- 5ºC (41.5ºF).
- Average July Temperatures
- 24ºC (75.5ºF).
- Average Annual Rainfall
- 439mm (17 inches).
Cost of Living
| 1.00 GBP = 1.13 EUR |
| 1.00 USD = 0.7 EUR |
| Currency conversion rates as of 19 July 2011 |
Special Events
Semana Santa (Holy Week)
April
A week of large-scale religious processions parading often huge statues through the main streets, featuring hooded penitents. Good Friday is the main parade.
Throughout Toledo
Website: www.semanasantatoledo.com
Corpus Christi
May-June
This is the most important festival in Toledo featuring religious processions on a carpet of flower petals and fragrant herbs, at the heart of which is the huge Monstrance from the Cathedral (said to have been made with the first gold brought from America). Children in fancy costume, bands and giant papier-maché figures lighten the proceedings.
Throughout Toledo
Website: www.corpuschristitoledo.es
Festival Internacional de Música de Toledo
May-June
A month of classical concerts.
Museo de Santa Cruz and other venues around Toledo
Website: www.toledofestival.com
Los Patios
June
Many of Toledo's finest privately owned patios, hitherto inaccessible to the public are opened.
Jazz Festival
November
Local, national and international bands perform in the city.
Teatro de Rojas and other venues around Toledo
