This classic Spanish City has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO Salamanca University was the first to be founded in Spain and is also one of the oldest in Europe . It was once regarded as one of the best European universities and was attended by some of the greatest and most famous Spanish thinkers, artists and writers. Salamanca it is said was the birth place of the Spanish language with the production of the first Grammar of the Castilian Language in the 15th century, which became the template and reason for its ability to spread over the world. Salamanca is the cross roads of The Vía de la Plata, the old Roman route that links the north and south of Spain, So for the tourist Salamanca is a good base to explore interesting towns and villages nearby, that are also on the path of this ancient road, such as Guijuelo and Béjar