Real Monasterio de Santo Tomas

A quiet visit

I arrived at 11:30 and throughout my one hour visit I was the only one there. The entry cost of €4 is good value for the solitude. I loved walking around the three cloisters

Cloisters

Fascinating place with its beautiful three cloisters that was so much to see as its lingers to each deep historical value and perfectly designed and preserved.

Depressing, Cold

I had to suffer through a 1.5 hour guided tour of this place. It has all the usual things an old monastery has, but each element is mediocre and hardly worth the bother. The stonework is bleak and ...

A quiet but full of charm place. I wish the signs with directions were more clearly placed.

It is a very short but enjoyable walk from Altazar gates down the hill. The cloisters ,serene and relaxing; the church with wooden carved seats on the second floor,;the massive rectangle of Don Juan '...

We only saw the Monastery from a distance

Although we only saw it from a distance, it did look impressive and we would have liked a better viewing - one of the very few downsides to being on a conducted tour. It's well outside Avila, but we ...