The center of Salamanca is home to some great gems. You can visit one of them with this ticket to the Convent Museum of Santa Clara, which includes an audio guide to discover the choir, the cloister, the coffered ceiling and other treasures it houses.
Why Visit the Convent Museum of Santa Clara?
Located just 10 minutes from the emblematic Plaza Mayor of Salamanca, the Royal Convent of Santa Clara is one of the most important medieval buildings in the city, with origins dating back to no less than 1238!
With your ticket to the Convent Museum of Santa Clara, you'll visit all the rooms of the complex with an audio guide. You can start the tour in the church, which consists of a single nave with large arches, a semicircular niche and a main chapel with a flat roof.
Continue along into the Low Choir, whose walnut stalls were carved in 1550 by carvers Juan Méndez and Francisco de Lorena. On the other hand, in the High Choir, you will find many sacred works related to the community of Poor Clare nuns who lived in this building for eight centuries.
Be sure to stop and admire the 13th-century wall paintings and the coffered ceiling, an impressive wooden ceiling dating from the 14th century. It's also worth visiting the cloister, where you can contemplate various medieval designs with figurative and geometric decorations.
End your visit on a high note as you climb up to the tower's viewpoint. From this point, you can observe monuments of Salamanca like the New Cathedral, the belfry of the University, the palace of Anaya, the church of San Sebastian, the Clerecía or the church of San Martin.
The visit with an audio guide has an estimated duration of between 45 minutes and 1 hour.
Opening Hours
The Convent Museum of Santa Clara is open during the following hours:
- Tuesdays to Saturdays: from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
- Sundays: from 10 am to 2 pm
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