Both Granada and Leon were settled by the Spanish in the early 15 th C . So I felt I had to continue on to Leon.... it takes about 2.5 hours by road. The hotel arranged for me to go by shuttle.
Again I chose to stay in an old building in the historic centre, the El Convento hotel...... it had actually been a convent attached to the San Franciso church!
It was delightful......but the rooms were not now as small as the prior cells!
The main attraction in Leon is the Unesco Cathedral.....
The area around the cathedral in downtown Leon was interesting. Lots of evidence of the Sandinista era....
The Centro de Art in Leon is amazing! It is housed in 6 old colonial homes which are also amazing!
...and a room with 17 Picasso lithographs........ they had quite a few from the 29 lithographs from his Portrait Imaginaire period ............
..and a few Henry Moore's.....
they did also have quite a few religious works!
It was amazing and totally unexpected!
