Modern Caceres is a sprawling and bustling city with about 90.000 inhabitants. You cannot even see the towers of the Old Town from the access roads, as it's all very built up. No trouble parking though, for a mere 1 Euro-cent per minute I had a spot in a parking garage very close to the center.

A few narrow streets and you're at the Plaza Mayor, where you'll get the first view of the magnificent gates, walls, and towers of Caceres. The Torre del Bujaco is the most prominent one. You can climb it, and get a good overview of the historic centre. And have a good look at the numerous storks. They clearly like all those towers for nesting!

The Old Town is very compact and a pleasure to navigate on foot. It holds historic buildings very similar in style and colouring. It has a museum-ish atmosphere because only at the fringes there are houses where people actually live in. At one of the little plazas, a folk music & dance group was performing, entertaining the numerous day trippers around. I ended my tour on a terrace in the sun, an appropriate ending to a pleasant afternoon spent in Old Caceres.