Who we are
Written from inside the walls.
Discover Zamora is an independent English-language guide to Zamora, Spain, written and published from Zamora itself. Not from a desk in London, not by an algorithm stitching together other people's reviews — from here, within walking distance of everything we recommend. When we say the train takes 1 h 03 min or the pincho moruno costs €1.10, it's because we've ridden it and paid it.
We are not the tourist board, and we don't take payment for coverage. If a sight is closed, we say it's closed. If something is overpriced, we don't feature it. Our only product is your trust — and trust, once spent, doesn't come back.
How we verify
Every practical claim on this site is checked on the ground: timetables, prices, opening hours, building works. Our live page — What's open today — is re-verified every week and carries a "last verified" date so you can judge its freshness yourself. When something changes, we update the page and tell subscribers of The Letter.
That includes the bad news. Right now we'd rather you knew before you fly that the Holy Week Museum is closed for works until January 2027 and the Parador until around late 2027 — with dates and alternatives — than discover it at a locked door. Publishing closures isn't negative; it's respect.
Why in English?
Because the number is absurd: only 6.7% of online reviews about Zamora are written in English. A city with Europe's densest Romanesque old town, a Holy Week declared of International Tourist Interest since 1986, and wines with 100 Parker points — and the English-speaking visitor has essentially no one talking to them. Meanwhile, international arrivals to the province jumped 55% in January 2026 alone. The visitors are coming; the information isn't. We exist to close that gap.
Who this is for
Our readers are travellers, not tourists. People in their fifties, sixties and seventies — often younger in spirit than in passport — who plan carefully, eat seriously, and take pride in arriving somewhere before the crowds do. If you'd rather have a real city to yourself than a famous one shared with ten thousand others, you are exactly who we write for.
Talk to us
Questions, corrections, a closure we've missed, a bar we should try — we read everything. Email us at hello@discoverzamora.com. We answer in English and in Spanish; write in whichever you prefer.
Found an error? Tell us and you'll be credited in the fix. The fastest way to make this guide better is a reader who was just there.
