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Coronado, José María. Moyano, Amparo. Romero de Ávila, Vicente.
Rodríguez Lázaro, Francisco Javier. Ruiz Fernández, Rita.

Southern Itinerary

Both sides finish once the Alcántara Bridge is crossed and they also share the first 200 m
because of the roundabout and street crossings configuration. Both sides must cross the
road to the station at the same point, where tourist can find a small sign on the wall (Figure
6), telling them to follow this historic itinerary. However, this indication is less visible than
the road traffic signs and touristic signs in the northern itinerary.

Figure 6. Pedestrians must cross at this point to follow the historic itinerary,
only sign posted with a very small sign on the wall of the building across the road.

Both sides present very different characteristics in the intermediate part of the itinerary and
must cross the road just once, either at the beginning of the river embankment or just before
the Alcántara Bridge.

In relation to the external band, both itineraries present problems in the last 80 m before
arriving to the Alcántara Bridge, because pedestrians must walk along narrow footpaths without
physical segregation from the traffic (Figure 7). The south side runs along a service lane with a
mixture of old and recent residential developments with uninteresting commercial properties.
On the contrary, and in spite of the narrow footpath on the north side (2 m which come to have
1.20 m in the narrower section), the existence of a promenade with a view to the river banks
and the city of Toledo on this side is an asset. The tree planted promenade provides a quality
external band and the view to the river banks and the city of Toledo in the background grades
high the internal band (Figure 7). However, in the only street crossing to the north side there
are no tourist indications.

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