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

Figure 8: Longitudinal characteristics of the northern itinerary.

Source: Own elaboration

Toledo could have a short and pedestrian friendly access to the city center, following the
Alcántara Bridge itinerary, but it seems that the city prefers to provide a comfortable bus
connection, maybe trying to ease the ascent to the historic city.

5. Conclusions

In historic cities with large tourist areas it is hard to know where the tourists go and which
streets do they follow. The use of GPS tracks may be a helpful tool, but it is difficult to obtain
the tracks, as GPS data loggers must be provided to and collected from the visitors. The use
of social networks sites as wikiloc, where the users share their tracks, may help in this task.
However, the amount of information is reduced as it is impossible to know precisely enough
when the route was made and by who. Yet, it is good enough to obtain density maps that show
an average of the tourists’ spatial distribution. When the number of access points is reduced,

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