In Avila

Small town of Salamanca for its size, but great for guarding the mortal remains of our Mother.

St. Teresa of Jesus, in the church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, of the Discalced Carmelite nuns.

From there he ascended to heaven on October 4, 1582, a date that, with the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, became October 15, the date on which we celebrate his Solemnity.

Interesting CARMUS Museum, from which you can access to the chapel of the tomb of the Saint, which is accompanied by two beautiful reliquaries, one containing the heart and the other the left arm of the Saint, both incorrupt as the rest of the mortal remains.

Beautiful Castilian city that preserves the magnificent Roman Aqueduct that, together with the historic center, was

declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

The Aqueductaqueduct, the cathedralthe historical centerthe Alcazar where Walt Disney was inspired to draw his Snow White castle, already make the city worthy of a visit.

For us Discalced Carmelites, it has the added value of guarding the mortal remains of our father St. John of the Cross. remains of our father San Juan de la Cruz, in the church of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers. Interesting visit just this year of 2026, in which we celebrate the First Centenary of the Proclamation of St. John of the Cross as Doctor of the Church.

Valladolid, which houses what was the second foundation of the Discalced Carmel in 1567. In this monastery of Discalced Carmelite Mothers, St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross met, and the latter was conquered by Mother Teresa, for the foundation of the first monastery of Discalced Carmelite friars.

It also has the particularity of being the town where San Juan de la Cruz spent most of his childhood, and where he entered the Order of Carmen.

The church of the Barefoot Carmelite Fathers, the Castillo de la Mota, the Plaza Mayor, other reasons to visit this town, where the first bill of exchange was drawn in 1553.

In the convent of San Esteban, of the Dominican Fathers, is preserved the confessional that St. Teresa of Jesus used when she was in the city. In Salamanca was made the VII Teresian Foundation, in 1570.
The beautiful Plaza Mayor, the two Cathedrals, the University with its spectacular facade, the whole monumental center are more than convincing reasons to make a visit.
On the way to Salamanca, or on the way back, we will visit the "little place" of DURUELO, as Mother Teresa would say, where the first convent of Discalced Carmelite Fathers was founded on November 28, 1568, having as one of the first conventuals, San Juan de la Cruz. Nowadays there is a small chapel that remembers the place, and a monastery of Discalced Carmelite Mothers.Salamanca, Castilian capital, of unquestionable beauty and history, in each one of its stones, streets and squares. In its famous university, San Juan de la Cruz studied, being a student of Fray Luis de León.