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Valladolid
Municipality in Castile and León, Spain

Valladolid

Valladolid, also popularly known as Pucela, is a city in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the autonomous community of Castile and León.

It is also the capital of the province of Valladolid. With a population of 299,816 as of 2024, it is the most populated municipality in the region. The city is located roughly in the centre of the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula's Meseta Central, at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers 15 km (9.3 mi) before they join the Duero, surrounded by winegrowing areas.

How locals move

Getting around Valladolid the local way

  • Get inYou can have a look on Blablacar for shared rides.
  • Get aroundThere are no city buses in Valladolid, only colectivos (minibuses) going on the federal roads out of town for example to the western and northern direction, but not south.

From Wikivoyage: Valladolid (Mexico), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-02.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: PEPE GADEIRAS (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.