With an audio guide, available in several languages, you can enjoy a tour of the two cathedrals dedicated to the Virgin Mary that Plasencia has today: the New Cathedral and the Old Cathedral, or Cathedral of Santa María. They form the city's most significant architectural and artistic ensemble. Both are incomplete.

The first has a chevet and a transept, but is missing the naves of the body and the gable or façade at the west end of the church. The second lacks a chevet and a transept, which were demolished to build the New Cathedral. Externally, a not very convincing visual discontinuity joins the two cathedrals.

The complex boasts a variety of spaces, façades, statues, and more that delight visitors. The New Cathedral is more spacious, luxurious, and modern than the Old Cathedral, which is more austere and primitive; also more intimate and mysterious.