To Seville and Cadiz
10/08/07 16:23 Filed in: Spain - Andalucia
A tourism day today. A friend who has a holiday home here is flying out of Seville and his wife suggests some sightseeing after dropping him at the airport.
The last time I was in Seville was in 1973 and I don't remember a whole lot. We strolled through the old town, enjoyed a tapas lunch at Casa la Viuda on calle Albareda, took refuge from the heat in a fine old hotel bar and did a circuit through the gardens past the Plaza de España built for the 1929 Ibero-American expo. This is quite lovely and features tiled murals showing a map and significant historic scene from each Spanish provence.
This plaza featured in the film 'Lawrence of Arabia" depicting British Army headquarters in Cairo.
Plaza de España centre - It fans out in a large semi-circle on either side of this building.
Detail from the Coruña mural. This depicts King Carlos 1 embarking at La Coruña for a voyage to Germany. The steps from which he embarked are still there though no longer on the waterfront.
Map of Coruña provence.
Stair detail, Plaza de España centre.
Western end of Plaza de España built for the 1929 Ibero-American expo.
As if Seville was not enough, we paid a short visit to Cadiz which is on the western side of the bay of Cadiz opposite Puerto Sherry.
Built along a long peninsular with the bay of Cadiz on one side and the Atlantic on the other Cadiz is a lovely little city with one of the most attractive built environments I have seen in Spain. With land area very restricted the buildings are taller and set along narrow streets which remain in shadow and therefore cooler.
Cooling is further enhanced by the rigging of sun canopies over certain public areas and some streets (as in Seville). There are numerous gardens and squares and with cars more or less excluded from the centre Cadiz seems a very people friendly place. I was very impressed with the white marble cathedral and the truly massive sea walls along the western edge of the old city.
I will have to come back and check the marina facilities.
The last time I was in Seville was in 1973 and I don't remember a whole lot. We strolled through the old town, enjoyed a tapas lunch at Casa la Viuda on calle Albareda, took refuge from the heat in a fine old hotel bar and did a circuit through the gardens past the Plaza de España built for the 1929 Ibero-American expo. This is quite lovely and features tiled murals showing a map and significant historic scene from each Spanish provence.
This plaza featured in the film 'Lawrence of Arabia" depicting British Army headquarters in Cairo.
Plaza de España centre - It fans out in a large semi-circle on either side of this building.
Detail from the Coruña mural. This depicts King Carlos 1 embarking at La Coruña for a voyage to Germany. The steps from which he embarked are still there though no longer on the waterfront.
Map of Coruña provence.
Stair detail, Plaza de España centre.
Western end of Plaza de España built for the 1929 Ibero-American expo.
As if Seville was not enough, we paid a short visit to Cadiz which is on the western side of the bay of Cadiz opposite Puerto Sherry.
Built along a long peninsular with the bay of Cadiz on one side and the Atlantic on the other Cadiz is a lovely little city with one of the most attractive built environments I have seen in Spain. With land area very restricted the buildings are taller and set along narrow streets which remain in shadow and therefore cooler.
Cooling is further enhanced by the rigging of sun canopies over certain public areas and some streets (as in Seville). There are numerous gardens and squares and with cars more or less excluded from the centre Cadiz seems a very people friendly place. I was very impressed with the white marble cathedral and the truly massive sea walls along the western edge of the old city.
I will have to come back and check the marina facilities.