Mansion Alcazar

... in some of the old gardens in order to shore up the medieval walls. We then emerged into the gardens of the Alcazar, where I could have spent considerable time. First, the Mercury pool, then fountains, orange trees, myrtles, a covered elevated ...

... I did want to see the two main sites of the Alcazar and the Cathedral (together with the Giralda).  Got to the Alcazar shortly after 9.30am after a typically good Spanish coffee (only a short walk from the first Starbucks that I´ve seen since I ...

... it was converted to a church. The whole square around the Giralda is full of beautiful buildings including the Real Alcazar, a royal palace built in the Moorish-Christian Mudhejar style. Like the Giralda, the Alcazar was originally an Almohad palace ...

... nbsp; Neither of us really liked what little we saw of the church. We went back outside, gathered our thoughts, and headed to the mansion of the Polentinos Family.  We thought we might be able to tour the mansion.  As it turned out, we could ...

... dancing live on, and ancient moor constructions continue to lure. Seville has the quietest Moor palace of all three, the Alcazar. All the signature architectual elements that made Granada famous can be found here, minus the crowd. There are lively ...

... feel. Sevilla was our first stop and we checked into Hotel Simon, for obvious reasons :)  A lovely place in an old mansion, but the staff were exceedingly rude, most noticeably demonstrated by a short and stout man we'll call Pedro.  ...

... the loud speakers god id great, god is great, mohamed is His prohet, come to prayer come to prayer. move on to the mansion where it has a history exhibition only in spainish, displays are good though. i remember the black and white setting on my camera ...

... veiws of the city. Of course we have had more tapas and an actual meal last night at a very nice restuarant that is an old mansion. Ok, there is much more to tell but when i dont write often i forget and right now i am tired so i willleave you all ...

... host Greg picked us up (www.couchsurfing.com) We spent the night in his amazing house, an old sherry family´s rented out mansion, ate a kilo and a half of fried fish for dinner, and tagged along with his american navy and local spanish friends at night. ...

So having made our way back to Quito and stayed in La Rabida for one more night. We decided to eat out and stumbled across a restaurant that rather bizarrely served only fondue - it turned out to be rather good! The following morning we were collected ...