Carmona, Spain

We spent Tuesday morning in Carmona, a small town about thirty minutes northeast of Sevilla.  It was an important fortress during the reconquista.  It was from here that Ferdinand III launched his attack that toppled Sevilla, the Muslim capital ...

Our night in Carmona was fabulous, we'd been staying in the very cheapest places we could find (that didn't have cockroaches larger than us), skimping wherever we could in order to feel better about splashing out for our last night on this outing ... in a ...

... ; The rest of the town is very pretty with narrow cobbled streets lined with white buildings at all angles but upright.  From Carmona we head towards the eastern edge of Seville - we have no intention of going in and plan to skirt it on the ...

... Seville first thing, picked up rental car, and had quiet wander around and lunch in centre of Seville before heading out to Carmona, a beautifully-preserved   old hill town 35 km north of Seville. When the rain eased, the view over the plains was wonderful! ...