Seville

 

The streets of Seville (old town) are similar to other ancient city streets...narrow, cobblestone, and lovely.  Seville is a beautiful city with many parks, the Quadalquivir River and spectacular ancient buildings with beautiful tile on both the facade and interiors.

Spanish architecture has arched doorways and windows and ornate buildings. It also has lots of fancy iron works on windows and patios.

In contrast, they have built a huge wooden structure that they call Setas ("The Mushrooms") right in the middle of the old part of town.  It's a perfect shady park spot surrounded by old, fancy buildings.

Night view of Seville.

We embraced the Spanish way of life.  Siesta in the afternoon, dinner at 9 pm and then a walk around. Seville was very hot while we were there so the siesta was a welcomed way to get out of the heat.  The evenings were beautiful and full of life.  Everyone is out in the town.  There is dancing in the park, children playing in the streets, bustling restaurants...it's when the Spanish culture comes alive.

Of course the food is fabulous. It seems there is no bad food in Seville and we tried to sample it all. We even blundered in to a Michelin restaurant for lunch that was really a great surprise.