MADRID’S MERCADO DE SAN MIGUEL Our travels through Andalusia came to an end today with a 5 hour bus ride from Granada to Madrid*. We’re now in Madrid, Spain’s illustrious capital, and will be here for the next few days before flying out and leaving Europe behind completely […]
GRANADA’S GREAT FORTRESS Alongside Seville’s Alcazar and Cordoba’s Mezquita, the last (but certainly not least) of Spain’s triad of amazing Moorish sites is Granada’s Alhambra. This immense fortress dominates the skyline here in Granada, occupying the top of Sabika Hill to the East of the city. Within its […]
A LITTLE MORE OF SUNNY SEVILLE, THEN ON TO GRUMPY GRANADA… With half a day in Seville left, and having seen the old town, cathedral and Alcazar already, we decided to spend our morning visiting some of the best plazas around town, including Plaza de la Encarnación, Plaza […]
THE MYSTICAL MEZQUITA OF CORDOBA During the Muslim occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, Córdoba became one of the largest and most enlightened cities in the Caliphate. What is today a small, nondescript Andalusian town was once one of the greatest cities of the Medieval world, rivalling Constantinople in the […]
THE ASTONISHING ALCAZAR OF SEVILLE Seville has played host to a series of contrasting cultures from its Roman origins, followed by 500 years of Islamic occupation, and culminating in the Christian reconquest of the 13th century. The city’s architecture reflects its diverse history, no more so than the […]
Wandering Soles 