The oldest town in Spain

Cadiz As we crept further into winter, it made sense to move further south – and onto Cardiz. It turns out that it is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in Europe. A roman theatre was only discovered in 1980 after a fire destroyed some warehouses. Want to read more about Spain? Click here

Orange Trees

Seville Plaza de España The streets are lined with orange trees in this pretty town. Summer here is pretty hot and can climb into the 40°’s, so it’s definitely a siesta town. Seville orange trees Jewish Quarter Seville Cathedral The Puente de Isabel II, Puente de Triana or Triana Bridge The Plaza de toros de […]

A Moorish Palace

Granada, Spain Our fifth town in Spain was Granada. We are getting to the stage that we have done enough sightseeing but Granada is well known for its Moorish Citadel and Palace called the Alhambra. I had read that it gets 5,000 visitors a day and that they only allow a certain number of people […]

On the Moorish Trail

Córdoba Córdoba used to be the most cultural city in Europe during the 9th & 10th centuries. . It lies on the banks of the Guadalquivir river a few hours south of Madrid and is one of the hottest city in Spain during summer. Some of the old Roman walls can be seen but only four […]

Olé

Toledo The e in Toledo is pronounced with a long a sound as in lay, like Tollaydoh. It’s only half an hour by a fast train from Madrid. When I think of Toledo, the bull fights come to mind, but we didn’t go to any. I wouldn’t on principle as I think it’s cruel. Apparently […]

A Princess Castle

Our destinations Segovia The bus from Madrid to Segovia takes about an hour. But when we got there I had no idea what direction to take as I’d forgotten to look where our hotel was on a map. Leaving Lindsay with our bags I went in search of the Tourist office which ended up being […]

Tapas anyone?

Spain After Greece we took a short flight to Madrid. I didn’t really have a plans for Spain and had only booked our hotels in Madrid and Segovia as I’d lost all enthusiasm after travelling for so long. It’s not the time of year that I would choose to visit so I wasn’t planning on […]