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Published: February 16th 2018
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Sevilla
the Guadalquivir, one of Spain's longest runs through the city. This taken from the ancient Torre del Oro where the treasure ships returning from the Americas with all of their plunder, stored the gold to be divvied up later. Our personal tour guides Stephen and Christine who live in nearby Coin took us on a 4 day tour which included Sevilla and Cadiz.
Sevilla has many beautiful Plazas, outdoor seating areas. and seemed a little less hectic than Madrid. In some ways I would compare it to Melbourne, with Sydney as Madrid.
Apparently it is stiflingly hot in summer.
Cadiz is well positioned on the coast and played an important role in Spain's era as a dominant naval power until Drake and the British navy took over.
We had one of our most enjoyable meals here, fish called John Dory or Peter's Fish...it used to be available in Sydney but we have not had it for many years.
Marlene celebrated her birthday in Malaga this year and recalled that she has not had a birthday in Canada since 2001.
We took the high speed train to Cordoba and back. 135km in 55 minutes. 2 nights there in the wonderful El Conquistador Hotel which was perfectly situated in the old town, walking distance to everything we wanted to see.
There are 3 panoramic pics at the beginning of this blog; they scroll
Torre del Oro
There is also a Torre de la Plata, or Silver Tower. through slowly.
The first is taken in the Plaza de Espana, Sevilla. The second is of Cadiz harbour front and fortress. Finally, the ruins of the Caliphate city of Medina Azahara on the outskirts of Cordoba.
Our last excursion of the Spanish leg comes next week when we head off to Tangier (Morocco), Algeciras and Gibraltar. We saved a few sights in Malaga until our final week here at the beginning of March.
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Stephen Cole
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Al Andaluz
Great blog - in which you have really done justice to the five major cities of Al Andaluz the moorish name for modern Andalucia. All five cities Malaga, Sevilla, Cordoba, Granada and Cadiz have this mix of ancient moorish, ancient spanish and then a modern european overlay.