JUEVES (THURSDAY) 20TH JUNE The gates to the Jardines del Real Alcazar (Gardens of the Royal Palace) opened at 9pm, which gave me over an hour to wander them before the concert began at 10:30pm. They were incredible (I'm running out of superlative adjectives!) - spacious, surrounded by a 10m wall. Incorporated into the design was a maze, an additional wall that divided the gardens along which you ...could 'promenade' and see over the whole area, and various 'rooms'. Seats and urns at the end of paths beckoned you to venture along them. Dusk was hastily approaching but some focus plants were lit with uplights. Peacocks pecked at the lawn and made their haunting call. Spring is finishing so many flowers have passed their best, but still could be seen acanthus, canna lillies, cliveas and roses.
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