Spain 2018 part II - Andalucía

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April 5th 2018

Published: July 8th 2018

Hike where people have died, arena where bulls have died, ancient burial sites and a cathedral where there is a dead explorer When I read through this blog entry I notice that a lot of it is about death in one way or another. That was not intentional. Even though death seems to be a theme I still don't think it is neither depressing nor dark. Well, you can read it and judge for yourself. I... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Seville Cathedral

One section of the church

Seville Cathedral

A ceiling

Seville Cathedral

One of the cathedral's domes

Torre del Oro

13th century military watchtower

Antequera Dolmens

Antequera is the name of a town and Dolmens are a kind of ancient burial mounds

Antequera Dolmens

There are three of these buriel mounds in total. They are 20 meters or so in diameter and maybe four meters high and there is a tunnel leading into each one of them.

Antequera Dolmens

What makes them spectacular, and what also made them earn a spot on the UNESCO World Heritage Site, is their age. It is believed that they were erected 4,000 years ago

Antequera Dolmens

The dolmens were erected roughly at the same time as the pyramids in Egypt.

Antequera Dolmens

There is a tunnel leading into each one of the three dolmens

8th July 2018

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

OMG!

8th July 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

I am sure the views are spectacular
I am sure that the views from the trail are incredible. I would love to do that hike some day. /Ake

8th July 2018

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Thanks for sharing. I didn't get to Seville when I was on the Costa del Sol.

8th July 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Sorry you missed it
I am sure you would have loved it so I'm sorry you missed it. /Ake

12th July 2018

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Gorgeous Andalusia
We made the decision not to enter the bullring in Ronda exactly for the reasons you mentioned, but I can see your point too. We live in hope that by the time we visit next, bull fighting and related activities will no longer exist... even though I think it's very unlikely to be legislated against in the south, it's quite likely that it will naturally decline (only older people seem to attend the fights these days). That hiking trail on that narrow ledge is insane, but also looks like a lot of fun! :)

12th July 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Let us hope you are right
Let's hope you are right in thinking that bull fighting will disappear in a few decades. Thank you for reading our blog. /Ake

14th July 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Bullfighting
Hopefully it will go by the way side. It is also important to understand why it is important to the culture not as entertainment. Tough decisions. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

14th July 2018

A Small Swede in the Big World
Per-Olof Persson

Amazing!
I haven't been to this part of Spain yet but after this I really want to go!

15th July 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

There are much to see there. I spent 5 days there I think and I would have needed at least 10 days more to have time to see all the most important and interesting sites. /Ake

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