No we didn't do the tourist tour the city by horse and cart or climb the Giralda Tower but we did succumb the other main tourist attraction - the Alcazar Palace of Sevilla. It was an incredible but not a really enjoyable experience. Hot, crowded and all just too much!
The history and architecture were truly amazing as you can see from this short video. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/a-walk-through-the-royal-alc%C3%A1zar-in-seville-ayuntamiento-de-sevilla/mAVxSW6XgETNJQ?hl=en
There were two things we loved...the gardens - (There are thirteen of them in all, Flower, Pond, Lady's, Troy, Dance etc). Most people were trying to recognise scenes from the 'Game of Thrones' but we loved the plants, they were truly beautiful.
The story is that it was built for the mistress of Pedro I (Pedro the Cruel). She would walk naked through the palace to bathe in the pool. Pedro insisted that embassadors drank from her bathing water before they consulted with him. (He wasn't called Pedro the Cruel for nothing!)
She bore him several children but he didn't marry her until after she died (weird eh?) when he asked the Pope to annul all his previous marriages and declare them man and wife!
I must have been such a relief to swim and escape the relentless sun or in our case tourists!
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