Ola from Seville, the heart of Andalusia!
Seville was among the most beautiful cities that I wanted to travel for a long time, so I had already been trying to plan a detailed route for a few weeks. As soon as I found a cheap ticket, which made me feel lucky, I started off for my trip, which took almost 7 hours by bus.
Before I mentioned about my trip, the road to Seville in which there were lovely lush green valleys, ducks, sheep farms, and lakes had already been enough to impress me a lot. Even, I got angry at myself for every nice view that I missed while sleeping on the road. When I arrived, I moved around the city and then went to my hostel that I had already arranged at a very small price because I was going to wake up very early on the next day.
It was warm and sunny in the morning and I left the hostel to visit the Real Alcazar immediately. It is useful to go there earlier because the palace opens its doors to too many visitors that are waiting in line for a long time during almost every season. Since I went early, I entered inside without waiting at all. Each detail in the palace was so amazing that it would be impossible not to be affected by them. I felt as if I had been living in that period, as everything looked like very new, which is an indicator of their being masters in preserving their own structures. I was fascinated by the people of that old period and the contemporaries. It was highly huge and it was almost likely to get lost inside. I especially recommend everyone to get lost in the garden because I loved it. Seeing so many beautiful things in almost one hour made my eyes dazzle.
After Real Alcazar, I kept on being impressed by the Seville Cathedral and the Giralda Tower, which are both beauties of the architecture as well. Then, I turned my way to Plaza de Espana, which is very glorious square with numerous bridges that represents the ancient kingdoms of Spain. I am very happy that I had the chance to watch flamenco dance of street artists in Plaza de Espana.
What is more, it is located in the unique Maria Luisa Park that is the principal green area of Seville as a botanical garden. It is likely to come across many plant species, fountains and lakes with many monuments and ponds in addition. In this park there were two statuettes found there for a long time, representing Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, however they disappeared. I loved the ceramic streetlights, benches or even pavements, which exhibits Roman mosaics and artefacts.
The next destination was Santa Cruz, which is the primary tourist neighborhood of Seville and the former Jewish quarter of the medieval city. I enjoyed walking around on the very yellow and narrow streets. Also, I can’t help talking about fragrant orange trees in Santa Cruz. Then, I went to Metropol Parasol, which is a wooden structure that was designed by a German architect. I heard about some claims with regards to the largest wooden structure to be in the world but I am not totally sure. Since I went everywhere on foot, I completed my first day in Seville fully.
On my second day in Seville, I was not in a hurry to do something and I just enjoyed everything leisurely. I wandered around the Triana Bridge, that connects the Triana neighbourhood with the centre of the city and enjoyed the River Guadalquivir in a warm and sunny weather.
Lastly, I really wanted to write nice things about Spanish cuisine, but unfortunately I was a little bit disappointed about this. However, I must have to hand it to churros with chocolate sauce. I hope that I will be able to have an opportunity to crown my short trip to Seville with other beautiful cities of Spain again some day.
Gracias!
