Barcelona - Day 1

Our visit to Spain started in Barcelona on beautiful warm sunny day. Coming from a wintry Sydney, it felt good to be in shorts and t-shirts.
After breakfast in our hotel, we spent the day walkingLue lisää
Our visit to Spain started in Barcelona on beautiful warm sunny day. Coming from a wintry Sydney, it felt good to be in shorts and t-shirts.
After breakfast in our hotel, we spent the day walkingLue lisää
Today we embarked on another walking tour of Barcelona, but this time we headed to the old town area, or Barri Gotic.
Again we took the Avenguda Diagonal, but this time we turned into Passeig deLue lisää
Started the day with a guided tour visit to Montserrat, a multi-peaked rocky range with strange eroded rock formations giving a serrated appearance located about 50km northwest of Barcelona.
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On another beautiful summer day in Spain we left Barcelona for our journey to Valencia, capital city of the state of Valencia famous for producing oranges (naranjas in Spanish).
On the way we had aLue lisää
Our day was mostly spent travelling the 500+ kilometres along the Costa Blanca from Valencia to Granada, and on arrival in Granada we visited the fantastic Alhambra.
This remarkable palace/fortressLue lisää
We had a morning tour of the Albayzin, the old Muslim quarter of Granada located on the hillside across from the Alhambra. This was where those who were not part of the palace or fortress used toLue lisää
On our second day in Seville, we visited the Maria Luisa Park, seeing the pavilions built for the Ibero-American Fair in 1929 on the way to the Plaza of Spain, where the Spanish pavilion is located.Lue lisää
After Seville we headed towards Madrid with a stop in the perfectly preserved Moorish city of Córdoba.
There we saw the 2,000 year old Roman bridge across the Guadalquivir River, called the PuenteLue lisää
Our first day in Madrid began with a bus tour through the city, looking at the key buildings and monuments, such as the Cibeles Fountain, the Parliament, and the Puerto Del Sol.
We stopped at theLue lisää
On our last morning in Madrid, we walked from our hotel, the Hesperia Madrid, into the city for some last minute sightseeing and shopping.
We bought two compilation CDs of flamenco music, one ofLue lisää
Teresa SwinbourneLooks wonderful Spain on our next European tour most definitely. Jealous tapas and paella 💕