Seville Day 3
The biking was fun the previous day but it also wore me out!
After another light breakfast, wandered over to the Catedral de Santa María de la Sede. According to my Lonely Planet Spain book, this is the largest church of its kind. Given the amount of detail and care given to these Catholic churches makes me think the Church was pretty wealthy in its day. Either that or there were alot of Spaniards with little to do in those times. The workmanship is impressive. It is rumored that the tomb in this cathedral belonged to Christopher Columbus. There is a debate whether or not the body inside is truly Christopher Columbus but I will choose to believe it is so.
The cathedral's tower is known as the Giralda. It was cool to be able to walk up and see the city views from the top.
Afterwards, walked over to Alcazar which is a Spanish palace. The digs here are especially nice, good to be royalty!
Due to the siestas in the afternoon, dinner time doesn't
start until 8 pm. After romping around the Cathedral, wandered back to the hotel to enjoy some pool time. Unfortunately, it ws not heated. I spent most of the time looking at the pool rather than swimming in it. Since the suana facilities looked nice, I did venture into the cold waters to quickly run to the sauna! :)
Waiting for dinner time, the idea of seeing a flamenco dancing popped up. After looking around, went to Vineria San Telmo based on the hotel's recommendation. It also rated on TripAdvisor as number 1 restaurant in Seville. The restaurant was not easy to find amongst all the other restaurants on this block. Preserverance won out and the restaurant was found. Even better that they were willing to take the group as a walk-in! It was an excellent recommendation from the hotel. Service was good and food was delicious. I will add that the flan in Spain is not the flan I'm used to in the States. Stickier and sweeter.
Afterwards, walked over to the La Carboneria at C/ Levies 18, 41004 Seville, Spain (Casco Antiguo). In reading the description and listening to recommendations, I was not told that it was not a dancing bar. It was a museum that would be talking about flamenco dancing with a 15 minute demonstration at the end. If you get the chance, pay the entrance fee and see the full fledge version. I don't understand spanish well enough to listen to a history lesson about dancing.
Since the flamenco exhibition was a bust, wandered over to Eme Catedral Hotel. The waitress at the Hotel Alfonso XIII recommended the rooftop bar as a nice place to chill. I was guzzling down mojitos like it was water. :) I will say that the folks in Spain do know how to make sangria and mojitos well.
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| Exterior of the cathedral |
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| Stained glass inside the cathedral |
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| Christopher Columbus tomb inside the cathedral |
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| Giralda |
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| View from Giralda - bull fighting arena in the distance |
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| In case you don't know, the pots tells you where you are |
Waiting for dinner time, the idea of seeing a flamenco dancing popped up. After looking around, went to Vineria San Telmo based on the hotel's recommendation. It also rated on TripAdvisor as number 1 restaurant in Seville. The restaurant was not easy to find amongst all the other restaurants on this block. Preserverance won out and the restaurant was found. Even better that they were willing to take the group as a walk-in! It was an excellent recommendation from the hotel. Service was good and food was delicious. I will add that the flan in Spain is not the flan I'm used to in the States. Stickier and sweeter.
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| Squid ink pasta with scallop |
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| Pork sirloin |
Afterwards, walked over to the La Carboneria at C/ Levies 18, 41004 Seville, Spain (Casco Antiguo). In reading the description and listening to recommendations, I was not told that it was not a dancing bar. It was a museum that would be talking about flamenco dancing with a 15 minute demonstration at the end. If you get the chance, pay the entrance fee and see the full fledge version. I don't understand spanish well enough to listen to a history lesson about dancing.
Since the flamenco exhibition was a bust, wandered over to Eme Catedral Hotel. The waitress at the Hotel Alfonso XIII recommended the rooftop bar as a nice place to chill. I was guzzling down mojitos like it was water. :) I will say that the folks in Spain do know how to make sangria and mojitos well.
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