6/18/19 Sevilla Spain

I’ve told you before, tour guide Cindy did all the planning for this trip. I helped with Airbnb’s and restaurant/bar recommendations. I usually read about the city and area we are visiting the night before we tour the city/area. Cindy is the planner! Thank goodness!

So, with that in mind, we checked into Sevilla which is pronounced Sa Ve A, not Seville.

Sevilla was founded, again by the Phoenicians, and later was a Roman city. It was overtaken by Muslims until the 1200’s when it again became part of Christian Spain. It is the burial sight of Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan sailed from here when he circumcised the world. Sevilla became rich as it was the Royal Harbor for all goods coming to Spain from the new world, which for 100 years was a lot. The buildings in the city reflect the money the city had in the 1500’s.

Sevilla is a wonderful, beautiful city, very walkable (26 miles in two days) and is clean and safe. It is also the unofficial home of the flamenco and man do they love the Flamenco here.

We stayed in a clean, comfortable Airbnb close to the old city walls and walked everywhere. It was nice not to have to take the bus/metro to get around.

The highlight in Sevilla is the Plaza de España. Awesome

Great, great city! As beautiful as Florence, only bigger. It can hold the crowds as the squares are huge. Bullfighting is still very popular here, next show Thursday😳Long drive tomorrow as we’re on to Lisbon Portugal 👍