There are so many places to discover in Seville

The Plaza de España was our first stop and it is beautiful.  There is a large park adjacent to the Plaza and many horse drawn carriages providing rides through the park and also into other places in Seville.

 

The Gold tower (Torre del Oro) in the background is on the edge of the river.  It was originally covered in golden tiles and dates back to the 13th century.  It is now a museum.

We decided to take a bus tour around Seville which also provided some history.  It was a double decker bus and we of course had to sit on top.

Seville’s Bullring.

There are several interesting bridges in Seville.  It is my understanding from the bus tour information, that some of these bridges were built to accommodate the World’s Fair of 1992.

 

There are still other reminders of the World’s Fair.

The building above is a former convent where Columbus studied and planned for his final trip to the Americas.

Seville is a beautiful city.

We decided to take a walking tour outlined in Rick Steve’s Spain book.  The instructions were easy to follow and we went to places we would not have found otherwise.

This statue of Don Juan was on the walking tour.  Cool!

We passed so many little cafes, and tapas bars during our walking tour and we just couldn’t resist.  We ordered several different tapas, gazpacho, and sangria.  Everything was just delicious!  Dave and my favorite tapas was the spinach and garbanzo which sounds unusual but was full of flavor.  Summer loved the fresh gazpacho.  And Luie loved the potatoes.

We enjoyed our time in Seville so much that we stayed an extra day beyond what we had planned.  Next stop Portugal!