Seville day 1 (Thursday, October 23rd)

Seville, with a population of 703,000 (1.5 million in the metropolitan area) is Spain's 4th largest city.  Situated on the Guadalquivir River, it is only 7 metres above sea level and is Spain's only river port.  But it is much more than that....

Anticipating another hot day, we left the hotel at 9 am, and set off up the river, beginning at the Puente de las Remedios, walking the Paseo de la Delicias, Paseo de Cristobal Colon and the Torneo, all the way to the Puente de Barqueta. The large phallic building in the centre of the photo below appears to be still under construction, and looks somewhat out of place versus the surrounding buildings.

Puente de Triana

On the way back, we wove our way through city streets and plazas, ending up on Avenida de Roma for lunch.

Buildings off Plaza de San Fransisco

The beginning / end of Avenida de la Constitucion at Plaza Nueva

A very good statue mime near the cathedral

Seville Cathedral

The 3 amigos having falafals / chicken and chips in the park opposite Jardines de San Telmo

Jardines de San Telmo

After siesta we wandered through Triana looking for ceramic stores, then looking for a place for dinner, before heading back to Prado de San Sebastián, where the Festival de las Naciones has been going on since September 18th.  There were booths from lots of countries, but the list did not include Canada.  It was mainly a food and drink festival, but live music on the stage started just after 10 pm. 

On our way back to the hotel we passed the Plaza Don Juan de Austria (a large roundabout) with its impressive fountain all lit up.

We walked a good number of steps today, but only gained 100 ft in elevation, and that was mainly climbing the hotel stairs....quite a difference in terrain from the other cities that we visited.  It was a late night for us folks!