Monday, 29 October 2007

Things to do in Seville when you're cold

Yahay! I've found out how to edit posts! Which means that this one will be growing over the next few months, ready for a small trip to yet another favourite place: Andalucia. So, in no particular order for now, things to do in Seville:
Seville itself: eat tapas. Lots of tapas. Seville invented them, it would be rude not to try, and it will be interesting to see how much they differ from the Pintxos in Donostia (that's San Sebastian to non-Basque-speakers). Walk up the Giralda tower, but not if you're a cow (they tend to get stuck in towers). Go to a real flamenco show to see wild young men fight with their feet and tug at your heart with their songs.
Go to Granada: spend at least half a day in the Alhambra, being overawed yet again at the sheer beauty of the place. If you have time (and I've never made it out of the Alhambra in less than a day), go up into the Sierra Nevada mountains: sledge, walk up onto the peaks, wear thick warm clothes and listen to the wind in the rocks then scare yourself with the drive back down to reality.
Stop in at Cordoba: go stand in the Mesquita; try to choose a sunny day when the light streams at the doors then dissipates into serenity amongst the mosque's columns. Sit amongst the orangetrees outside and stare at the light from the other side of the doors. Wander off and look at the roman waterwheels.
Stop in at Carmona: lose yourself wandering around the Roman necropolis.
And some places further afield, for a longer trip:
Ronda: take the back road from Malaga to Ronda (is one of my favourite driving roads); you'll scare yourself silly, but you'll arrive at the top with a huge grin on your face. Walk to the el Tajo gorge and admire the new bridge, then back to the bullring and lunch in the place where they don't serve up the soft bits honest nearby (they do a damn fine lamb there). And if you like shoes, this is a good place...

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