Today we went for a walk to the Plaza de Espana, which is about a 15 minute walk from our hotel, in the beautiful Parque de María Luisa. It was built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.
On our way we came across a small group of shops setup in the little Plaza del Cabildo just off of the main road, Avinida de la Constitucion, while not a tourist attraction it was still very lovely and nice to see.
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| Walking Into Plaza del Cabildo |
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| Plaza del Cabildo |
The whole area around the Plaza de Espana was built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition and there are a number of very nice buildings all around.
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| Costurero de la Reina Cebtro Tematico Exposicion 1929 |
The walk through the Parque de María Luisa at this time of the year just looks fantastic with all of the autumn colours and falling leaves..
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| Parque Maria Luisa |
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| Fighting A Losing Battle! |
The actual Plaza de Espana itself is quite spectacular....they just do not build buildings of this grandeur and detail any more. The building is built as a large semi circle with a moat at its front, which in the summer is full of small boats.
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| Views Around Plaza De Espana |
On the way out we walked passed the Casino, also built for the occassion...
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| Casino de la Exposicion |
This evening we had a nice quiet evening just around the corner from the hotel at the little tapas bar El Pasaje where we had a couple of wines and a great selection of their tapas.
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| Bar El Pasaje |
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| Singers |
Just next to the hotel there were a group of singers singing local folk songs so we sat and listened to them for a while before heading to bed..
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